The annual salary statistics of flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $40,110 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $53,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $67,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,420 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $125,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $125,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $67,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,110.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of flight attendants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $67,990 | 9.00% | 28.96% |
| 2021 | $61,870 | 1.63% | - |
| 2020 | $60,860 | 4.68% | - |
| 2019 | $58,010 | 5.19% | - |
| 2018 | $55,000 | 5.73% | - |
| 2017 | $51,850 | 6.85% | - |
| 2016 | $48,300 | 7.04% | - |
| 2015 | $44,900 | -7.57% | - |
| 2012 | $48,300 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $67,990, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is the second highest paying city for flight attendants in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $77,320). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 12.1 percent (12.1%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale | |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana |