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Aircraft Maintenance Technicians
Job Numbers and Growth
Aircraft maintenance technicians in the US number about 122,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
About 2% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week.
Training and Education
Expect to need to get a postsecondary vocational award if you pursue this occupation. 11% of workers have a bachelor's degree. 57 of people working as employees have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 33% of those working as aircraft maintenance technicians have a high-school diploma, but no further education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs per capita for workers are most common in Warner Robins (Georgia), Wichita Falls (Texas), and Wichita (Kansas), and least common in Edison (New Jersey), Rochester (New York), and Akron (Ohio).
Jobs for employees pay the most in Louisville (Kentucky), Roanoke (Virginia), and Oakland (California), and the least in Burlington (North Carolina), Visalia (California), and Racine (Wisconsin).
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Aircraft Maintenance Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Aircraft Maintenance Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Aircraft Maintenance Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Aircraft Maintenance Technicians are starred 
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| State | Area | Positions | Typical Pay | Popularity in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Birmingham | 360 | $47,640 | 0.9 |
| Alabama | Mobile | 470 | $34,320 | 3.5 |
| Alabama | Montgomery | 130 | $45,570 | 1 |
| Alaska | Anchorage | 1,030 | $57,540 | 8.7 |
| Alaska | Fairbanks | 200 | $51,700 | 9.5 |
| Arizona | Flagstaff | 60 | $42,140 | 1.6 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | 1,930 | $52,710 | 1.3 |
| Arizona | Tucson | 850 | $47,130 | 3 |
| Arizona | Yuma | 100 | $49,000 | 2.4 |
| Arkansas | Little Rock | 310 | $47,160 | 1.2 |
| California | Bakersfield | 480 | $55,720 | 2.4 |
| California | Fresno | 420 | $44,520 | 1.7 |
| California | Hanford | 40 | $45,790 | 2.2 |
| California | Oakland | 340 | $63,540 | 0.4 |
| California | Oxnard | 200 | $52,460 | 0.9 |
| California | Redding | 60 | $38,570 | 1.3 |
| California | Riverside | 1,080 | $51,220 | 1.1 |
| California | Sacramento | 320 | $56,490 | 0.5 |
| California | San Diego | 860 | $53,040 | 0.8 |
| California | San Jose | 270 | $58,560 | 0.4 |
| California | Santa Ana | 290 | $49,310 | 0.2 |
| California | Santa Barbara | 60 | $56,320 | 0.5 |
| California | Stockton | 100 | $44,270 | 0.6 |
| California | Visalia | 30 | $31,250 | 0.3 |
| California | Yuba City | 60 | $53,280 | 2.4 |
| Colorado | Colorado Springs | 310 | $45,500 | 1.6 |
| Colorado | Denver | 1,420 | $56,370 | 1.5 |
| Colorado | Fort Collins | 60 | $42,320 | 0.7 |
| Colorado | Greeley | 30 | $38,740 | 0.6 |
| Connecticut | Hartford | 550 | $49,270 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | New Haven | 850 | $52,550 | 4 |
| Connecticut | Norwich | 70 | $54,720 | 0.8 |
| Delaware | Wilmington | 220 | $54,570 | 0.9 |
| District of Columbia | Washington | 1,330 | $56,840 | 0.7 |
