Among airlines, SkyWest and JetBlue have smallest pay gap between highest and lowest earners

This a 2022 report. It is the most current income inequality report for US airlines available on Spendwell.

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SkyWest

In fiscal year 2019, SkyWest paid Russell Childs, the company's CEO and President, $3,611,011.00 in total compensation.

1/10

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SkyWest paid its CEO and President around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2019. Out of the last six reported years, 2019 was the year in which the CEO and President of SkyWest took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because SkyWest has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at SkyWest.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

JetBlue

In fiscal year 2019, JetBlue paid Robin Hayes, the company's Chief Executive Officer, $3,955,523.00 in total compensation.

2/10

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JetBlue paid its Chief Executive Officer around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2019. Out of the last six reported years, 2019 was the year in which the Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because JetBlue has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at JetBlue.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Frontier Airlines

In fiscal year 2019, Frontier Airlines paid Barry Biffle, the company's President and CEO, $4,496,906.00 in total compensation.

3/10

DETAILS

Frontier Airlines paid its President and CEO around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2019. Out of the last six reported years, 2019 was the year in which the President and CEO of Frontier Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Frontier Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Frontier Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Alaska Airlines

In fiscal year 2020, Alaska Airlines paid Bradley D. Tilden, the company's CEO Alaska, $6,077,957.00 in total compensation.

4/10

DETAILS

Alaska Airlines paid its CEO Alaska around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2020. Out of the last six reported years, 2020 was the year in which the CEO Alaska of Alaska Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Alaska Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Alaska Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Spirit Airlines

In fiscal year 2016, Spirit Airlines paid Robert L. Fornaro, the company's Chief Executive Officer, $7,172,512.00 in total compensation.

5/10

DETAILS

Spirit Airlines paid its Chief Executive Officer around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2016. Out of the last six reported years, 2016 was the year in which the Chief Executive Officer of Spirit Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Spirit Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Spirit Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Southwest Airlines

In fiscal year 2020, Southwest Airlines paid Gary C. Kelly, the company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, $9,235,103.00 in total compensation.

6/10

DETAILS

Southwest Airlines paid its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2020. Out of the last six reported years, 2020 was the year in which the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Southwest Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Southwest Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

American Airlines

In fiscal year 2017, American Airlines paid Doug Parker, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $12,175,486.00 in total compensation.

7/10

DETAILS

American Airlines paid its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2017. Out of the last six reported years, 2017 was the year in which the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because American Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at American Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Allegiant Airlines

In fiscal year 2019, Allegiant Airlines paid John Redmond, the company's President, $15,184,531.00 in total compensation.

8/10

DETAILS

Allegiant Airlines paid its President around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2019. Out of the last six reported years, 2019 was the year in which the President of Allegiant Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Allegiant Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Allegiant Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Delta Air Lines

In fiscal year 2019, Delta Air Lines paid Edward H. Bastian, the company's Chief Executive Officer, $17,325,379.00 in total compensation.

9/10

DETAILS

Delta Air Lines paid its Chief Executive Officer around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2019. Out of the last six reported years, 2019 was the year in which the Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Delta Air Lines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Delta Air Lines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

United Airlines

In fiscal year 2016, United Airlines paid Oscar Munoz, the company's Chief Executive, Officer, $18,720,548.00 in total compensation.

10/10

DETAILS

United Airlines paid its Chief Executive, Officer around 0 times more than its lowest-paid earner (or assumed equivalent) in 2016. Out of the last six reported years, 2016 was the year in which the Chief Executive, Officer of United Airlines took home their largest compensation package.

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because United Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at United Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

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report summary

The 10 major US-based airline companies paid their highest compensated executive about 650 times what they paid their lowest paid employee or contractor, on average over the last 6 years. Skywest had the lowest income inequality paying its highest earner just 165 times its lowest paid employee or contractor. The airline with the widest income gap, United Airlines, paid its highest earner in the last 6 years 856 its lowest paid employee or contractor.

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Companies offering commercial air travel to the general public through tickets.

