Southwest Airlines: Number of Employees 2010-2024 | LUV

Interactive chart of Southwest Airlines (LUV) annual worldwide employee count from 2010 to 2024.
  • Southwest Airlines total number of employees in 2023 was 74,806, a 12.23% increase from 2022.
  • Southwest Airlines total number of employees in 2022 was 66,656, a 20.97% increase from 2021.
  • Southwest Airlines total number of employees in 2021 was 55,100, a 2.48% decline from 2020.
  • Southwest Airlines total number of employees in 2020 was 56,500, a 7.07% decline from 2019.
Southwest Airlines Annual Employee Count
2023 74,806
2022 66,656
2021 55,100
2020 56,500
2019 60,800
2018 58,800
2017 56,100
2016 53,500
2015 49,600
2014 46,278
2013 44,831
2012 45,861
2011 45,392
2010 34,901
2009 34,726
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Transportation Transportation - Airlines $19.060B $26.091B
Southwest Airlines is a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. Southwest Airlines provides short-haul, high frequency, point-to-point and low-fare services. The company's point-to-point route structure includes services to and from many secondary or downtown airports such as Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby, Chicago Midway, Baltimore-Washington International and Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood. The company also offers long-haul nonstop service between markets like Oakland and Orlando, Los Angeles and Nashville, Las Vegas and Orlando, San Diego and Baltimore, Houston and New York LaGuardia, Los Angeles and Tampa, Oakland and Baltimore, San Diego and Newark.
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