How Much Do Flight Attendants Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Flight Attendants

Flight Attendants monitor safety of the aircraft cabin. Provide services to airline passengers, explain safety information, serve food and beverages, and respond to emergency incidents.

Salary
$59150
Becoming One
Medium
Education
Associate's degree
Job Satisfaction
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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$59150 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$30,930 to $43,080 per year

Entry-level Flight Attendants with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $30,930 to $43,080 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
C

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Flight Attendants to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $* $84,790
Senior (Top 25%) $* $71,550
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $59,050
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $43,080
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $30,930

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
IN $* $63,860
MA $* $63,620
NC $* $62,900
TX $* $60,250
MI $* $59,050
OH $* $59,000
CA $* $58,600
GA $* $58,340
FL $* $58,240
NV $* $58,160

* Flight Attendants are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Flight Attendant is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like IN doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at IN might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Flight Attendants are in the states of IN, MA, NC, TX and MI.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Nonscheduled Air Transportation $59690 $*
Scheduled Air Transportation $59230 $*
Support Activities for Air Transportation $53480 $*
Employment Services $51560 $*
Management of Companies and Enterprises $ $*

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