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Income Inequality Methodology

In the United States, publicly-traded corporations are required to report compensation figures to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). At a minimum, these SEC filings include the 5 largest compensation packages in a given year. This data is typically reported at a corporation’s fiscal year end. There is no requirement to publish corporate minimum wages or equivalent compensation packages. Spendwell will make a good faith effort to identify and publicly confirm corporate minimum wages and when identified, will apply them to this income equality comparison, provided those corporate minimums have or had gone into effect for the years included in this ranking. Published corporate minimums that do not include the value of compensation beyond an hourly figure will be calculated based on the hourly figure alone. In lieu of a published corporate minimum compensation package, Spendwell uses a compensation package equivalent to US federal minimum wage earnings over a yearly period.

Corporations with a smaller gap between their most-compensated employee and their least-compensated employee rank higher than companies with larger gaps. In order to account for fluctuations in compensation and employee turnover, Spendwell reports on the last 6 available years of compensation reporting. In most instances, this includes the six years through the end of fiscal year 2020 - which for most companies was reported sometime during 2021. Currently, Spendwell is reporting only data pertaining to the 20 largest compensation packages reported over these 6 years, comparing this data to published corporate minimum compensation for employees and contractors, where available. As noted, a compensation package based on the US federal minimum wage will be used in absence of a published corporate minimum wage or compensation package. If a corporation's published corporate minimum wage does not specifically include all contractors working for a corporation in any capacity, a compensation package based on the US federal minimum wage for comparison to most well paid executive.

In some reporting instances, Spendwell’s rankings will include private corporations with no current compensation figures publicly available. These corporations might be included in a report, but will be listed as not ranked unless they have voluntarily published necessary information and Spendwell has been made aware of its publication. All ranked corporations are ranked based on the previously mentioned data reported to the SEC through end-of-year or annual reports, which can be accessed through the SEC’s Edgar search tool here:

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Ranking

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Corporations with smaller gaps between their highest and lowest paid employees rank higher.

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SkyWest

In fiscal year 2019, SkyWest paid Russell Childs, the company's CEO and President, $3,611,011.00 in total compensation.

1/10

DETAILS

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

JetBlue

In fiscal year 2019, JetBlue paid Robin Hayes, the company's Chief Executive Officer, $3,955,523.00 in total compensation.

2/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because JetBlue has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at JetBlue.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Frontier Airlines

In fiscal year 2019, Frontier Airlines paid Barry Biffle, the company's President and CEO, $4,496,906.00 in total compensation.

3/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Frontier Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Frontier Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Alaska Airlines

In fiscal year 2020, Alaska Airlines paid Bradley D. Tilden, the company's CEO Alaska, $6,077,957.00 in total compensation.

4/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Alaska Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Alaska Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Spirit Airlines

In fiscal year 2016, Spirit Airlines paid Robert L. Fornaro, the company's Chief Executive Officer, $7,172,512.00 in total compensation.

5/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Spirit Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Spirit Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Southwest Airlines

In fiscal year 2020, Southwest Airlines paid Gary C. Kelly, the company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, $9,235,103.00 in total compensation.

6/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Southwest Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Southwest Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

American Airlines

In fiscal year 2017, American Airlines paid Doug Parker, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $12,175,486.00 in total compensation.

7/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because American Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at American Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Allegiant Airlines

In fiscal year 2019, Allegiant Airlines paid John Redmond, the company's President, $15,184,531.00 in total compensation.

8/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Allegiant Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Allegiant Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

Delta Air Lines

In fiscal year 2019, Delta Air Lines paid Edward H. Bastian, the company's Chief Executive Officer, $17,325,379.00 in total compensation.

9/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because Delta Air Lines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at Delta Air Lines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

United Airlines

In fiscal year 2016, United Airlines paid Oscar Munoz, the company's Chief Executive, Officer, $18,720,548.00 in total compensation.

10/10

DETAILS

A company is ranked here by how the largest annual compensation package of its highest-paid executive in the last six reported years compares to the annual compensation of its lowest-paid employee, contractor or assumed equivalent. Because United Airlines has not made a public, verifiable statement guaranteeing all of its employees and contractors are assured a minimum wage greater than the US federal minimum wage, Spendwell has used a federal minimum wage annual salary equivalent to represent the earnings of the lowest-paid employee or contractor at United Airlines.

See the Methodology section of this report for more information about how Spendwell develops this ranking.

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This report is based on data collected through 2022-03-07.

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