Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

Aircraft maintenance technicians nationally number 122,000. The unemployment level for workers is very low, compared to other occupations. About 3% of employees were unemployed recently.

Flexibility

About 2% of aircraft maintenance technicians work less than full-time.

Education

Workers are generally expected to have a postsecondary vocational award. About 11% of employees hold a bachelor's degree or better. Currently 57% of aircraft maintenance technicians have some college education, though not a degree. About 33% of workers were able to get their jobs with a high-school diploma.

Local Outlook

Employees are relatively common in Corpus Christi (Texas), Fairbanks (Alaska), and Wichita (Kansas). They are rarer in Bethesda (Maryland), Rochester (New York), and Edison (New Jersey). Aircraft maintenance technicians are paid highest in Oakland (California), Indianapolis (Indiana), and Portsmouth (New Hampshire), and lowest in Hot Springs (Arkansas), Allentown (Pennsylvania), and Burlington (North Carolina).

Detailed local employment conditions for Aircraft Maintenance Technicians in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Aircraft Maintenance Technicians

Employment info for Aircraft Maintenance Technicians, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	1.08	440	$47,000
Alabama	Mobile	3.12	420	$34,000
Alabama	Montgomery	1.98	250	$42,000
Alaska	Anchorage	9.51	1,130	$56,000
Alaska	Fairbanks	13.45	280
Arizona	Flagstaff	1.37	50	$37,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.25	1,890	$51,000
Arizona	Tucson	2.63	770	$48,000
Arizona	Yuma	3.05	130	$46,000
Arkansas	Hot Springs	7.05	170	$33,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	1.59	410	$44,000
California	Bakersfield	2.8	560	$54,000
California	Fresno	1.72	440	$44,000
California	Los Angeles	1.17	3,870	$59,000
California	Oakland	0.47	380	$64,000
California	Oxnard	1.19	280	$48,000
California	Redding	0.84	40	$42,000
California	Riverside	1.18	1,220	$49,000
California	Sacramento	0.44	310	$53,000
California	San Diego	0.71	750	$53,000
California	Santa Ana	0.39	480	$50,000
California	Stockton	0.56	90	$45,000
California	Vallejo	1.54	140	$58,000
California	Yuba City	3.62	100	$52,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1.58	310	$47,000
Colorado	Denver	1.15	1,130	$56,000
Colorado	Fort Collins	0.55	50	$44,000
Colorado	Greeley	0.74	40	$46,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1.05	360	$55,000
Connecticut	Hartford	1.21	540	$46,000
Connecticut	Norwich	1	90	$51,000
Delaware	Dover	6.36	250	$51,000
District of Columbia	Washington	0.81	1,490	$51,000
Florida	Deltona	1	120	$39,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1.47	870	$45,000
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	10.99	630	$39,000
Florida	Jacksonville	1.44	690	$47,000
Florida	Miami	2.25	1,780	$47,000
Florida	Naples	0.31	30	$48,000
Florida	Orlando	1.57	1,320	$52,000
Florida	Palm Bay	2.98	450	$45,000
Florida	Panama City	7.29	360	$45,000
Florida	Pensacola	0.94	110	$48,000
Florida	Port St Lucie	0.71	70	$44,000
Florida	Sarasota	0.73	160	$49,000
Florida	Sebastian	1.52	50	$43,000
Florida	Tampa	0.32	320	$49,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	0.86	380	$53,000
Georgia	Atlanta	1.42	2,720	$54,000
Georgia	Macon	3.73	270	$42,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	2.11	700	$56,000
Idaho	Boise	1.55	320	$44,000
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	1.16	40	$38,000
Illinois	Chicago	0.63	1,930	$55,000
Illinois	Springfield	0.81	60	$51,000
Indiana	Fort Wayne	0.85	140	$55,000
Indiana	Gary	0.23	50	$48,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	1.15	800	$63,000
Indiana	Terre Haute	1.25	60	$53,000
Iowa	Des Moines	0.6	150	$48,000
