Aircraft Mechanics Technicians

Median Salary: $52,800

Many aircraft mechanics technicians across the country share a few important professional characteristics. For example, persistence, initiative, and stress tolerance can be critical for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 112,130 folks were working as aircraft mechanics technicians nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these attributes and receive proper training, particularly if you're intending to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for aircraft mechanics technicians in the U.S. was $52,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $25.40. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about aircraft mechanics technicians, including wages and job density for areas all over the country.

Aircraft mechanics technicians should be skilled in:

Arm-Hand Steadiness
Flexibility of Closure
Visualization
Category Flexibility
Extent Flexibility

Different folks go into different careers; aircraft mechanics technicians are typically:

Realistic
Conventional
Investigative

Working as an aircraft mechanics technician requires knowledge in subjects like:

Mechanical
Transportation
Physics
Mathematics
Administration and Management

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks working as aircraft mechanics technicians). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of aircraft mechanics technicians in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	360	$49,300	$23.70	$53,300	$25.60	-14.2%
Huntsville	110	$41,000	$19.70	$47,200	$22.70	-39%
Mobile	390	$37,300	$17.90	$45,100	$21.70	162%
Montgomery	140	$45,900	$22.10	$49,200	$23.60	2.1%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	860	$59,700	$28.70	$71,200	$34.20	502.2%
Fairbanks	190	$58,200	$28.00	$66,400	$31.90	524.2%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	60	$44,300	$21.30	$50,500	$24.30	16.8%
Phoenix	1,630	$51,700	$24.90	$58,300	$28.00	8%
Prescott	60	$41,700	$20.00	$48,900	$23.50	16.6%
Tucson	920	$50,300	$24.20	$55,300	$26.60	197.7%
Yuma	NA	$49,000	$23.60	$52,400	$25.20	NA

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hot Springs	50	$38,700	$18.60	$47,800	$23.00	64.9%
Little Rock	380	$47,700	$23.00	$53,200	$25.60	33.8%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	530	$59,300	$28.50	$64,100	$30.80	133.8%
Fresno	500	$44,900	$21.60	$51,400	$24.70	80.2%
Los Angeles (Area)	3,750	$57,800	$27.80	$69,500	$33.40	-37.6%
Oakland	290	$76,000	$36.50	$88,200	$42.40	-66.1%
Oxnard	170	$54,400	$26.20	$61,500	$29.60	-31%
Redding	30	$37,700	$18.10	$44,800	$21.60	-38.6%
Riverside	800	$59,600	$28.60	$70,600	$34.00	-22%
Sacramento	310	$58,100	$27.90	$65,900	$31.70	-57.2%
Salinas	50	$50,200	$24.10	$61,600	$29.60	-65.7%
San Diego	970	$53,600	$25.80	$61,100	$29.40	-12%
San Francisco (Area)	2,530	$68,200	$32.80	$76,600	$36.90	49.7%
San Francisco (City)	2,240	$60,500	$29.10	$65,100	$31.30	165.3%
San Jose	350	$59,700	$28.70	$71,900	$34.60	-54.2%
San Luis Obispo	30	$41,000	$19.70	$48,400	$23.30	-62.4%
Santa Barbara	50	$67,400	$32.40	$73,400	$35.30	-67.7%
Santa Cruz	NA	$69,500	$33.40	$78,400	$37.70	NA
Stockton	90	$48,300	$23.20	$58,100	$27.90	-50.8%
Yuba City	50	$56,800	$27.30	$60,200	$29.00	41.3%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	280	$50,800	$24.40	$58,500	$28.10	33%
Denver	1,230	$57,300	$27.50	$64,800	$31.20	17.7%
Fort Collins	50	$40,700	$19.60	$51,100	$24.50	-54.8%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	NA	$60,300	$29.00	$64,900	$31.20	NA
Hartford	470	$51,900	$25.00	$59,400	$28.60	-2.9%
New Haven	670	$55,700	$26.80	$62,900	$30.20	186.6%
Norwich	80	$60,900	$29.30	$68,900	$33.10	-34%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	1,530	$60,200	$29.00	$66,500	$32.00	-22.3%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	90	$45,400	$21.80	$65,300	$31.40	-57%
Cape Coral	90	$51,400	$24.70	$74,600	$35.90	-50.1%
Deltona	130	$43,500	$20.90	$47,500	$22.80	-5.7%
Fort Walton Beach	380	$49,100	$23.60	$56,600	$27.20	473.2%
Jacksonville	890	$49,100	$23.60	$53,100	$25.50	78.4%
Miami (Area)	3,300	$45,500	$21.90	$57,600	$27.70	58.9%
Naples	40	$36,600	$17.60	$53,900	$25.90	-56.1%
Orlando	820	$52,000	$25.00	$59,800	$28.80	-3.4%
Palm Bay	300	$43,300	$20.80	$53,300	$25.60	80.1%
Pensacola	330	$44,600	$21.50	$53,700	$25.80	152%
Port St. Lucie	110	$35,000	$16.80	$50,800	$24.40	5.5%
Punta Gorda	30	$42,400	$20.40	$46,800	$22.50	4.3%
Sebastian	60	$40,600	$19.50	$46,300	$22.30	60.5%
Tallahassee	40	$39,500	$19.00	$45,800	$22.00	-71.2%
Tampa	380	$46,300	$22.20	$60,200	$29.00	-60.4%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	2,660	$58,700	$28.20	$66,000	$31.70	35.3%
Macon	310	$44,400	$21.30	$50,000	$24.10	281.8%
Savannah	600	$50,200	$24.10	$55,400	$26.60	363.2%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	680	$61,400	$29.50	$66,100	$31.80	83%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	420	$43,100	$20.70	$51,700	$24.90	86.1%
Coeur d'Alene	60	$40,100	$19.30	$49,300	$23.70	34.4%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	30	$53,500	$25.70	$65,500	$31.50	-55.7%
Chicago (Area)	1,880	$49,800	$23.90	$60,200	$28.90	-68.2%
Peoria	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	-48.5%
Rockford	150	$45,500	$21.90	$56,800	$27.30	24.4%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Wayne	160	$58,000	$27.90	$62,800	$30.20	-8.7%
Indianapolis	900	$62,200	$29.90	$86,100	$41.40	20.3%
South Bend	NA	$78,700	$37.80	$92,100	$44.30	NA

