Air travel assistants: salary in the UK
About £25,238 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.7% on last year
£2,514 a month About £2,103 a month after tax 8 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £23,305 in 2021 to £30,165 in 2026 (+29%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £18,079 | £23,305 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £24,837 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £23,148 | £28,733 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £24,966 | £29,968 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £27,747 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £26,729 | £30,165 | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £30,165 a year and half earn more. That is 26% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 286 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,103 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,106 in Scotland.
The median for men is £30,546 and for women £30,088, a gap of 2% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £25,376 | £2,115 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,729 | £2,227 |
| 30th | £28,132 | £2,344 |
| 40th | £29,557 | £2,463 |
| Median (50th) | £30,165 | £2,514 |
| 60th | £32,181 | £2,682 |
| 70th | £33,424 | £2,785 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £30,546 | £32,759 | x |
| Women | £30,088 | £31,176 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £25,238 | £2,103 |
| Scotland | £25,272 | £2,106 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £30,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 47 job titles to SOC 6213 Air travel assistants. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Air cabin crew
- Air hostess
- Air steward
- Aircraft purser
- Aircraft steward
- Airline cabin crew
- Airline customer service agent
- Airline reservation agent
- Airline steward
- Airline ticket agent
- Airport information assistant
- Cabin attendant
- Cabin crew
- Cabin manager
- Cabin service director
- Cabin services director
- Cabin services officer
- Cabin steward
- Checking-in clerk
- Chief steward
- Customer service agent
- Customer services agent
- Flight attendant
- Flight service manager
- Flight services supervisor
- Flight steward
- Ground hostess
- Ground steward
- Hostess
- In-flight manager
- In-flight service manager
- In-flight supervisor
- Officer's steward
- Passenger agent
- Passenger check in officer
- Passenger control assistant
- Passenger handling agent
- Passenger service agent
- Passenger service assistant
- Passenger services agent
- Passenger services assistant
- Passenger services supervisor
- Passenger traffic assistant
- Purser
- Service agent
- Station superintendent
- Steward
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.