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U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment decreased to 784,310 workers in December 2022, 27 (0.003%) fewer workers than in November 2022 (784,337) and 34,820 (4.65%) more than in pre-pandemic December 2019 (749,490).