Flight Attendant salary
What a flight attendant actually earns, from 115 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
What the number means
A flight attendant earns a blended US median near 68,291 dollars, with the typical middle running from 53,197 dollars to 90,520 dollars. The official OEWS median is 67,130 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 19 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is customer support specialist, at 18 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Illinoismedian $62,120
- Coloradomedian $61,050
- Utahmedian $49,330
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Quick answers
How much does a flight attendant make?
The blended US median is about 68,291 dollars, with a typical range from 53,197 dollars to 90,520 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 67,130 dollars.
What can a flight attendant move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is customer support specialist, at 18 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 53-2031. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Flight attendants.” Live corpus 115 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.