Highest-paying Cities for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians

The top 76 highest paying cities for aerospace engineering and operations technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of aerospace engineering and operations technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $104,070, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for aerospace engineering and operations technicians. It is followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (average annual salary $103,260). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of aerospace engineering and operations technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 76 Highest-paying cities/areas for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$104,070	$68,240	280
2	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$103,260	$63,750	660
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$101,220	$78,730	260
4	Salt Lake City, Utah	$99,780	$50,460	70
5	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$97,700	$51,610	720
6	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$96,510	$47,130	60
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$93,450	$65,820	190
8	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$88,640	$46,650	370
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$83,730	$57,370	750
10	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$83,400	$63,730	200
11	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$83,360	$54,170	130
12	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$82,890	$47,790	80
13	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$81,000	$65,480	100
14	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$80,850	$52,550	40
15	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$78,720	$50,310	40
16	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$78,420	$46,660	330
17	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$78,300	$61,640	50
18	St Louis, Missouri	$78,150	$56,620	70
19	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$77,480	$61,900	50
20	Jacksonville, Florida	$77,160	$35,230	100
21	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$76,990	$51,610	80
22	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$76,600	$38,500	30
23	Boulder, Colorado	$76,210	$50,890	70
24	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$75,130	$57,080	470
25	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$74,640	$39,530	40
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$74,040	$43,900	70
27	Waco, Texas	$73,320	$53,930	120
28	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$73,200	$48,920	80
29	Tucson, Arizona	$72,750	$40,460	n/a
30	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$72,430	$46,940	140
31	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$72,030	$50,310	n/a
32	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$71,880	$44,800	50
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$71,560	$48,530	920
34	Dayton, Ohio	$71,400	$51,330	120
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$70,640	$49,430	180
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$69,920	$46,350	640
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,390	$57,110	110
38	Wichita, Kansas	$69,220	$47,380	370
39	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$68,870	$48,090	40
40	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$67,610	$25,850	70
41	Akron, Ohio	$66,910	$45,300	n/a
42	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$66,710	$46,840	100
43	Rochester, New York	$65,360	$44,070	n/a
44	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$64,810	$39,720	n/a
45	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,650	$40,070	100
46	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$64,480	$37,800	50
47	Huntsville, Alabama	$63,890	$48,460	440
48	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$63,810	$41,120	100
49	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$63,730	$34,670	230
50	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$63,160	$39,160	80
51	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$62,940	$40,730	90
52	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$62,890	$35,370	80
53	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$62,430	$48,180	240
54	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$61,960	$37,460	40
55	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$60,800	$50,350	400
56	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$59,930	$45,210	40
57	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$59,870	$48,420	40
58	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$59,050	$36,340	340
59	Kansas City, Missouri	$58,850	$58,000	50
60	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$58,590	$42,080	80
61	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$58,480	$41,480	70
62	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,300	$32,380	490
63	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$57,070	$57,060	80
64	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$56,770	$42,300	60
65	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$56,590	$42,460	n/a
66	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$56,570	$42,460	n/a
67	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$55,010	$39,280	n/a
68	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,210	$38,260	n/a
69	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$52,110	$38,820	90
70	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$51,140	$39,710	150
71	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$50,400	$23,900	340
72	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$49,620	$38,650	50
73	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$48,760	$33,290	40
74	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$48,730	$46,690	150
75	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$48,260	$37,960	80
76	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$47,960	$47,950	340

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for aerospace engineering and operations technicians.