Airfield Operations Specialists · SOC 53-2022
Airfield Operations Specialists Salary in the San Diego Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area
Figures describe the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Diego city limits.
Airfield Operations Specialists in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area earned a median of $63,550 per year ($30.55 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,870 at the 10th percentile to $90,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Airfield Operations Specialists in the San Diego metro area earn more than $63,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $55,450 and $82,800.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,870 | $55,450 | $63,550 | $82,800 | $90,970 |
| Hourly | $23.49 | $26.66 | $30.55 | $39.81 | $43.74 |
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
- San Diego metro areathis metro area$63,550 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $55,450 to $82,800
- Californiastate (CA)$62,600 median for California; middle half earns $54,580 to $86,320
- United Statesnational$56,850 median for United States; middle half earns $42,000 to $77,340
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs California overall and +12% 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 San Diego metro area has the 13th-highest published median for this occupation among the 48 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 airfield operations specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- San Diego metro areathis page$63,550 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $55,450 to $82,800
- $86,880 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $77,910 to $105,870
- $85,680 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $62,940 to $104,170
- $61,740 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $56,090 to $106,170
- $57,330 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $51,780 to $76,610
- $54,960 median for Riverside metro area; middle half earns $47,230 to $82,320
- $53,800 median for Santa Maria metro area; middle half earns $46,710 to $78,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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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.