Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists

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2020 Workforce

39.4k

Average Age

39.9

Average Salary

$93,421

Average Male Salary

$97,248

Average Female Salary

$77,040

About

Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists are most often employed by the Services incidental to transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists was $93,421 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists are Avon, Avon Lake & North Ridgeville Cities PUMA, OH, St. Mary's & Calvert Counties PUMA, MD, and Near North Side, Loop & Near South Side PUMA, IL. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists are Craven County PUMA, NC, Avon, Avon Lake & North Ridgeville Cities PUMA, OH, and Deerfield, Pompano Beach (North) & Lighthouse Point Cities PUMA, FL.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workforce. Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workforce in 2020 was 39,368 people, of which 18.9% were women and 81.1% were men. Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists are paid most in Berkeley, Jefferson, Mineral, Hampshire & Morgan Counties PUMA, WV but are relatively concentrated in Craven County PUMA, NC.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping

31,913

Male Workforce

± 4.39k

7,455

Female Workforce

± 2.12k

The Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workforce in 2020 was 39,368 people (18.9% women and 81.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of −6.44% between 2014 (42,078) and 2020 (39,368).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Indiana ($127,980), Georgia ($123,097), and New York ($119,516).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$93,421

AVERAGE WAGE

#53 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists earned an average of $93,421, $37,467 more than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.347

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.347, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists and on wages for those in the field. Services incidental to transportation is the industry that employs the most Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, by average wage, is Services incidental to transportation ($118,503).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

39.4k

2020 Workforce

± 4,871

0.0839%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 17.5%

This graphic shows the share of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists employed by various industries. Services incidental to transportation employs the largest share of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists at 65.5%, followed by Air transportation with 21.5% and National security & international affairs with 12.9%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists in the US. The workforce of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists in 2020 was 39,368 people, with 18.9% woman, and 81.1% men. The average age of male Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists in the workforce is 40.4 and of female Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists is 37.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists in 2020 was 39,368 people, with 18.9% woman, and 81.1% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (7,224 people), 35 to 39 years (6,052 people), and 25 to 29 years (5,944 people). Among them they concentrated 49.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 12.6% of Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workers were Hispanic and 87.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (73.8%), Puerto Rican (18.6)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.56)%

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Races

In 2020, 79.1% of the Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workforce were White, of which 17.4% were women and 82.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.5%) and Two or More Races (4.6%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists is Transportation but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Transportation.

Among the necessary skills for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Complex Problem Solving stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Transportation (5,170 people), Business (3,479 people), and Engineering (1,129 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workers were Bachelors Degree (13,355 people), Some college (12,344 people), and Associates Degree (5,785 people).

The graphic shows the Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists need many skills, but most especially Complex Problem Solving, Active Listening, Monitoring.