U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Gained 192 Jobs in August 2025
Source: US DOT Note: In June 2024, FedEx Ground and FedEx Services merged with FedEx Express to form Federal Express Corporation. Consequently, carrier FX experienced a significant increase in employee count, thereby increasing the total number of employees within the industry. May 2024 Federal Express numbers are 233,739, while Federal Express Corporation June 2024 numbers are 432,127. U.S. Airlines: Total Number of Employees (both Full-Time and Part-Time) U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 1,022,407 workers in August 2025, 192 (0.02%) more workers than in July 2025 (1,022,215). U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 550,052 workers in August 2025, or 54% of the industry-wide total. Passenger airlines lost 1,191 employees in August 2025. Spirit Air Lines led scheduled [...]