Workforce

Workforce data including labor relations and employee demographics

Workforce numbers

2023202220212020
Total employees103,21892,79579,45570,634
Flight Attendants25,80323,06521,69616,432
Management and administrative, including international employees, food service employees and other17,49614,48912,42012,225
Passenger Service16,83716,12911,0369,245
Fleet Service15,62415,08812,57311,346
Pilots15,44513,83112,22311,822
Flight Simulator Technicians
Catering Operations
9,7528,4997,8846,477
Catering Operations401,935
Storekeeper employees1216965900653
Dispatchers500393389259
Fleet Tech Instructors
Food Service employees
Load Planners
Maintenance Instructors
Security Officers
Technical Operations
Maintenance Planners
545336294240

Labor relations

2023202220212020
Labor union representation83%84%84%83%

Women- & diverse-owned spending

2023202220212020
Billion Dollar Roundtable qualified spending with women- & diverse-owned businesses$497m$172m$79m

United’s 2023 U.S. demographic dataFootnote 1

Sharing our U.S. diversity representation data

We recognize that this journey is a long haul and that we must commit to sustained action to become the world’s most inclusive airline. Sharing our U.S. diversity representation data and committing to more transparency with our demographics on an annual basis is a critical, foundational step forward in that journey. In order to hold ourselves accountable for change and to build understanding and trust, we must track and share our progress.

2023202220212020
Company-wide
Race and ethnicity
Asian12.40%12.30%12.30%11.70%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.40%0.40%0.40%0.40%
Black/African American14.80%14.50%13.40%13.00%
Hispanic/Latino17.80%17.30%15.80%14.20%
Hawaiian/Pacific Island2.90%2.50%2.30%2.30%
Not disclosed1.20%1.80%1.00%0.60%
Two or more races1.90%2.00%1.90%1.50%
White48.50%49.10%52.80%56.30%
Gender diversity
Female39.20%39.40%38.50%36.00%
Male60.80%60.90%61.50%64.00%
Frontline
Race and ethnicity
Asian12.00%11.90%11.90%11.00%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.50%0.40%0.50%0.50%
Black/African American15.10%14.90%13.80%13.50%
Hispanic/Latino18.20%17.80%16.20%14.50%
Hawaiian/Pacific Island3.10%2.60%2.40%2.50%
Not disclosed1.10%1.80%1.00%0.50%
Two or more races1.90%2.00%1.90%1.50%
White48.10%48.50%52.30%56.00%
Gender diversity
Female38.80%39.20%38.20%35.20%
Male61.20%60.80%61.80%64.80%
Professional/Supervisory (L9-L5)
Race and ethnicity
Asian13.80%13.20%13.00%13.70%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.40%0.40%0.30%0.20%
Black/African American15.00%13.60%12.80%12.70%
Hispanic/Latino18.60%17.30%15.70%15.20%
Hawaiian/Pacific Island2.10%2.10%2.10%2.10%
Not disclosed1.40%1.50%1.50%0.90%
Two or more races2.00%2.10%1.90%1.80%
White46.80%49.30%52.70%53.70%
Gender diversity
Female45.20%44.30%42.80%43.90%
Male54.80%55.70%57.20%56.10%
Senior Professional/Leaders (L4-L2)
Race and ethnicity
Asian19.30%19.40%19.40%19.50%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.30%0.20%0.20%0.20%
Black/African American8.10%7.10%6.40%6.30%
Hispanic/Latino9.50%9.20%8.50%8.30%
Hawaiian/Pacific Island0.90%0.90%0.90%0.90%
Not disclosed1.20%1.70%1.00%0.50%
Two or more races1.30%1.30%1.50%1.30%
White59.30%60.10%62.20%63.00%
Gender diversity
Female35.60%36.00%36.30%35.70%
Male64.40%64.00%63.70%64.30%
Senior Leaders (MD/Officers)
Race and ethnicity
Asian9.00%7.80%6.00%5.70%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.40%0.40%0.40%0.90%
Black/African American6.00%5.70%6.90%5.70%
Hispanic/Latino6.40%4.90%5.20%5.30%
Hawaiian/Pacific Island0.40%0.40%0.40%0.40%
Not disclosed1.10%1.20%1.30%1.30%
Two or more races1.90%2.00%1.70%0.90%
White74.90%77.50%78.00%79.80%
Gender diversity
Female34.10%32.80%34.10%32.90%
Male65.90%67.20%65.90%67.10%

Footnotes

  1. Diversity representation data is for U.S. mainline workforce only. Diversity tracking is prohibited by law in some international locations. Numbers may not add up due to rounding.