Flight Attendants · SOC 53-2031

Flight Attendants Salary in the Phoenix Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area

Figures describe the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Phoenix city limits.

Median annual wage$61,780

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Flight Attendants in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area earned a median of $61,780 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,390 at the 10th percentile to $81,860 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,510 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Flight Attendants in the Phoenix metro area earn more than $61,780 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,720 and $80,810.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,390$38,720$61,780$80,810$81,860

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Phoenix metro areathis metro area
    $61,780 median for Phoenix metro area; middle half earns $38,720 to $80,810
  • Arizonastate (AZ)
    $61,780 median for Arizona; middle half earns $38,720 to $80,810
  • $63,580 median for United States; middle half earns $51,760 to $95,640

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Arizona overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$39,520$68,927$98,333$127,740Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $39,520Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,320Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $51,800Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,400Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,500Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,840Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,100Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,230Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,480Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $61,510Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,780Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,120Boise City, ID — $62,200Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,490Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $62,770Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $63,580Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $64,890Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $67,140Richmond, VA — $72,600Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $75,100Tucson, AZ — $75,610Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,320Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,390Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $82,730Columbus, OH — $83,450San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $89,430New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $127,740

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Phoenix metro area has the 17th-highest published median for this occupation among the 27 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for flight attendants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Phoenix metro areathis page
    $61,780 median for Phoenix metro area; middle half earns $38,720 to $80,810
  • $75,610 median for Tucson metro area; middle half earns $47,220 to $95,230

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.