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Des Moines	140	$53,400	$25.70	$58,800	$28.30	-49%
Waterloo	30	$32,900	$15.80	$50,600	$24.30	-57.5%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Topeka	140	$54,500	$26.20	$59,000	$28.40	48.8%
Wichita	2,570	$53,700	$25.80	$61,700	$29.60	911.7%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Elizabethtown	40	$56,600	$27.20	$56,600	$27.20	3.4%
Lexington	130	$58,600	$28.20	$63,800	$30.70	-36%
Louisville	630	$93,200	$44.80	$102,000	$49.00	24.2%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	150	$50,200	$24.10	$57,500	$27.60	-52.2%
Houma	190	$48,500	$23.30	$56,100	$27.00	132.1%
Lafayette	280	NA	NA	NA	NA	123.1%
Lake Charles	180	$47,000	$22.60	$52,600	$25.30	137.4%
New Orleans	880	$48,900	$23.50	$53,800	$25.90	101%
Shreveport	340	$52,300	$25.10	$54,900	$26.40	127.4%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	90	$49,500	$23.80	$51,000	$24.50	62.9%
Portland	30	$43,900	$21.10	$56,000	$26.90	-79.3%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	500	$52,900	$25.40	$61,100	$29.40	-53.4%
Hagerstown	150	$52,700	$25.30	$59,000	$28.40	84.8%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	-4.7%
Boston (Area)	680	$62,400	$30.00	$69,800	$33.50	-0.7%
Springfield	800	$60,800	$29.20	$64,700	$31.10	225.3%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Battle Creek	220	$45,300	$21.80	$54,300	$26.10	376%
Detroit (Area)	970	$60,800	$29.20	$69,300	$33.30	-30.2%
Lansing	50	$63,600	$30.60	$67,800	$32.60	-69.2%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	NA	$46,100	$22.20	$52,100	$25.10	NA
Minneapolis	1,100	$58,700	$28.20	$64,300	$30.90	-25.6%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	210	$45,700	$22.00	$48,500	$23.30	136.7%
Jackson	170	$48,800	$23.50	$55,600	$26.70	-21.2%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Springfield	80	$43,600	$20.90	$48,400	$23.30	-52.6%
St. Louis	1,350	$54,300	$26.10	$60,200	$28.90	21.3%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	60	$41,800	$20.10	$45,500	$21.90	-14.2%
Great Falls	130	$50,400	$24.20	$56,500	$27.20	316.9%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	200	$44,300	$21.30	$48,500	$23.30	-48.8%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	920	$56,100	$27.00	$68,300	$32.90	24.7%
Reno	150	$52,900	$25.40	$61,700	$29.70	-12.4%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	70	$43,100	$20.70	$53,100	$25.50	-15.3%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	90	$58,400	$28.10	$61,000	$29.30	-24.2%
Trenton	40	$53,500	$25.70	$67,300	$32.40	-80%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	680	$49,000	$23.60	$57,200	$27.50	108.3%
Santa Fe	30	$56,500	$27.20	$63,600	$30.60	-37.3%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Buffalo	160	$56,900	$27.40	$61,200	$29.40	-65.6%
New York (Area)	NA	$55,100	$26.50	$66,600	$32.00	NA
Poughkeepsie	170	$65,300	$31.40	$65,300	$31.40	-19.7%
Rochester	120	$50,200	$24.20	$63,400	$30.50	-70.3%
Syracuse	80	$57,100	$27.50	$59,100	$28.40	-71.1%
Utica	NA	$46,900	$22.50	$50,100	$24.10	NA

