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Passenger Attendants Salary in NJ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Passenger Attendants in NJ have a median annual salary of $39,760, with 640 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $39,610 at the 10th percentile to $43,570 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$39,760

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$19.11

Employment

640

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$39,610
10th
$39,710
25th
$39,760
Median
$41,320
75th
$43,570
90th

Local compared with national

NJ

$39,760

Median annual · 2025

United States

$37,720

Median annual · 2025

The NJ median is 5.4% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $2,040).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.8
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 3.8
  3. 3.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.6
  4. 4.Service OrientationImportance 3.6
  5. 5.MonitoringImportance 3.3
  6. 6.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.0
  7. 7.PersuasionImportance 3.0
  8. 8.InstructingImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.9
  10. 10.Active LearningImportance 2.9
  11. 11.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  12. 12.NegotiationImportance 2.9

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Appointment scheduling software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Time tracking software

Common tasks

  • Perform equipment safety checks prior to departure.
  • Explain and demonstrate safety procedures and safety equipment use.
  • Signal transportation operators to stop or to proceed.
  • Secure passengers for transportation by buckling seatbelts or fastening wheelchairs with tie-down straps.
  • Respond to passengers' questions, requests, or complaints.
  • Determine or facilitate seating arrangements.
  • Open and close doors for passengers.
  • Greet passengers boarding transportation equipment and announce routes and stops.
  • Provide boarding assistance to elderly, sick, or injured people.
  • Provide customers with information on routes, gates, prices, timetables, terminals, or concourses.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Passenger Attendants salary in other locations

Other occupations in NJ