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Also called airport attendant, attendant, bus attendant and chair car attendant.
$37,720
Median pay a year
27,110
People do this work
6
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Passenger Attendant
Summary
Passenger attendant providing safety services to travelers on ships, buses, and trains, assisting with boarding, answering questions, and ensuring proper seating and equipment checks
Experience
Passenger Attendant
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Secured passengers for transportation by buckling seatbelts or fastening wheelchairs with tie-down straps
Provided boarding assistance to elderly, sick, or injured people
Provided customers with information on routes, gates, prices, and timetables
Greeted passengers boarding transportation equipment and announced routes and stops
Counted and verified tickets and seat reservations, recording numbers of passengers boarding and disembarking
Explained and demonstrated safety procedures and safety equipment use
Signaled transportation operators to stop or to proceed
Skills
Core Skills
Providing transportation information, Assisting passengers with boarding, Recording production data, Verifying information or specifications, Signaling others
Working With People
Assisting customers, Explaining procedures
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Secured passengers with seatbeltsHelped elderly or injured people boardAnswered passengers' questions and requestsArranged seating for passengersGreeted passengers and announced stopsChecked equipment for safety before leaving
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Secured passengers with seatbelts to ensure safety during transportation
Answered passengers' questions and requests, providing timely assistance
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Add how many passengers you secured each shift
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Secured seatbelts for most passengers on each trip to ensure safety during transportation
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Most passengers on each tripSeveral passengers every shiftA few each time I worked
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Answered passengers' questions and requests, providing timely assistance
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Made their travel experience smootherHelped reduce passenger confusionImproved overall customer satisfaction
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Providing transportation information
Assisting passengers with boarding
Assisting customers
Verifying information or specifications
Recording production data
Explaining procedures
Signaling others
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What a Passenger Attendant does
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Provide services to ensure the safety of passengers aboard ships, buses, trains, or within the station or terminal. Perform duties such as explaining the use of safety equipment, serving meals or beverages, or answering questions related to travel.
What it pays
How much does a Passenger Attendant make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$31,240
Median
$37,720
75th percentile
$41,680
About 27,110 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$54,290
$54,290
$54,290
AZ
$36,780
$36,820
$40,080
CA
$37,060
$43,340
$50,210
CO
$36,700
$37,550
$37,850
CT
$34,320
$34,320
$42,420
DC
$44,480
$52,730
$54,180
FL
$27,970
$29,680
$39,990
GA
$23,970
$26,330
$28,500
HI
$36,480
$42,360
$46,290
IL
$38,930
$38,930
$38,930
KY
$44,810
$44,810
$44,810
MA
$37,470
$43,350
$45,310
MD
$33,340
$33,350
$36,460
MI
$38,820
$40,250
$40,260
MO
$31,850
$34,110
$35,270
NC
$32,470
$35,740
$40,930
NJ
$39,710
$39,760
$41,320
NV
$27,050
$32,130
$40,230
NY
$40,240
$41,590
$41,880
OH
$25,770
$26,220
$31,520
OK
$27,570
$32,920
$33,150
OR
$36,980
$39,910
$39,940
PA
$32,840
$33,000
$36,470
SC
$27,720
$28,710
$36,640
TN
$21,970
$27,380
$33,890
TX
$29,570
$31,230
$34,030
UT
$24,170
$25,840
$25,840
VA
$32,620
$38,810
$49,090
WA
$41,090
$41,760
$45,480
WI
$21,900
$24,650
$27,100
Other names
Other names for this job
airport attendant, attendant, bus attendant, chair car attendant, club car attendant, sleeping car service attendant, station attendant, tavern car attendant, train attendant, transportation attendant, airline lounge receptionist, bath aide.
More names for this work
bath steward, bath stewardess, bus aide, bus assistant, bus monitor, bus steward, car porter, chair lift operator, dining car conductor, dining car hop, dining car steward, fare enforcement officer, food porter, ground host, ground hostess, ground transportation monitor, host, hostess, monitor, passenger assistant, passenger representative, passenger service agent, passenger service representative, purser, railroad dining car steward, railroad dining car stewardess, return agent, ship steward, station usher, steward, stewardess, substitute bus aide, transportation aide, traveling passenger agent.
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This page is about the occupation Passenger Attendants. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.