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	40	$38,500	$18.50	$41,400	$19.90	-70.5%
Burlington	40	$32,900	$15.80	$39,100	$18.80	-12.6%
Charlotte	1,070	$55,200	$26.50	$61,200	$29.40	49.2%
Durham	NA	$48,300	$23.20	$55,400	$26.60	NA
Greensboro	400	$42,600	$20.50	$48,600	$23.40	32.4%
Hickory	90	$43,100	$20.70	$51,900	$25.00	-27.5%
Jacksonville	90	$51,400	$24.70	$57,200	$27.50	137.5%
Raleigh	330	$57,100	$27.50	$63,300	$30.40	-24%
Winston-Salem	290	$48,000	$23.10	$51,000	$24.50	67.1%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fargo	50	$43,400	$20.90	$59,600	$28.70	-47.7%
Grand Forks	NA	$56,000	$26.90	$65,100	$31.30	NA

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	110	$44,900	$21.60	$55,500	$26.70	-58.7%
Cincinnati	450	$53,200	$25.60	$66,400	$31.90	-47.6%
Cleveland	430	$47,000	$22.60	$56,600	$27.20	-49.5%
Columbus	640	$51,200	$24.60	$60,000	$28.90	-17.8%
Dayton	260	$52,700	$25.40	$59,100	$28.40	-20%
Youngstown	70	$61,600	$29.60	$62,100	$29.80	-60.5%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	1,660	$51,300	$24.70	$53,800	$25.90	242.1%
Tulsa	2,940	NA	NA	NA	NA	709.9%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	50	$36,000	$17.30	$43,900	$21.10	-11.5%
Medford	40	$47,600	$22.90	$57,900	$27.80	-41.6%
Portland	730	$54,100	$26.00	$63,200	$30.40	-14.2%
Salem	40	$51,600	$24.80	$58,400	$28.10	-69.8%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	90	$39,000	$18.80	$58,300	$28.00	-69.7%
Harrisburg	80	$51,300	$24.70	$76,600	$36.90	-69.8%
Johnstown	110	$41,400	$19.90	$51,900	$24.90	129.4%
Lancaster	60	$40,000	$19.30	$51,500	$24.80	-67.2%
Lebanon	40	$47,700	$22.90	$55,400	$26.70	-7%
Philadelphia (Area)	2,460	$53,900	$25.90	$61,200	$29.40	-14.8%
Reading	50	$47,000	$22.60	$62,300	$30.00	-67.6%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	110	$48,700	$23.40	$52,500	$25.20	-76%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	140	$48,900	$23.50	$58,300	$28.00	-42.3%
Columbia	190	$47,300	$22.80	$51,900	$24.90	-32.4%
Greenville	560	$47,200	$22.70	$57,400	$27.60	119.2%
Myrtle Beach	40	$36,400	$17.50	$39,700	$19.10	-60.5%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	100	$49,200	$23.70	$54,200	$26.10	-13.2%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	40	$37,400	$18.00	$50,100	$24.10	-79.8%
Kingsport	70	$40,300	$19.40	$50,300	$24.20	-25.9%
Knoxville	150	NA	NA	NA	NA	-47.4%
Memphis	1,740	$83,700	$40.20	$91,400	$44.00	235.3%
Nashville	320	$46,000	$22.10	$50,400	$24.20	-47.7%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Amarillo	NA	$48,500	$23.30	$57,800	$27.80	NA
Austin	330	$46,800	$22.50	$57,800	$27.80	-50%
Corpus Christi	1,180	$53,700	$25.80	$57,900	$27.80	675.1%
Dallas (Area)	NA	$51,900	$24.90	$60,000	$28.90	NA
El Paso	140	$49,300	$23.70	$56,000	$26.90	-39%
Houston	2,810	$52,400	$25.20	$59,200	$28.50	27.9%
Killeen	340	$45,900	$22.10	$50,100	$24.10	226.6%
Longview	30	$38,500	$18.50	$48,700	$23.40	-57.5%
McAllen	60	$18,600	$8.90	$19,800	$9.50	-66.4%
San Angelo	NA	$32,500	$15.60	$36,900	$17.70	NA
San Antonio	2,310	$45,100	$21.70	$50,300	$24.20	222.3%
Tyler	NA	$55,500	$26.70	$66,700	$32.10	NA
Wichita Falls	940	$51,400	$24.70	$56,300	$27.10	1828.7%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ogden	930	$51,200	$24.60	$53,100	$25.50	454.2%
Provo	50	$42,600	$20.50	$47,000	$22.60	-68.3%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	110	$56,500	$27.20	$62,100	$29.90	12.7%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	140	$48,200	$23.20	$55,400	$26.70	-73.1%
Virginia Beach	370	$47,200	$22.70	$50,400	$24.20	-41.1%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Mount Vernon	NA	$29,000	$14.00	$38,600	$18.60	NA
Seattle (Area)	3,480	$57,400	$27.60	$67,300	$32.40	118.1%
Spokane	440	$46,500	$22.40	$52,000	$25.00	150.3%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	290	$53,500	$25.70	$61,500	$29.60	194.3%
Madison	120	$48,400	$23.30	$53,600	$25.80	-58.9%
Milwaukee	330	$50,500	$24.30	$57,800	$27.80	-53.3%
Racine	40	$29,900	$14.40	$39,800	$19.20	-43.8%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cheyenne	150	$46,500	$22.40	$53,500	$25.70	306.3%