Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers · SOC 51-2011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 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 23 of 23 metro areas

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$110,470	4,010	1.9
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$97,340	90	0.0
3	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$86,520	2,450	0.6
4	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$79,850	600	0.3
5	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$77,920	400	0.1
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$75,200	130	0.2
7	Tucson, AZ	$73,930	580	1.5
8	Huntsville, AL	$65,860	240	0.9
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$65,000	1,570	0.3
10	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$64,600	90	0.7
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$64,480	30	0.0
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$60,610	630	0.4
13	Wichita, KS	$59,850	9,460	30.7
14	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$59,080	310	1.3
15	St. Louis, MO-IL	$58,600	410	0.3
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,590	200	0.0
17	Mobile, AL	$56,640	180	1.1
18	Ogden, UT	$56,550	210	0.8
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$50,190	80	0.0
20	Birmingham, AL	$49,900	Not published	Not published
21	Oklahoma City, OK	$49,070	190	0.3
22	Tulsa, OK	$47,840	120	0.3
23	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$38,710	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 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.