BTS | Table 26: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation - Network

Table 26: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation
Network
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance

(Salary + Benefits in Dollars)

1Q 2006 Rank	Network Carriers	1Q 2001	1Q 2002	1Q 2003	1Q 2004	1Q 2005	1Q 2006	Change 1Q 2001-1Q 2006
1	Northwest	84,395	86,203	100,899	100,801	103,560	91,613	7,218
2	Delta	83,509	84,275	96,725	99,766	90,432	90,504	6,995
3	American	73,304	82,842	89,356	80,033	82,160	87,836	14,532
4	United	81,167	83,696	90,359	88,649	76,838	85,767	4,600
5	Alaska	66,123	71,392	77,745	85,085	91,133	84,866	18,743
6	Continental	68,837	74,189	78,535	79,094	88,076	80,462	11,625
7	US Airways	84,050	99,457	84,611	89,385	73,408	73,642	−10,408
	7-Carrier Average	78,562	84,084	90,464	88,930	85,720	86,273	7,711

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and T-100 Market Data.

* Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two art-time employees as one full-time employee.