Cabin crew salaries, airline by airline

Airline	Region	Entry $/mo ↓	Senior $/mo	Tax-free	Housing
SWISS	Europe	3,900–4,700	5,300–7,000	No	Not provided
Southwest Airlines	North America	2,700–3,500	5,800–7,800	No	Not provided
Riyadh Air	Middle East	2,800–3,400	3,800–5,000	Yes	Company housing
Emirates	Middle East	2,700–3,400	3,800–5,200	Yes	Company housing
United Airlines	North America	2,600–3,400	5,500–7,800	No	Not provided
Delta Air Lines	North America	2,600–3,400	5,500–7,500	No	Not provided
Qantas	Asia-Pacific	2,600–3,300	4,000–6,000	No	Not provided
American Airlines	North America	2,500–3,300	5,200–7,000	No	Not provided
Qatar Airways	Middle East	2,500–3,300	3,600–5,000	Yes	Company housing
Etihad Airways	Middle East	2,500–3,200	3,500–4,800	Yes	Company housing
Alaska Airlines	North America	2,400–3,200	5,000–6,800	No	Not provided
SAS	Europe	2,400–3,000	3,300–4,400	No	Not provided
Singapore Airlines	Asia-Pacific	2,400–2,900	4,400–5,600	No	Not provided
Kuwait Airways	Middle East	2,300–3,000	3,200–4,200	Yes	Company housing
Cathay Pacific	Asia-Pacific	2,300–2,900	3,800–5,100	No	Not provided
Air France	Europe	2,200–2,900	3,400–4,800	No	Not provided
flydubai	Middle East	2,200–2,900	3,000–4,000	Yes	Company housing
Hawaiian Airlines	North America	2,100–2,900	4,500–6,000	No	Not provided
Lufthansa	Europe	2,200–2,800	3,400–4,900	No	Not provided
Jet2.com	Europe	2,100–2,800	3,000–4,000	No	Not provided
Aer Lingus	Europe	2,200–2,700	3,200–4,600	No	Not provided
Virgin Atlantic	Europe	2,200–2,700	3,200–4,800	No	Not provided
British Airways	Europe	2,100–2,800	3,300–5,100	No	Not provided
JetBlue	North America	2,000–2,800	4,200–5,800	No	Not provided
Saudia	Middle East	2,100–2,700	3,000–3,800	Yes	Company housing
KLM	Europe	2,100–2,600	3,400–4,900	No	Not provided
Korean Air	Asia-Pacific	2,000–2,600	3,300–4,400	No	Not provided
easyJet	Europe	2,000–2,600	2,900–3,800	No	Not provided
Finnair	Europe	2,100–2,500	3,000–4,100	No	Not provided
Turkish Airlines	Türkiye	2,000–2,600	3,200–4,600	No	Not provided
Air Canada	North America	1,900–2,600	4,200–5,600	No	Not provided
WestJet	North America	1,800–2,500	3,500–4,800	No	Not provided
Air New Zealand	Asia-Pacific	1,900–2,400	2,800–3,800	No	Not provided
Air Arabia	Middle East	1,800–2,450	2,500–3,400	Yes	Allowance
Oman Air	Middle East	1,700–2,300	2,800–4,000	Yes	Company housing
Japan Airlines	Asia-Pacific	1,600–2,200	2,700–3,800	No	Not provided
ANA (All Nippon Airways)	Asia-Pacific	1,600–2,200	2,700–3,700	No	Not provided
Iberia	Europe	1,600–2,100	2,700–3,900	No	Not provided
Ryanair	Europe	1,500–2,100	2,300–3,200	No	Not provided
Gulf Air	Middle East	1,500–2,100	2,200–3,200	Yes	Allowance
EVA Air	Asia-Pacific	1,600–1,900	2,100–2,700	No	Not provided
SunExpress	Türkiye	1,400–2,100	2,100–2,900	No	Not provided
Pegasus Airlines	Türkiye	1,400–1,900	2,100–2,900	No	Not provided
TAP Air Portugal	Europe	1,200–1,700	2,400–3,600	No	Not provided
Thai Airways	Asia-Pacific	1,100–1,700	1,900–3,300	No	Not provided
Wizz Air	Europe	1,100–1,700	1,900–2,900	No	Not provided
Copa Airlines	Latin America	1,000–1,600	1,800–2,800	No	Not provided
AJet	Türkiye	1,000–1,500	1,700–2,500	No	Not provided
Aeroméxico	Latin America	900–1,300	1,600–2,600	No	Not provided
Malaysia Airlines	Asia-Pacific	900–1,300	1,400–2,100	No	Not provided
LATAM Airlines	Latin America	800–1,300	1,400–2,300	No	Not provided
Royal Air Maroc	Africa	800–1,300	1,400–2,600	No	Not provided
AirAsia	Asia-Pacific	700–1,050	1,200–1,900	No	Not provided
Air India	Asia-Pacific	650–800	950–1,500	No	Not provided
Avianca	Latin America	500–750	900–1,500	No	Not provided
Kenya Airways	Africa	450–750	800–1,400	No	Not provided
EgyptAir	Africa	400–700	900–1,600	No	Not provided
IndiGo	Asia-Pacific	400–550	650–1,200	No	Not provided
Ethiopian Airlines	Africa	250–450	500–900	No	Allowance

Reading the Gulf rows: tax-free pay plus company housing is not the same as a European gross salary. Crew at the Gulf carriers typically put the provided accommodation, utilities and airport transport at roughly $900–1,500 a month of value on top of the figures shown, so compare take-home after rent, not headline pay.

Where a primary source exists, use it. US carriers publish real pay tables through their unions (APFA at American, AFA at United and Alaska, TWU 556 at Southwest), Turkish Airlines pay is set by the Hava-İş collective agreement, and most European legacy carriers have a published Tarifvertrag or CAO. Those beat any estimate; each airline page links the one that applies. Estimates matter most for the Gulf and Asian carriers, where no agreement is public. Dataset reviewed 1 Sep 2026.

Figures are independent estimates compiled from collective agreements, public reporting and crew-shared data; they include typical flying pay at average block hours and are not official airline numbers. Local-currency details are on each airline's profile page.