TSA Workers Begin Receiving Back Pay

March 30, 2026 5:12 am

(AP) – The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their back pay Monday for working during the shutdown. Weary travelers hope the overdue paychecks will end the hours-long waits in security at several major U.S. airports. Wait times began improving when the TSA workers were promised their first paychecks in weeks. Bottlenecks disappeared at airports in Atlanta and Houston on Monday. Houston’s main airport went from a four-hour line just day ago, to a 10-minute wait. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA officers immediately to ease the lines.