Salary of a Flight Attendant Instructor
A flight attendant instructor teaches flight attendant trainees how to become flight attendants and provides yearly training updates and new procedures to flight attendants. They generally work from the home office and previously were flight attendants themselves. Flight attendant instructors must pass rigorous FAA training tests and keep up with changing regulations.
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Flight Attendant Instructor Salaries
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According to indeed.com, the average salary of a flight attendant ground instructor was $39,000 per year as of March 28, 2011. Flight attendant instructor salaries vary according to city and airline, with major airline pay scales being considerably higher than for the smaller regional airlines.
Low-End Flight Attendant Instructor Salaries
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Flight attendant instructors based in the smaller hub cities of Phoenix, Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Orlando earned considerably less than their counterparts in other cities. The salaries in these cities averaged between $25,000 and $30,000, according to salaryexpert.com. Dallas and Miami instructors earned slightly more at $35,217 and $34,064 respectively.
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High-End Flight Attendant Instructor Salaries
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According to salaryexpert.com, Boston had the highest salaries for flight attendant instructors. Boston instructors earned an average of $77,412 or more than three times as much as instructors in Charlotte. Manhattan instructors earned an average of $50,462, Houston instructors earned $47,185 and Chicago instructors earned $43,625.
Salary Range
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According to cbsalary.com, the 25th percentile of the salary range for flight attendant instructors nationwide is $27,856 which means that 25 percent of flight attendant instructors earn less than that. And at the 75th percentile, 25 percent earn more than $55,234, with the U.S. national average salary at $39,436.
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