Aircraft Maintenance Technicians: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 122,000 aircraft maintenance technicians in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is very low when compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

2% of employees work on a part-time basis.

Training and Education

If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having a postsecondary vocational award. The percentage of workers with a 4 year degree is 11%. According to 2008 data 57% of employees have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among aircraft maintenance technicians, 33% have a high-school diploma, but no college 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 for this occupation are most common in Warner Robins (Georgia), Wichita Falls (Texas), and Wichita (Kansas), but are rarer in Edison (New Jersey), Rochester (New York), and Akron (Ohio).

Employees are paid comparatively more in Louisville (Kentucky), Roanoke (Virginia), and Oakland (California) and comparatively less 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 .

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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