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?

72% of FAA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated FAA 3.5 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) , Aerospace Engineer (30) , ATC Specialist (29) , ATSS FG-2101 (29) , 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 210 reviews)); "Pay is good but not great unless you are a controller or have been in for a while." ((in 148 reviews)); "Great people that care about aviation and the work they do." ((in 65 reviews)); "Good job security if you can tolerate the abuse and toxic environment." ((in 59 reviews)); "Great Work Life Balance" ((in 53 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 55 reviews)); "bureaucracy Upper management is on their own power trip, often forget to do their actual JOB." ((in 16 reviews)); "rotating shifts, poor management, stress" ((in 13 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 or rotating schedule." ((in 13 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

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,458 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

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

FAA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,458 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).

Ratings by demographic groups

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Aug 13, 2015

Computer Specialist

Computer specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Low stress environment Diverse environment They take work/life balance seriously

Cons

No bonuses Little career growth opportunity

4.0

Jul 29, 2015

Air traffic control specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent pay, benefits and job security. The chance to see something meaningful for the flying public happen because of you and the people working around you. Union representation to minimize arbitrary managerial harms to the employee.

Cons

Frequently stressful training program. Occasionally stressful working environment. Knowing that you are the front line of political disputes over how federal employees are treated, especially those with union representation.

1.0

Jul 23, 2015

Seriously disappointed

Tier ii tech support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and no direct managers in site

Cons

Discrimination amongst contractors, highly mismanagement of money, political environment, no chances for career advancement, have to use your own occrued hours for weather closings, work load has tripled with no warning or justification, etc...

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