Iowa	Waterloo	0.51	30	$43,000
Kansas	Topeka	2.41	190	$48,000
Kansas	Wichita	13.08	3,040	$50,000
Louisiana	Houma	2.37	160	$48,000
Louisiana	Lafayette	3.84	390	$56,000
Louisiana	Lake Charles	3.66	230	$48,000
Louisiana	New Orleans	1.54	600	$46,000
Louisiana	Shreveport	2.29	290	$48,000
Maine	Bangor	2.66	120	$48,000
Maine	Portland	0.27	40	$43,000
Maryland	Baltimore	0.54	550	$47,000
Maryland	Bethesda	0.18	80	$43,000
Maryland	Hagerstown	1.64	120	$44,000
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	2.47	180	$53,000
Massachusetts	Boston	0.47	630	$61,000
Massachusetts	Springfield	2.23	520	$50,000
Michigan	Ann Arbor	2.09	270	$46,000
Michigan	Battle Creek	7.56	260	$46,000
Michigan	Detroit	1.16	680	$56,000
Michigan	Lansing	0.66	100	$49,000
Michigan	Warren	0.49	450	$53,000
Mississippi	Gulfport	2.49	190	$48,000
Mississippi	Jackson	0.31	60	$50,000
Missouri	Kansas City	0.85	680	$52,000
Missouri	Springfield	0.55	80	$41,000
Missouri	St Louis	1.31	1,400	$51,000
Montana	Billings	2.08	120	$39,000
Montana	Great Falls	7.07	160	$46,000
Nebraska	Omaha	0.34	120	$47,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	1.15	850	$54,000
Nevada	Reno	1.27	210	$47,000
New Hampshire	Nashua	1.08	110	$45,000
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	1.74	70	$60,000
New Jersey	Camden	0.55	230	$59,000
New Jersey	Edison	0.07	60	$56,000
New Jersey	Newark	2.25	1,790	$59,000
New Jersey	Trenton	0.3	50	$52,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	0.7	210	$46,000
New York	Albany	0.41	140	$50,000
New York	Buffalo	0.48	200	$54,000
New York	Nassau	0.63	620	$44,000
New York	New York	0.77	3,100	$53,000
New York	Poughkeepsie	1.3	240	$49,000
New York	Rochester	0.15	60	$43,000
New York	Syracuse	0.39	90	$50,000
New York	Utica	1.18	110	$40,000
North Carolina	Burlington	0.99	40	$30,000
North Carolina	Fayetteville	1.14	100	$42,000
North Carolina	Hickory	0.32	40	$42,000
North Carolina	Raleigh	0.66	260	$49,000
North Carolina	Winston Salem	2.19	360	$42,000
North Dakota	Fargo	0.95	80	$43,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	0.8	650	$49,000
Ohio	Cleveland	0.63	530	$39,000
Ohio	Columbus	1.02	740	$46,000
Ohio	Dayton	0.82	250	$50,000
Ohio	Toledo	0.48	120	$50,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	4.68	2,070	$42,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	9.16	3,030	$55,000
Oregon	Medford	1.5	90	$43,000
Oregon	Portland	0.94	770	$50,000
Oregon	Salem	0.36	40	$47,000
Pennsylvania	Allentown	0.39	100	$35,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	0.35	80	$43,000
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	2.48	100	$42,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1.13	1,670	$46,000
Rhode Island	Providence	0.28	130	$45,000
South Carolina	Charleston	0.72	160	$46,000
South Carolina	Columbia	0.63	170	$49,000
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	1.4	140	$40,000
Tennessee	Kingsport	0.72	60	$41,000
Tennessee	Memphis	3.04	1,500
Tennessee	Nashville	0.95	570	$48,000
Texas	Abilene	0.95	40	$40,000
Texas	Austin	0.51	300	$46,000
Texas	Corpus Christi	15.07	1,950	$45,000
Texas	Dallas	1.55	2,530	$52,000
Texas	El Paso	0.86	170	$50,000
Texas	Fort Worth	6.79	4,440	$52,000
Texas	Houston	1.19	2,360	$54,000
Texas	San Antonio	2.64	1,690	$40,000
Utah	Ogden	7.96	1,150	$49,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	1.09	520	$50,000
Vermont	Burlington	1.62	130	$47,000
Virginia	Richmond	0.36	170	$51,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	0.5	300	$43,000
Washington	Seattle	3.58	4,040	$54,000
Washington	Spokane	1.14	180	$44,000
Washington	Yakima	0.87	50	$38,000
Wisconsin	Appleton	3.78	320	$50,000
Wisconsin	Madison	0.43	110	$56,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	0.99	670	$47,000
Wyoming	Cheyenne	5.28	140	$44,000