49 Series · SOC 49-3011

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$78,680

per year

Median Hourly

$37.83/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$80,780

average

Employment

136,390

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$47,790$61,920$78,680$95,050$120,080
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$22.97$29.77$37.83$45.70$57.73
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$47,790

25th Percentile

$61,920

Median

$78,680

75th Percentile

$95,050

90th Percentile

$120,080

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New Jersey $97,730 +24% above national
2 Nevada $97,690 +24% above national
3 Maryland $97,660 +24% above national
4 New York $93,200 +18% above national
5 Massachusetts $87,270 +11% above national
6 Alabama $86,780 +10% above national
7 Minnesota $86,640 +10% above national
8 Alaska $85,840 +9% above national
9 Tennessee $85,580 +9% above national
10 Washington $85,010 +8% above national
11 Delaware $85,000 +8% above national
12 California $84,910 +8% above national
13 Hawaii $83,200 +6% above national
14 Connecticut $82,610 +5% above national
15 Oregon $81,570 +4% above national
16 Colorado $81,020 +3% above national
17 Vermont $80,890 +3% above national
18 Virginia $80,770 +3% above national
19 Texas $80,320 +2% above national
20 Illinois $79,700 +1% above national
21 New Hampshire $78,960 same as national
22 Ohio $78,870 same as national
23 Kansas $78,480 same as national
24 South Dakota $78,140 1% below national
25 North Dakota $77,900 1% below national
26 Georgia $77,880 1% below national
27 Arizona $77,130 2% below national
28 Mississippi $76,980 2% below national
29 New Mexico $76,480 3% below national
30 Florida $75,460 4% below national
31 Oklahoma $72,360 8% below national
32 Kentucky $72,320 8% below national
33 Wisconsin $72,260 8% below national
34 Pennsylvania $72,240 8% below national
35 South Carolina $70,800 10% below national
36 Iowa $70,080 11% below national
37 Michigan $69,370 12% below national
38 North Carolina $69,320 12% below national
39 Idaho $68,500 13% below national
40 Wyoming $68,310 13% below national
41 Utah $65,980 16% below national
42 Louisiana $65,350 17% below national
43 Maine $64,550 18% below national
44 Indiana $64,310 18% below national
45 Missouri $63,440 19% below national
46 Rhode Island $63,010 20% below national
47 Montana $62,990 20% below national
48 Nebraska $62,990 20% below national
49 Arkansas $50,290 36% below national
50 West Virginia $46,770 41% below national
51 Puerto Rico $36,020 54% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $103,750 +32% above national
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $100,320 +28% above national
3 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $99,510 +26% above national
4 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $98,730 +25% above national
5 Lexington Park, MD $98,070 +25% above national
6 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $96,290 +22% above national
7 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $95,920 +22% above national
8 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $95,690 +22% above national
9 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $95,310 +21% above national
10 Yuba City, CA $95,060 +21% above national
11 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $94,450 +20% above national
12 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $92,210 +17% above national
13 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $92,190 +17% above national
14 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $91,640 +16% above national
15 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $90,670 +15% above national
16 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $90,230 +15% above national
17 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $90,220 +15% above national
18 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $89,960 +14% above national
19 Vallejo, CA $89,650 +14% above national
20 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $89,270 +13% above national
21 Bismarck, ND $88,570 +13% above national
22 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $88,280 +12% above national
23 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $86,640 +10% above national
24 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $86,340 +10% above national
25 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $86,010 +9% above national
26 Boulder, CO $85,850 +9% above national
27 Anchorage, AK $85,840 +9% above national
28 Reno, NV $85,570 +9% above national
29 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $85,550 +9% above national
30 Lafayette, LA $85,340 +8% above national
31 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $85,110 +8% above national
32 Stockton-Lodi, CA $84,870 +8% above national
33 Urban Honolulu, HI $84,170 +7% above national
34 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $84,110 +7% above national
35 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $84,000 +7% above national
36 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $83,870 +7% above national
37 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $83,820 +7% above national
38 Wichita Falls, TX $83,810 +7% above national
39 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $83,160 +6% above national
40 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $83,130 +6% above national
41 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $82,930 +5% above national
42 Rochester, NY $82,930 +5% above national
43 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $82,880 +5% above national
44 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $82,570 +5% above national
45 Cleveland, OH $82,470 +5% above national
46 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $82,170 +4% above national
47 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $82,020 +4% above national
48 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $81,580 +4% above national
49 Portland-South Portland, ME $81,190 +3% above national
50 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $81,080 +3% above national
51 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $80,850 +3% above national
52 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $80,830 +3% above national
53 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $80,750 +3% above national
54 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $80,620 +2% above national
55 Raleigh-Cary, NC $80,590 +2% above national
56 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $80,370 +2% above national
57 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $79,700 +1% above national
