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 213 reviews)); "Pay is good but not great unless you are a controller or have been in for a while." ((in 144 reviews)); "Great people that care about aviation and the work they do." ((in 66 reviews)); ""Job security" is great and once you know what you are supposed to do you can then explore other areas or job functions." ((in 52 reviews)); "Great salary, very quickly go from 40K to 80, 90 and eventually 100K+" ((in 34 reviews))

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

"Poor management makes doing your job safely tough" ((in 53 reviews)); "Training is difficult and not as efficient as it could be" ((in 20 reviews)); "bureaucracy Upper management is on their own power trip, often forget to do their actual JOB." ((in 16 reviews)); "I had seen where other reviews pointed out poor leadership caused by people being promoted due to poor performance." ((in 13 reviews)); "Shift work, midnight shifts, w" ((in 13 reviews))

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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.

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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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1K reviews

3.0

Jul 14, 2013

Great Career, Terrible Employer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Career, lots of excitement.

Cons

Federal employees become political fodder for no reason. What used to be a very stable job environment has become toxic and unpredictable.

4.0

Jun 6, 2013

Air Trffic Control Career

Air traffic controller

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits. Great job security, after a rigorous training (3 years) purposefully eliminating those that cannot do the work, thus jeopardize countless lives on airplanes. Great people.

Cons

The FAA decides where you will work, and 50/50 chance of transferring to where you want to live. Management opportunities are abundant, however the relationship between management and labor has always been strained.

3.0

May 11, 2013

Bi-polar environment that thinks it knows what it wants but does nothing to ensure the local goals are achieved.

Atss

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pay, flexible schedule (provided you request far in advance), good rate of earning leave once you've been in for 15 yrs, training schedule

Cons

work schedule(rotating shifts), required to schedule leave out 1 yr in advance, supervisor can change schedule throughout year after the annual schedule has been established, Congress uses your job as a political football cutting your salary

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