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Flight Attendant Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Flight Attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,030
25th Percentile Wage
$35,100
50th Percentile Wage
$41,920
75th Percentile Wage
$48,510
90th Percentile Wage
$70,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $70,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $41,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,030.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of flight attendants from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$41,920
9.23% 16.87%
2013
$38,050
8.41% -
2012
$34,850
- -

Table 2. Compare Flight Attendant Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $41,920, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is the lowest paying city for flight attendants in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $77,320). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of flight attendants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is about 45.8 percent (45.8%) lower than that of the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$77,320
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$67,990
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$61,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$51,850
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$46,160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$41,920