Transportation
Flight Attendants
SOC 53-2031
Keep passengers safe and served across long, irregular hours.
The job
Median pay
$64k
$52k to $96k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+8.8% projected
Openings a year
19k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
5th pct
More exposed than 5% of occupations · modeled estimate · 77th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
56/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 15,840 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $82k |
| Texas | 13,470 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $58k |
| Florida | 13,220 | 1.3 | 1.6× | $47k |
| New York | 12,060 | 1.2 | 1.5× | $127k |
| Illinois | 9,350 | 1.5 | 1.8× | $62k |
| Colorado | 7,110 | 2.5 | 2.9× | $60k |
| Georgia | 5,059 | 1.0 | 1.2× | $78k~ |
| Arizona | 4,590 | 1.4 | 1.7× | $62k |
| Massachusetts | 4,390 | 1.2 | 1.4× | $62k |
| New Jersey | 4,371 | 1.0 | 1.2× | $64k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 4,332 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $56k~ |
| Minnesota | 4,050 | 1.4 | 1.6× | $61k |
| Nevada | 4,040 | 2.6 | 3.1× | $52k |
| Virginia | 3,900 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $63k~ |
| Michigan | 3,626 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| Tennessee | 3,554 | 1.1 | 1.3× | $60k~ |
| Indiana | 3,460 | 1.1 | 1.3× | $63k~ |
| Washington | 2,877 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $74k~ |
| Wisconsin | 2,646 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $65k~ |
| Utah | 2,490 | 1.4 | 1.7× | $83k |
| Missouri | 2,409 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 2,290 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $40k |
| Kentucky | 2,171 | 1.1 | 1.3× | $64k~ |
| Maryland | 2,056 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $64k~ |
| Alabama | 2,002 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $55k~ |
| South Carolina | 1,985 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $55k~ |
| Louisiana | 1,801 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $56k~ |
| Oklahoma | 1,501 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $54k~ |
| Iowa | 1,412 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $66k~ |
| Kansas | 1,299 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $64k~ |
| Arkansas | 1,293 | 1.0 | 1.2× | $55k~ |
| Mississippi | 1,181 | 1.0 | 1.2× | $54k~ |
| Ohio | 990 | 0.2 | 0.2× | $62k |
| Oregon | 980 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Nebraska | 881 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $64k~ |
| Idaho | 703 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $62k~ |
| New Mexico | 623 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $58k~ |
| West Virginia | 577 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $53k~ |
| New Hampshire | 492 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $63k~ |
| Hawaii | 484 | 0.8 | 0.9× | $69k~ |
| Maine | 472 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $64k~ |
| North Dakota | 414 | 1.0 | 1.1× | $71k~ |
| Delaware | 411 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $66k~ |
| South Dakota | 382 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $58k~ |
| Montana | 378 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $66k~ |
| Rhode Island | 303 | 0.6 | 0.7× | $64k~ |
| Alaska | 294 | 0.9 | 1.1× | $72k~ |
| Connecticut | 250 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $78k |
| Wyoming | 246 | 0.9 | 1.0× | $68k~ |
| Vermont | 201 | 0.7 | 0.8× | $65k~ |
| Washington DC | 178 | 0.3 | 0.3× | $71k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ18,030 jobs · $128k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA10,080 jobs · $79k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9,240 jobs · $62k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL8,100 jobs · $47k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX7,680 jobs · $61k median
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO6,930 jobs · $60k median
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ4,510 jobs · $62k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,420 jobs · $89k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Flight Attendants interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.