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

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Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation (NAICS code 481111) has an average growth rate of 1.00% as an H1B industry with 5,350 employees hired as of 2024

Top Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
American Airlines, Inc.	2,415	$77,679
Southwest Airlines Co.	277	$108,199
Us Airways, Inc.	150	$61,427
Psa Airlines Inc	131	$107,523
Jetblue Airways	110	$99,558
Spirit Airlines	86	$148,529
Delta Air Lines, Inc.	85	$92,979
Spirit Airlines, Inc.	83	$71,501
Mesa Airlines, Inc.	78	$82,206
Champlain Enterprises Llc	66	$86,344

Top Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Software Developers, Applications	937	$94,030
Operations Research Analysts	805	$62,110
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers	704	$105,500
Computer Occupations, All Other	204	$82,548
Computer Programmers	204	$73,486
Network And Computer Systems Administrators	139	$76,998
Computer Systems Analysts	125	$81,424
Financial Analysts	121	$65,107
Software Developers, Systems Software	80	$115,978
Database Administrators	67	$88,604

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 122 employees were hired. They peaked in 2022 with 798 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 663 in 2023.

The Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $68,501. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $116,396, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.