Figure 10. Air transportation employment, seasonally adjusted, January 1990–December 2015
Date Employment level (in thousands)

Jan 1990

508.8

Feb 1990

513.7

Mar 1990

518.5

Apr 1990

523.8

May 1990

527.4

Jun 1990

531.3

Jul 1990

532.2

Aug 1990

536.0

Sep 1990

538.4

Oct 1990

541.1

Nov 1990

540.6

Dec 1990

540.5

Jan 1991

533.3

Feb 1991

532.8

Mar 1991

529.2

Apr 1991

528.5

May 1991

528.4

Jun 1991

525.8

Jul 1991

525.9

Aug 1991

524.9

Sep 1991

523.7

Oct 1991

523.0

Nov 1991

521.7

Dec 1991

513.9

Jan 1992

519.3

Feb 1992

519.8

Mar 1992

521.2

Apr 1992

521.4

May 1992

520.6

Jun 1992

520.8

Jul 1992

520.7

Aug 1992

521.6

Sep 1992

518.2

Oct 1992

518.0

Nov 1992

518.3

Dec 1992

515.9

Jan 1993

518.8

Feb 1993

518.6

Mar 1993

517.1

Apr 1993

515.3

May 1993

517.3

Jun 1993

517.1

Jul 1993

516.0

Aug 1993

515.9

Sep 1993

516.6

Oct 1993

515.8

Nov 1993

515.6

Dec 1993

515.8

Jan 1994

515.7

Feb 1994

514.7

Mar 1994

514.5

Apr 1994

513.4

May 1994

512.3

Jun 1994

511.1

Jul 1994

511.0

Aug 1994

510.7

Sep 1994

509.1

Oct 1994

506.4

Nov 1994

507.4

Dec 1994

507.2

Jan 1995

507.8

Feb 1995

509.5

Mar 1995

511.4

Apr 1995

509.8

May 1995

508.1

Jun 1995

509.3

Jul 1995

509.5

Aug 1995

510.1

Sep 1995

511.7

Oct 1995

513.5

Nov 1995

515.2

Dec 1995

515.7

Jan 1996

518.4

Feb 1996

521.1

Mar 1996

523.3

Apr 1996

522.0

May 1996

524.2

Jun 1996

524.8

Jul 1996

526.5

Aug 1996

527.4

Sep 1996

527.8

Oct 1996

529.6

Nov 1996

531.9

Dec 1996

534.6

Jan 1997

535.2

Feb 1997

536.0

Mar 1997

539.1

Apr 1997

539.0

May 1997

539.5

Jun 1997

541.1

Jul 1997

541.2

Aug 1997

543.4

Sep 1997

544.9

Oct 1997

547.2

Nov 1997

548.6

Dec 1997

550.1

Jan 1998

551.2

Feb 1998

553.1

Mar 1998

554.4

Apr 1998

558.0

May 1998

560.8

Jun 1998

562.3

Jul 1998

564.9

Aug 1998

566.3

Sep 1998

568.2

Oct 1998

568.2

Nov 1998

569.8

Dec 1998

571.7

Jan 1999

574.3

Feb 1999

575.0

Mar 1999

576.5

Apr 1999

577.6

May 1999

580.6

Jun 1999

584.0

Jul 1999

586.6

Aug 1999

589.2

Sep 1999

592.2

Oct 1999

595.2

Nov 1999

597.8

Dec 1999

600.6

Jan 2000

604.5

Feb 2000

608.5

Mar 2000

610.3

Apr 2000

609.0

May 2000

611.5

Jun 2000

612.6

Jul 2000

612.1

Aug 2000

614.1

Sep 2000

616.9

Oct 2000

620.8

Nov 2000

624.6

Dec 2000

628.3

Jan 2001

631.8

Feb 2001

633.4

Mar 2001

633.6

Apr 2001

632.4

May 2001

628.9

Jun 2001

625.1

Jul 2001

625.5

Aug 2001

622.6

Sep 2001

619.2

Oct 2001

601.2

Nov 2001

570.3

Dec 2001

560.0

Jan 2002

556.9

Feb 2002

558.2

Mar 2002

557.3

Apr 2002

558.0

May 2002

562.8

Jun 2002

567.3

Jul 2002

570.4

Aug 2002

568.8

Sep 2002

567.3

Oct 2002

565.8

Nov 2002

