Flight Attendants
SOC 53-2031 · 2024-2034
Monitor safety of the aircraft cabin. Provide services to airline passengers, explain safety information, serve food and beverages, and respond to emergency incidents.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $83,969per year
- Projected openings
- 25,700
- Projected change
- +16.6%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $96,951 | 1,430 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $79,760 | 16,260 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $73,951 | 4,400 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger Attendants | $44,289 | 4,760 | +10.7% |
| Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks | $50,589 | 12,840 | +9.3% |
| Airfield Operations Specialists | $63,970 | 1,740 | +12.5% |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $41,054 | 4,150 | -3.3% |
| Transportation Security Screeners | $75,475 | 6,440 | +3.4% |
| Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors | $61,855 | 1,730 | +13.3% |