Highest-paying Cities for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for aircraft mechanics and service 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 aircraft mechanics and service technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,020, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas is the highest paying city for aircraft mechanics and service technicians. It is followed by California-Lexington Park, Maryland (average annual salary $96,260). 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 aircraft mechanics and service technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$107,020	$50,490	40
2	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$96,260	$73,530	320
3	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$86,940	$42,650	1,190
4	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$86,580	$26,590	470
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$85,250	$51,210	4,060
6	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$84,900	$58,340	50
7	Yuba City, California	$84,640	$56,510	90
8	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$84,470	$58,260	610
9	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$83,680	$51,420	120
10	Memphis, Tennessee	$83,660	$38,530	3,270
11	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$83,630	$46,240	3,820
12	St Louis, Missouri	$83,520	$45,750	1,220
13	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$83,160	$52,980	80
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$83,160	$59,560	1,330
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$83,090	$46,030	1,160
16	Modesto, California	$82,650	$53,390	n/a
17	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$81,420	$58,880	3,950
18	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$81,120	$38,990	180
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$81,020	$49,410	2,030
20	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$80,660	$74,030	130
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$80,080	$52,040	2,390
22	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,660	$45,950	560
23	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$79,510	$49,710	40
24	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$79,260	$29,970	200
25	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$79,240	$62,900	590
26	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$79,100	$47,100	90
27	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$79,030	$49,340	700
28	Punta Gorda, Florida	$79,020	$40,070	60
29	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$78,250	$39,950	6,540
30	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$78,210	$50,390	100
31	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$78,160	$46,400	220
32	Hammond, Louisiana	$78,020	$69,660	30
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$77,880	$48,110	1,670
34	Mobile, Alabama	$77,870	$47,160	640
35	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$77,600	$64,810	210
36	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$77,560	$49,290	430
37	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$77,550	$60,790	130
38	Anchorage, Alaska	$77,480	$50,880	840
39	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$77,420	$56,940	450
40	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$77,390	$45,900	2,010
41	Fairbanks, Alaska	$77,380	$50,790	90
42	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$77,300	$46,290	90
43	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$77,260	$37,100	2,370
44	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$77,210	$54,870	290
45	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$77,120	$41,430	40
46	Bismarck, North Dakota	$77,080	$40,800	50
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$77,050	$51,170	5,070
48	Huntsville, Alabama	$76,810	$45,110	420
49	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$76,680	$51,590	1,870
50	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$76,000	$54,450	910
51	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$75,940	$44,830	30
52	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$75,920	$35,660	330
53	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$75,860	$29,670	30
54	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$75,800	$39,420	100
55	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$75,660	$43,880	1,770
56	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$75,580	$41,590	1,580
57	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$75,440	$39,630	1,360
58	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$75,340	$50,070	1,660
59	Wichita Falls, Texas	$75,330	$35,250	410
60	Kansas City, Missouri	$75,210	$41,190	330
61	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$75,050	$31,400	50
62	Danbury, Connecticut	$74,990	$33,120	30
63	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$74,940	$53,210	40
64	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$74,880	$37,970	40
65	Syracuse, New York	$74,830	$61,430	60
66	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$74,800	$48,630	260
67	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$74,700	$45,910	50
68	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$74,670	$41,470	70
69	Salisbury, Maryland	$74,570	$46,180	40
70	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$74,330	$39,020	3,450
71	Alexandria, Louisiana	$74,320	$28,160	30
72	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$74,300	$46,840	50
73	Springfield, Massachusetts	$73,820	$50,380	490
74	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$73,820	$41,680	680
75	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$73,780	$45,830	1,600
76	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$73,700	$47,280	40
77	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$73,690	$45,360	70
78	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$73,690	$44,420	80
79	St Joseph, Missouri	$73,690	$62,380	60
80	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$73,540	$47,720	90
81	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$73,100	$50,450	410
82	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$73,070	$46,770	370
83	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$73,060	$42,760	710
84	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$72,850	$46,580	40
85	Goldsboro, North Carolina	$72,650	$56,990	90
86	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$72,500	$55,190	2,240
87	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$72,480	$45,090	50
88	Toledo, Ohio	$72,380	$42,080	110
89	Tyler, Texas	$72,370	$42,220	30
90	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$72,300	$38,780	360
91	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$72,220	$34,640	60
92	Charlottesville, Virginia	$72,110	$45,170	40
93	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$71,900	$59,920	80
94	Worcester, Massachusetts	$71,890	$46,220	70
95	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$71,870	$47,590	50
96	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$71,790	$28,450	40
97	Bellingham, Washington	$71,740	$40,240	80
98	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$71,620	$38,040	160
99	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$71,420	$45,040	150
100	Dover, Delaware	$71,340	$63,650	100

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for aircraft mechanics and service technicians.