58 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $79,650 +1% above national
59 Salinas, CA $79,560 +1% above national
60 Fairbanks-College, AK $79,400 +1% above national
61 Toledo, OH $79,330 +1% above national
62 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $79,230 +1% above national
63 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $79,140 +1% above national
64 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $79,130 +1% above national
65 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $79,100 +1% above national
66 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $78,960 same as national
67 Rapid City, SD $78,950 same as national
68 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $78,790 same as national
69 Dover, DE $78,770 same as national
70 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $78,740 same as national
71 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $78,670 same as national
72 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $78,600 same as national
73 Syracuse, NY $78,520 same as national
74 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $78,420 same as national
75 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $78,280 1% below national
76 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $78,180 1% below national
77 St. Cloud, MN $78,150 1% below national
78 Fargo, ND-MN $78,140 1% below national
79 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $78,140 1% below national
80 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $77,910 1% below national
81 Reading, PA $77,890 1% below national
82 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $77,810 1% below national
83 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $77,670 1% below national
84 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $77,660 1% below national
85 Manchester-Nashua, NH $77,560 1% below national
86 Jefferson City, MO $77,440 2% below national
87 Waco, TX $77,410 2% below national
88 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $77,300 2% below national
89 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $76,990 2% below national
90 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $76,820 2% below national
91 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $76,750 2% below national
92 Amarillo, TX $76,600 3% below national
93 Colorado Springs, CO $76,550 3% below national
94 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $76,550 3% below national
95 Richmond, VA $76,480 3% below national
96 Corpus Christi, TX $76,270 3% below national
97 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $76,210 3% below national
98 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $76,090 3% below national
99 Helena, MT $76,040 3% below national
100 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $75,990 3% below national
101 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $75,980 3% below national
102 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $75,890 4% below national
103 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $75,820 4% below national
104 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $75,810 4% below national
105 Yuma, AZ $75,650 4% below national
106 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $75,590 4% below national
107 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $75,590 4% below national
108 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $75,570 4% below national
109 Jackson, MS $75,490 4% below national
110 Akron, OH $75,280 4% below national
111 Wichita, KS $75,080 5% below national
112 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $75,000 5% below national
113 San Angelo, TX $74,970 5% below national
114 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $74,940 5% below national
115 Johnstown, PA $74,900 5% below national
116 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $74,700 5% below national
117 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $74,490 5% below national
118 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $74,460 5% below national
119 Montgomery, AL $74,400 5% below national
120 Tucson, AZ $74,230 6% below national
121 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $74,130 6% below national
122 Redding, CA $74,130 6% below national
123 Santa Fe, NM $74,090 6% below national
124 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $73,850 6% below national
125 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $73,400 7% below national
126 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $73,310 7% below national
127 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $73,180 7% below national
128 Cheyenne, WY $72,950 7% below national
129 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $72,920 7% below national
130 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $72,800 7% below national
131 Port St. Lucie, FL $72,780 7% below national
132 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $72,630 8% below national
133 Madison, WI $72,630 8% below national
134 Peoria, IL $72,630 8% below national
135 Greeley, CO $72,620 8% below national
136 Killeen-Temple, TX $71,830 9% below national
137 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $71,310 9% below national
138 St. Louis, MO-IL $71,010 10% below national
139 Abilene, TX $70,840 10% below national
140 Columbus, OH $70,710 10% below national
141 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $70,410 11% below national
142 Duluth, MN-WI $70,360 11% below national
143 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $70,080 11% below national
144 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $70,060 11% below national
145 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $69,950 11% below national
146 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $69,910 11% below national
147 Grand Forks, ND-MN $69,770 11% below national
148 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $69,430 12% below national
149 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $69,120 12% below national
150 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $68,250 13% below national
151 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $68,210 13% below national
152 Jacksonville, FL $68,160 13% below national
153 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $68,160 13% below national
154 Savannah, GA $67,930 14% below national
155 Baton Rouge, LA $67,860 14% below national
156 Huntsville, AL $67,760 14% below national
157 Tallahassee, FL $67,400 14% below national
158 Fort Wayne, IN $67,160 15% below national
159 Columbia, SC $67,100 15% below national
160 Fayetteville, NC $66,960 15% below national