| Florida | Cape Coral | 60 | $60,100 | 0.4 |
| Florida | Deltona | 120 | $40,750 | 1.1 |
| Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 980 | $45,120 | 1.7 |
| Florida | Fort Walton Beach | 350 | $45,980 | 6.6 |
| Florida | Jacksonville | 780 | $49,340 | 1.7 |
| Florida | Miami | 2,110 | $43,840 | 2.8 |
| Florida | Orlando | 1,000 | $52,480 | 1.2 |
| Florida | Palm Bay | 410 | $45,600 | 2.8 |
| Florida | Pensacola | 270 | $48,810 | 2.5 |
| Florida | Port St Lucie | 90 | $40,550 | 1 |
| Florida | Sarasota | 130 | $48,950 | 0.7 |
| Florida | Tallahassee | 40 | $41,130 | 0.3 |
| Florida | Tampa | 340 | $49,050 | 0.4 |
| Florida | West Palm Beach | 630 | $51,310 | 1.5 |
| Georgia | Atlanta | 2,560 | $55,660 | 1.4 |
| Georgia | Gainesville | 40 | $35,710 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | Savannah | 1,160 | $48,400 | 10.6 |
| Georgia | Warner Robins | 940 | $46,140 | 28.2 |
| Hawaii | Honolulu | 720 | $55,440 | 2.2 |
| Idaho | Boise | 340 | $41,020 | 1.7 |
| Idaho | Coeur Dalene | 40 | $38,720 | 1.1 |
| Illinois | Chicago | 2,080 | $59,080 | 0.7 |
| Illinois | Springfield | 60 | $54,840 | 0.8 |
| Indiana | Fort Wayne | 130 | $57,790 | 0.8 |
| Indiana | Gary | 50 | $52,230 | 0.2 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis | 1,000 | $61,980 | 1.4 |
| Iowa | Des Moines | 110 | $58,380 | 0.4 |
| Iowa | Waterloo | 40 | $37,480 | 0.7 |
| Kansas | Topeka | 120 | $53,510 | 1.5 |
| Kansas | Wichita | 2,710 | $51,560 | 11.7 |
| Kentucky | Lexington | 130 | $56,130 | 0.7 |
| Kentucky | Louisville | 630 | $82,990 | 1.3 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 180 | $48,850 | 0.6 |
| Louisiana | Houma | 180 | $47,600 | 2.7 |
| Louisiana | Lafayette | 470 | $50,720 | 4.4 |
| Louisiana | Lake Charles | 170 | $44,850 | 2.8 |
| Louisiana | Shreveport | 340 | $47,580 | 2.6 |
| Maine | Bangor | 70 | $48,260 | 1.6 |
| Maine | Portland | 70 | $47,410 | 0.5 |
| Maryland | Baltimore | 570 | $53,230 | 0.6 |
| Maryland | Hagerstown | 130 | $44,850 | 1.8 |
| Massachusetts | Barnstable Town | 90 | $48,920 | 1.3 |
| Massachusetts | Boston | 700 | $58,150 | 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | Springfield | 740 | $54,750 | 3.3 |
| Michigan | Ann Arbor | 240 | $51,210 | 2 |
| Michigan | Battle Creek | 260 | $47,350 | 8 |
| Michigan | Detroit | 710 | $60,310 | 1.3 |
| Michigan | Lansing | 90 | $55,880 | 0.6 |
| Michigan | Warren | 410 | $55,070 | 0.5 |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis | 1,210 | $58,220 | 0.9 |
| Mississippi | Gulfport | 110 | $46,230 | 1.4 |
| Mississippi | Jackson | 80 | $43,810 | 0.4 |
| Missouri | Kansas City | 580 | $50,680 | 0.7 |
| Missouri | Springfield | 100 | $42,010 | 0.7 |
| Missouri | St Louis | 1,570 | $52,700 | 1.5 |
| Montana | Great Falls | 110 | $48,530 | 5 |
| Nebraska | Omaha | 150 | $46,750 | 0.4 |
| Nevada | Las Vegas | 920 | $56,310 | 1.3 |
| Nevada | Reno | 170 | $53,510 | 1.1 |
| New Hampshire | Manchester | 90 | $45,470 | 1.2 |
| New Hampshire | Nashua | 80 | $46,930 | 0.8 |
| New Jersey | Atlantic City | 100 | $57,530 | 0.9 |
| New Jersey | Camden | 210 | $60,250 | 0.5 |
| New Jersey | Edison | 140 | $54,910 | 0.2 |
| New Jersey | Newark | 1,980 | $59,080 | 2.5 |
