BTS | Table 32: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation - Network Carriers

Table 32: Average Annual Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation
Network Carriers
Ranked by Third Quarter 2006 Performance

(Salary + Benefits in Dollars)

3Q 2006 Rank	Network	3Q 2001	3Q 2002	3Q 2003	3Q 2004	3Q 2005	3Q 2006	Change 3Q 2001-3Q 2006
1	Northwest	85,891	88,990	100,444	102,973	119,859	92,809	6,918
2	American	77,491	84,678	80,858	81,956	83,599	87,860	10,369
3	Alaska	68,787	76,266	82,684	96,944	82,196	86,412	17,625
4	Continental	69,788	73,877	79,845	79,894	78,992	86,319	16,531
5	United	97,081	95,901	84,340	91,355	78,582	84,987	-12,094
6	Delta	76,338	86,688	96,283	100,952	83,484	81,484	5,146
7	US Airways	93,417	84,631	90,749	94,728	68,219	76,054	-17,363
	7-Carrier Average	83,142	86,652	87,676	91,332	85,343	85,667	2,525

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data

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