The Average Salary of Flight Attendants
Tasked with providing customer service and hospitality while protecting the safety of airline passengers, flight attendants have the opportunity to be well-paid professionals. With pay highly dependent on experience, flight attendants can expect to be paid between $35,000 and $45,000 a year as of August 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Average Salary
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the top 50 percent of flight attendants earn a mean salary of $40,010 a year. This estimate, of course, will vary depending on a variety of factors.
Variations
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Depending on a flight attendant's experience level and employer, he can earn significantly more--or less--than the average. According to the same statistics, the top 10 percent of earners in the profession made $71,280 a year in 2009. Those in the bottom 10 percent, however, came in at just $25,420 a year.
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Benefits
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Although pay is important for flight attendants, it isn't necessarily everything. Some employers offer flight attendants and their dependents the ability to fly with the airline for a heavily discounted rate. Other benefits often include the ability to travel to a variety of locations while on the clock and a per diem for meals and expenses while away from home.
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Unfortunately, flight attendants do not get 'cost-of-living' raises and many of the bases/hubs are located in cities that most flight attendants can't afford, not only making it difficult to survive during the first years (most of them depending on the aid from relatives) but many sacrificing days off to travel to and from base, away from their families.
