Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers · SOC 51-2011
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Salary in the Riverside Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area
Figures describe the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Riverside city limits.
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area earned a median of $50,190 per year ($24.13 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,870 at the 10th percentile to $78,160 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers in the Riverside metro area earn more than $50,190 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,560 and $63,640.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $41,870 | $48,560 | $50,190 | $63,640 | $78,160 |
| Hourly | $20.13 | $23.35 | $24.13 | $30.60 | $37.58 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Riverside metro areathis metro area$50,190 median for Riverside metro area; middle half earns $48,560 to $63,640
- Californiastate (CA)$63,640 median for California; middle half earns $60,130 to $78,380
- United Statesnational$65,380 median for United States; middle half earns $58,600 to $83,410
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −21% vs California overall and −23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Riverside metro area has the 19th-highest published median for this occupation among the 23 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Riverside metro areathis page$50,190 median for Riverside metro area; middle half earns $48,560 to $63,640
- $97,340 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $75,140 to $97,360
- $65,000 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $60,440 to $76,940
- $64,480 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $50,220 to $80,360
- $60,610 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $60,470 to $73,140
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblerss · Highest-paying occupations in Riverside Metro
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.