Airlines and aviation jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Airlines, airports, business aviation and the engineering, maintenance, operations and revenue teams that keep aircraft flying. 811 open jobs at 170 employers, with a median stated pay of $140k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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811
open airline and aviation jobs
170
employers hiring
$140k
median stated pay (185 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All airline and aviation lists
Employers with the most open airline and aviation jobs
Joby Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration and Archer Aviation lead the airline and aviation employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 61% of the 811 open airline and aviation jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joby AviationCA | 114 open |
| 2 | Federal Aviation AdministrationFL · Median pay $140k | 101 open |
| 3 | Archer AviationCA | 70 open |
| 4 | United Airlines HoldingsIL | 50 open |
| 5 | Signature AviationFL | 40 open |
| 6 | Flightsafety InternationalOK | 34 open |
| 7 | Jetblue AirwaysNY | 28 open |
| 8 | Acron AviationAZ | 27 open |
| 9 | SolairusCA | 17 open |
| 10 | Shield AIDC · Median pay $244k | 16 open |
Highest-paying airline and aviation roles
Among airline and aviation jobs that state yearly pay, Software Developers, Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers and Air Traffic Controllers pay the most at the median, against $140k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developers59 open · With pay 13 | $244k |
| 2 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers10 open · With pay 9 | $152k |
| 3 | Air Traffic Controllers29 open · With pay 27 | $146k |
| 4 | Transportation Planners30 open · With pay 30 | $143k |
| 5 | Aviation Inspectors19 open · With pay 19 | $124k |
Skills employers ask for
python, excel and project management are the skills most often named in airline and aviation job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the airline and aviation jobs are
CA, FL and IL have the most open airline and aviation jobs.
New airline and aviation jobs this week
25 airline and aviation jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL) (GS-11)
Air Combat Command · Grand Forks, ND
$89k–$116k · Nov 2
- TITLE 32 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL) (MI CRTC) (GS-11)
Air National Guard Units · Alpena, MI
$89k–$116k · Nov 2
- AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL) (GS-11/12)
Commander, Navy Installations Command · Meridian, MS
$89k–$139k · Nov 2
- Logistics Coordinator - Receiving
Aviation Technical Services · Kansas City, MO
Nov 2
- Staff Accountant
Honda Aircraft Company · Greensboro, NC
Nov 1
- HR Generalist
Columbia Metropolitan Airport · SC
Nov 1
- Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
Joby Aviation · Marina, CA
Oct 31
- Materials and Process Engineer
Joby Aviation · Dayton, OH
Oct 31
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How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in airline and aviation when its employer is on our list of airline and aviation employers, or its title names airline and aviation work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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