| New Jersey | Trenton | 40 | $58,060 | 0.2 |
| New York | Albany | 120 | $58,910 | 0.4 |
| New York | Buffalo | 160 | $57,150 | 0.4 |
| New York | New York | 2,160 | $56,170 | 0.5 |
| New York | Poughkeepsie | 240 | $52,540 | 1.3 |
| New York | Rochester | 60 | $51,520 | 0.2 |
| New York | Syracuse | 80 | $58,860 | 0.3 |
| North Carolina | Asheville | 70 | $39,630 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | Burlington | 50 | $31,690 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | Charlotte | 1,060 | $52,920 | 1.6 |
| North Carolina | Greensboro | 420 | $40,120 | 1.5 |
| North Carolina | Hickory | 120 | $43,430 | 1 |
| North Carolina | Raleigh | 470 | $51,810 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | Winston Salem | 240 | $45,830 | 1.5 |
| North Dakota | Fargo | 80 | $41,980 | 1 |
| Ohio | Akron | 40 | $51,840 | 0.2 |
| Ohio | Cincinnati | 480 | $51,720 | 0.6 |
| Ohio | Cleveland | 450 | $44,540 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | Columbus | 780 | $48,120 | 1.1 |
| Ohio | Dayton | 370 | $49,300 | 1.2 |
| Ohio | Toledo | 110 | $52,570 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | Youngstown | 80 | $52,690 | 0.5 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | 1,670 | $47,300 | 3.9 |
| Oklahoma | Tulsa | 3,150 | 9.5 | |
| Oregon | Medford | 50 | $44,690 | 0.8 |
| Oregon | Portland | 800 | $50,910 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | Allentown | 90 | $40,620 | 0.4 |
| Pennsylvania | Johnstown | 110 | $43,870 | 2.9 |
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1,790 | $47,700 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 800 | 0.9 | |
| Pennsylvania | Reading | 40 | $44,650 | 0.3 |
| Rhode Island | Providence | 110 | $45,880 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | Charleston | 190 | $46,460 | 0.9 |
| South Carolina | Columbia | 170 | $52,700 | 0.6 |
| South Carolina | Spartanburg | 90 | $39,810 | 1 |
| South Dakota | Sioux Falls | 90 | $46,430 | 0.9 |
| Tennessee | Clarksville | 490 | $48,020 | 9.4 |
| Tennessee | Nashville | 400 | $48,460 | 0.7 |
| Texas | Austin | 260 | $47,740 | 0.4 |
| Texas | Corpus Christi | 1,250 | $50,040 | 9.6 |
| Texas | El Paso | 190 | $47,710 | 1 |
| Texas | Fort Worth | 3,980 | $54,090 | 6 |
| Texas | Houston | 1,730 | $52,310 | 0.9 |
| Texas | Longview | 30 | $46,220 | 0.5 |
| Texas | San Antonio | 2,320 | $40,750 | 3.6 |
| Texas | Tyler | 40 | $54,710 | 0.6 |
| Texas | Wichita Falls | 1,060 | $44,000 | 27.1 |
| Utah | Ogden | 990 | $49,310 | 6.7 |
| Utah | Provo | 40 | $48,120 | 0.3 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | 600 | $52,640 | 1.2 |
| Vermont | Burlington | 100 | $47,930 | 1.3 |
| Virginia | Richmond | 140 | $54,400 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | Roanoke | 40 | $73,210 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | Virginia Beach | 400 | $46,130 | 0.7 |
| Washington | Seattle | 3,140 | $58,070 | 2.8 |
| Wisconsin | Appleton | 330 | $52,800 | 4 |
| Wisconsin | Madison | 110 | $49,360 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 620 | $48,730 | 0.9 |
| Wisconsin | Racine | 40 | $31,760 | 0.7 |
| Wyoming | Cheyenne | 140 | $46,050 | 4.9 |
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