Flight Attendants · SOC 53-2031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Flight Attendantss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for flight attendants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 27 metro areas

Flight Attendants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$127,740	18,030	1.9
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$89,430	4,420	1.9
3	Columbus, OH	$83,450	290	0.3
4	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$82,730	Not published	Not published
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$79,390	10,080	1.6
6	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$78,320	Not published	Not published
7	Tucson, AZ	$75,610	Not published	Not published
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,100	Not published	Not published
9	Richmond, VA	$72,600	40	0.1
10	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$67,140	Not published	Not published
11	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$64,890	1,440	1.1
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$63,580	3,750	1.2
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$62,770	150	0.3
14	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$62,490	Not published	Not published
15	Boise City, ID	$62,200	Not published	Not published
16	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$62,120	9,240	2.0
17	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$61,780	4,510	1.9
18	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$61,510	4,310	1.6
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$61,480	950	0.8
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$61,230	4,060	2.1
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$61,100	7,680	1.9
22	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$60,840	510	0.4
23	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$59,500	6,930	4.3
24	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$59,400	3,410	2.4
25	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$51,800	3,960	3.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Flight Attendants overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.