BTS | Table 29: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger - Network Carriers

Table 29: Average Full-Time Equivalent Employee* Compensation per Originating Passenger
Network Carriers
Ranked by 2006 Performance

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

2006 Rank	Network	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Change 2001-2006
1	United	171	186	152	134	114	115	-56
2	American	145	145	133	112	104	105	-40
3	Continental	101	107	113	109	97	94	-7
4	Delta	107	114	125	116	91	90	-17
5	Northwest	138	139	141	128	123	90	-48
6	US Airways	114	114	106	94	62	70	-44
7	Alaska	65	71	73	75	64	66	1
	7-Carrier Average	127	134	127	115	98	95	-32

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.