An official website of the United States government
Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 801,801 workers in June 2023, 1,992 (0.25%) more workers than in May 2023 (799,809) and 58,431 (7.86%) more than in pre-pandemic June 2019 (743,370).
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.9% (not seasonally adjusted) in July 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In July 2023, the...
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ June 2023 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.597 billion gallons of fuel, 2.0% more fuel than in May 2023 (1.566 billion gallons) and 1.1% less...
The average U.S. domestic air fare decreased in the first quarter of 2023 to $382, down 4.1% from the fourth quarter 2022 inflation-adjusted fare of $398. Adjusted for inflation (constant 2023 dollars), the average 1Q 2023 air fare was up 34.7% from $283 in the second full quarter (Q3) of the...
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 3.3% (not seasonally adjusted) in June 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In June 2023, the...
U.S. Airline Total Number of Employees (both Full-Time and Part-Time)
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 798,850 workers in May 2023, 1,948 (0.24%) more workers than in April 2023 (796,902) and 60,790 (8.24%) more than in pre-pandemic May 2019 (...
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ May 2023 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.566 billion gallons of fuel, 5.5% more fuel than in April 2023 (1.484 billion gallons) and 1.1%...