161 Boise City, ID $66,810 15% below national
162 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $66,660 15% below national
163 Topeka, KS $66,540 15% below national
164 Medford, OR $66,040 16% below national
165 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $66,020 16% below national
166 Birmingham, AL $65,970 16% below national
167 Fresno, CA $65,710 16% below national
168 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $65,670 17% below national
169 Longview, TX $65,630 17% below national
170 Knoxville, TN $65,540 17% below national
171 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $65,460 17% below national
172 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $65,350 17% below national
173 Albuquerque, NM $65,320 17% below national
174 Flagstaff, AZ $65,300 17% below national
175 Charleston, WV $65,270 17% below national
176 Salem, OR $65,050 17% below national
177 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $64,990 17% below national
178 Omaha, NE-IA $64,920 17% below national
179 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $64,880 18% below national
180 Bend, OR $64,770 18% below national
181 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $64,770 18% below national
182 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $64,710 18% below national
183 Warner Robins, GA $64,670 18% below national
184 Ogden, UT $64,540 18% below national
185 Oklahoma City, OK $64,420 18% below national
186 Pittsburgh, PA $64,190 18% below national
187 Champaign-Urbana, IL $63,990 19% below national
188 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,860 19% below national
189 Ann Arbor, MI $63,740 19% below national
190 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $63,700 19% below national
191 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $63,660 19% below national
192 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $63,540 19% below national
193 Punta Gorda, FL $63,460 19% below national
194 Kansas City, MO-KS $63,450 19% below national
195 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $63,440 19% below national
196 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $63,070 20% below national
197 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $63,010 20% below national
198 Billings, MT $62,990 20% below national
199 Greensboro-High Point, NC $62,980 20% below national
200 Lexington-Fayette, KY $62,730 20% below national
201 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $62,490 21% below national
202 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $62,480 21% below national
203 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $62,400 21% below national
204 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $62,380 21% below national
205 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $62,300 21% below national
206 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $62,170 21% below national
207 El Paso, TX $62,160 21% below national
208 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $61,880 21% below national
209 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $61,810 21% below national
210 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $61,710 22% below national
211 Springfield, IL $61,660 22% below national
212 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $61,630 22% below national
213 Bozeman, MT $61,580 22% below national
214 Cedar Rapids, IA $61,510 22% below national
215 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $61,480 22% below national
216 Bangor, ME $61,360 22% below national
217 Midland, TX $61,150 22% below national
218 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $60,970 23% below national
219 Springfield, MO $60,820 23% below national
220 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $60,640 23% below national
221 Winston-Salem, NC $60,630 23% below national
222 Gainesville, FL $60,600 23% below national
223 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $60,470 23% below national
224 Great Falls, MT $60,420 23% below national
225 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $60,360 23% below national
226 Lubbock, TX $60,000 24% below national
227 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $59,440 24% below national
228 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $59,320 25% below national
229 Mobile, AL $59,060 25% below national
230 New Haven, CT $58,970 25% below national
231 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $58,580 26% below national
232 Naples-Marco Island, FL $58,420 26% below national
233 Macon-Bibb County, GA $58,330 26% below national
234 Ocala, FL $58,080 26% below national
235 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $57,390 27% below national
236 Wilmington, NC $57,280 27% below national
237 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $57,220 27% below national
238 Tuscaloosa, AL $57,090 27% below national
239 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $57,060 27% below national
240 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $56,930 28% below national
241 St. George, UT $56,890 28% below national
242 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $56,390 28% below national
243 Burlington, NC $56,050 29% below national
244 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55,630 29% below national
245 Coeur d'Alene, ID $53,820 32% below national
246 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $52,730 33% below national
247 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $52,340 33% below national
248 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $52,010 34% below national
249 Lynchburg, VA $51,490 35% below national
250 Dothan, AL $50,760 35% below national
251 Spartanburg, SC $48,860 38% below national
252 Hot Springs, AR $48,470 38% below national
253 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $47,840 39% below national
254 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $47,680 39% below national
255 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $47,470 40% below national
256 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $47,090 40% below national
257 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $44,510 43% below national
258 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $43,860 44% below national
259 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $42,360 46% below national
260 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $38,110 52% below national
261 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,360 54% below national
262 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $36,020 54% below national

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