H1B Visa Data for Scheduled Air Transportation: Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Scheduled Air Transportation (NAICS code 48111) has an average growth rate of 0.79% as an H1B industry with 1,286 employees hired as of 2024

Top Scheduled Air Transportation Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Delta Air Lines, Inc.	412	$100,718
Skywest Airlines	257	$129,039
United Airlines, Inc.	209	$84,130
Allegiant Travel Company	75	$66,967
Alaska Airlines, Inc.	24	$110,881
Qantas Airways Ltd	22	$83,570
Champlain Enterprises, Llc	21	$76,370
Qantas Airways Limited	11	$88,516
Allegiant Air, Llc	10	$74,928
Southwest Airlines Co.	8	$86,458

Top Scheduled Air Transportation Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers	292	$123,846
Software Developers, Applications	280	$103,364
Operations Research Analysts	91	$71,495
Aerospace Engineers	38	$84,705
Computer Occupations, All Other	37	$82,042
Computer Systems Analysts	34	$86,210
Computer Systems Engineers/architects	34	$102,364
Computer And Information Systems Managers	32	$120,621
Software Quality Assurance Engineers And Testers	21	$84,660
Management Analysts	18	$63,188

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Scheduled Air Transportation industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 18 employees were hired. They peaked in 2020 with 203 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 77 in 2023.

The Scheduled Air Transportation industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $71,645. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $173,269, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.