Does FAA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, FAA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at FAA. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at FAA?

71% of FAA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated FAA 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at FAA?

Air Traffic Control Specialist (153) , Air Traffic Controller (122) , Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (47) , Aviation Safety Inspector (40) , Management and Program Analyst (33) , ATC Specialist (29) , Aerospace Engineer (29) , ATSS FG-2101 (28) , Intern (24) , Engineer (23) , Civil Engineer (20) , Program Manager (20) , Manager (17) , Air Traffic Controller Trainee (14) , Computer Specialist (14)

What are the pros of working at FAA according to real employee reviews?

"benefits are great and day to day work is great" ((in 189 reviews)); "Pay is good but not great unless you are a controller or have been in for a while." ((in 160 reviews)); "Great people that care about aviation and the work they do." ((in 61 reviews)); "Great Work Life Balance" ((in 55 reviews)); "The job security is great" ((in 52 reviews))

What are the cons of working at FAA according to real employee reviews?

"Management is incompetent and often take the path of least resistance to progress their own careers." ((in 54 reviews)); "The initial training is a waste of millions of tax payers dollars that last two months and teaches you nothing you need to know to do the job." ((in 19 reviews)); "bureaucracy Upper management is on their own power trip, often forget to do their actual JOB." ((in 16 reviews)); "Shift work or rotating schedule." ((in 14 reviews)); "I had seen where other reviews pointed out poor leadership caused by people being promoted due to poor performance." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about FAA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about FAA layoffs and their outlook for job security at FAA in 2026.

FAA reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,455 total reviews)

Pete Buttigieg | Michael G. Whitaker | Kathryn “Katie” Thomson

68% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

FAA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,455 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FAA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gobierno y administración pública industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

May 16, 2014

Challenging Work, Good Benefits

Air traffic controller

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Service to flying public - Challenging; it doesn't get boring - Good pay, benefits, and retirement

Cons

- Bureaucracy - We've turned over the rule-making functions to those who have no knowledge of air traffic - Rotating shift work is a major strain - Little access to computers, and what we do have are out of date, secure-to-the-point-of-being-unusable computer systems - Inequity between different facilities

5.0

May 15, 2014

Great pay and benefits. Great diverse group of individuals

Aviation safety assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Has great job security, and a ton of great people working for them. No work on holidays and its paid, and working on the weekends is for the most part unheard of.

Cons

Not alot of administrative positions

3.0

May 14, 2014

FAA doesn't value education

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The average pay is good. Job security is decent even with sequester.

Cons

Friends of Managers get promotions regardless of experience, knowledge or ability.

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