Flight Attendants Salary in the US
A flight attendants earns a national median of $63,580 a year (mean $77,440) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #379 of 825.
How much does a flight attendants earn in the US?
A flight attendants in the United States earns a median of $63,580 a year (mean $77,440), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 25% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 131,650 people work in this occupation (SOC 53-2031), ranked #379 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$63,580
per year
Mean
$77,440
per year
Employment
131,650
US workers
National rank
#379
of 825 by median
What a flight attendants earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a flight attendants (SOC 53-2031) earns a median annual wage of $63,580 and a mean (average) of $77,440. The median is the midpoint — half of flight attendants earn more and half earn less — and is 25% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a flight attendants in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for flight attendants is $63,580, and the mean (average) is $77,440. The median is the midpoint — half of flight attendants earn more and half earn less.
- How does flight attendants pay compare to the US average?
- At $63,580, a flight attendants earns 25% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many flight attendants are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 131,650 flight attendants employed nationally (SOC 53-2031), across all industries.
- Where does this flight attendants salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 53-2031. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 53-2031 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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