# Passenger Attendants

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/passenger-attendants
- SOC code: 53-6061.00
- Career family: Transportation
- Median annual pay: $37,720 (10th percentile $27,970, 90th percentile $46,590)
- Projected growth: Faster than average, +6.0%
- Openings a year: 4,300
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: yes
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code CSR)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 46 |
| Investigative (I) | 2 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 56 |
| Enterprising (E) | 35 |
| Conventional (C) | 58 |

## What you'd do

- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 88/100)
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others (importance 88/100)
- Getting Information (importance 87/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 82/100)
- Assisting and Caring for Others (importance 80/100)
- Training and Teaching Others (importance 80/100)
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 76/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 75/100)
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards (importance 72/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 72/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Persuasion, Active Learning, Coordination

## Knowledge

Transportation, Customer and Personal Service, Public Safety and Security, Personnel and Human Resources, English Language, Mechanical, Psychology, Geography, Administration and Management, Administrative

## Also called

Airport Attendant, Attendant, Bus Aide, Bus Assistant, Bus Attendant, Bus Monitor, Cabin Attendant, Chair Car Attendant, Club Car Attendant, Fare Enforcement Officer

## Related careers

- [Flight Attendants](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/flight-attendants): $63,580 median pay
- [Baggage Porters and Bellhops](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/baggage-porters-and-bellhops): $37,080 median pay
- [Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agents-and-travel-clerks): $44,390 median pay
- [Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity): $59,050 median pay
- [Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/shuttle-drivers-and-chauffeurs): $37,290 median pay
- [First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/first-line-supervisors-of-passenger-attendants): $62,890 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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