Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians · SOC 49-3011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for aircraft mechanics and service technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 208 metro areas

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$127,140	5,110	0.5
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$103,900	3,950	1.9
3	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$101,660	70	0.5
4	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$101,590	120	0.5
5	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$100,940	580	0.4
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$100,610	2,090	0.5
7	Lexington Park, MD	$100,500	190	2.8
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$98,760	260	0.2
9	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$98,300	2,770	1.0
10	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$98,280	120	1.6
11	Yuba City, CA	$97,240	80	1.6
12	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$94,920	8,000	2.0
13	Anchorage, AK	$94,120	1,010	5.7
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$93,910	1,440	0.5
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$93,400	940	0.4
16	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$93,280	1,220	0.5
17	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$92,430	2,380	1.7
18	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$92,180	2,140	3.5
19	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$91,940	1,900	1.7
20	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$91,750	710	2.1
21	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$91,600	330	0.4
22	Medford, OR	$90,560	40	0.5
23	Urban Honolulu, HI	$90,110	870	2.0
24	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$90,050	2,110	1.1
25	Boulder, CO	$88,770	40	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.