BTS | Table 27: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee Compensation - Low-Cost

Table 27: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation
Low-Cost
Ranked by First Quarter 2006 Performance

(Salary + Benefits in Dollars)

1Q 2006 Rank	Low-Cost Carriers	1Q 2001	1Q 2002	1Q 2003	1Q 2004	1Q 2005	1Q 2006	Change 1Q 2001-1Q 2006
1	Southwest	65,014	61,198	65,446	77,623	86,772	95,555	30,541
2	ATA	45,948	49,112	57,860	66,285	70,273	82,914	36,966
3	Spirit	50,698	51,140	54,462	59,049	66,301	70,980	20,282
4	JetBlue	54,890	62,116	61,939	63,740	62,448	64,601	9,711
5	America West	49,789	53,912	59,133	61,612	63,772	64,158	14,369
6	AirTran	42,928	46,582	48,700	50,669	56,385	59,637	16,709
7	Frontier	46,408	50,215	50,018	49,253	55,237	55,432	9,024
	7-Carrier Average	56,423	56,764	61,039	68,252	73,656	78,759	22,336

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.