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Flight Attendants
Monitor safety of the aircraft cabin. Provide services to airline passengers, explain safety information, serve food and beverages, and respond to emergency incidents.
What a flight attendant does
Become a flight attendant
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good flight attendant
- Talking to others.
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Looking for ways to help people.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $53 per hour with a typical salary of $58,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $51 and $118 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $24,700 and $69,500 per year.
- 2% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $54 per hour with a typical salary of $52,600 per year.
- 97.8% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Flight Attendant job outlook
- There are 4,132 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 737 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 6% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.