BTS | Table 28: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger - Passenger Airlines by Group

Table 28: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger
Passenger Airlines by Group
Ranked by 2006 Performance

(FTE Compensation (Salary + Benefits) in Dollars per Originating Passenger)

2006 Rank		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Change 2001-2006
1	Network	127	134	127	115	98	95	-32
2	Low-Cost	35	36	38	38	39	39	4
	14-Carrier Average	102	104	98	88	77	74	-28
	Group Dollar Difference	92	98	89	77	59	56	36

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Form 41 Airline Financial Data and DB1B Origin & Destination Data

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