565.9

Dec 2002

565.4

Jan 2003

563.9

Feb 2003

556.0

Mar 2003

548.7

Apr 2003

536.9

May 2003

528.6

Jun 2003

520.4

Jul 2003

515.1

Aug 2003

514.5

Sep 2003

514.3

Oct 2003

512.5

Nov 2003

515.1

Dec 2003

517.3

Jan 2004

514.6

Feb 2004

515.4

Mar 2004

516.5

Apr 2004

516.5

May 2004

516.5

Jun 2004

515.1

Jul 2004

514.5

Aug 2004

512.6

Sep 2004

512.8

Oct 2004

512.9

Nov 2004

513.7

Dec 2004

511.9

Jan 2005

509.1

Feb 2005

508.3

Mar 2005

506.8

Apr 2005

507.2

May 2005

506.8

Jun 2005

506.2

Jul 2005

503.9

Aug 2005

500.3

Sep 2005

494.1

Oct 2005

492.8

Nov 2005

487.9

Dec 2005

484.9

Jan 2006

487.2

Feb 2006

485.8

Mar 2006

485.4

Apr 2006

486.4

May 2006

484.7

Jun 2006

485.3

Jul 2006

486.5

Aug 2006

486.8

Sep 2006

489.8

Oct 2006

490.4

Nov 2006

485.1

Dec 2006

491.8

Jan 2007

489.9

Feb 2007

482.4

Mar 2007

485.5

Apr 2007

492.0

May 2007

483.9

Jun 2007

491.9

Jul 2007

492.3

Aug 2007

493.7

Sep 2007

495.2

Oct 2007

495.6

Nov 2007

497.2

Dec 2007

499.5

Jan 2008

501.2

Feb 2008

504.8

Mar 2008

503.3

Apr 2008

500.2

May 2008

497.2

Jun 2008

493.8

Jul 2008

490.7

Aug 2008

485.4

Sep 2008

481.8

Oct 2008

478.9

Nov 2008

477.0

Dec 2008

473.1

Jan 2009

469.6

Feb 2009

468.4

Mar 2009

466.7

Apr 2009

460.0

May 2009

461.3

Jun 2009

459.7

Jul 2009

460.4

Aug 2009

461.5

Sep 2009

461.8

Oct 2009

462.8

Nov 2009

461.1

Dec 2009

460.6

Jan 2010

462.1

Feb 2010

463.8

Mar 2010

462.2

Apr 2010

461.2

May 2010

459.8

Jun 2010

458.0

Jul 2010

456.7

Aug 2010

456.2

Sep 2010

455.3

Oct 2010

455.1

Nov 2010

455.0

Dec 2010

455.0

Jan 2011

453.6

Feb 2011

454.0

Mar 2011

454.3

Apr 2011

455.0

May 2011

456.1

Jun 2011

457.4

Jul 2011

459.3

Aug 2011

458.2

Sep 2011

458.7

Oct 2011

458.8

Nov 2011

458.1

Dec 2011

458.8

Jan 2012

460.7

Feb 2012

460.8

Mar 2012

460.2

Apr 2012

460.2

May 2012

460.6

Jun 2012

461.5

Jul 2012

461.2

Aug 2012

461.3

Sep 2012

458.8

Oct 2012

457.2

Nov 2012

455.2

Dec 2012

453.1

Jan 2013

448.7

Feb 2013

448.7

Mar 2013

448.3

Apr 2013

447.9

May 2013

446.2

Jun 2013

444.9

Jul 2013

442.9

Aug 2013

441.3

Sep 2013

440.9

Oct 2013

439.7

Nov 2013

440.5

Dec 2013

442.4

Jan 2014

441.0

Feb 2014

439.9

Mar 2014

441.6

Apr 2014

440.0

May 2014

442.8

Jun 2014

443.9

Jul 2014

444.9

Aug 2014

444.3

Sep 2014

444.8

Oct 2014

448.5

Nov 2014

449.4

Dec 2014

448.4

Jan 2015

449.5

Feb 2015

450.5

Mar 2015

450.6

Apr 2015

454.3

May 2015

454.1

Jun 2015

454.9

Jul 2015

457.2

Aug 2015

458.7

Sep 2015

460.5

Oct 2015

462.2

Nov 2015

461.2

Dec 2015

462.0

Source: Current Employment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.