Highest-paying Cities for Avionics Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for avionics 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 avionics technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $135,360, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for avionics technicians. It is followed by Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (average annual salary $112,970). 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 avionics technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Avionics Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$135,360	$92,930	400
2	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$112,970	$50,690	240
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$106,630	$75,540	320
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$93,700	$57,400	3,460
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$87,350	$49,530	1,130
6	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$85,390	$59,860	140
7	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$85,300	$61,020	120
8	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$85,300	$47,140	180
9	St Louis, Missouri	$85,150	$64,520	190
10	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$84,630	$66,750	40
11	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$84,300	$79,000	120
12	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$83,540	$79,080	140
13	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$82,960	$38,260	270
14	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$82,860	$64,410	110
15	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$82,570	$58,640	330
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$81,850	$50,160	620
17	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$81,670	$68,670	30
18	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$81,640	$62,970	70
19	Lafayette, Louisiana	$81,260	$56,430	150
20	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$80,930	$45,240	410
21	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$80,870	$45,400	920
22	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$80,460	$44,890	110
23	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$79,910	$64,110	680
24	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$79,210	$55,320	60
25	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$77,770	$54,650	30
26	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$77,630	$49,560	100
27	Savannah, Georgia	$77,330	$59,680	370
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$77,050	$59,160	370
29	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$76,460	$31,910	270
30	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$76,310	$60,330	30
31	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$75,860	$46,360	80
32	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$75,540	$57,390	110
33	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$75,500	$66,510	50
34	Springfield, Massachusetts	$75,500	$62,710	90
35	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$74,900	$54,960	60
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$74,190	$58,580	200
37	Honolulu, Hawaii	$74,020	$48,730	120
38	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$73,780	$30,690	140
39	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$73,270	$38,370	770
40	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$72,160	$51,280	290
41	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$70,990	$48,250	40
42	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$70,300	$52,190	100
43	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$69,650	$56,720	400
44	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$69,510	$41,170	100
45	New Bern, North Carolina	$68,950	$50,300	60
46	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$68,780	$45,610	670
47	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$68,440	$52,960	170
48	Corpus Christi, Texas	$67,920	$55,110	90
49	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$67,910	$45,860	570
50	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$67,220	$54,890	50
51	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$67,140	$37,850	160
52	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$66,680	$36,360	50
53	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$66,550	$52,000	n/a
54	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$66,280	$53,350	n/a
55	Anchorage, Alaska	$66,260	$42,180	50
56	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$66,230	$53,150	30
57	Port St Lucie, Florida	$65,490	$42,240	n/a
58	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$65,400	$46,030	50
59	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,820	$46,090	50
60	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$64,310	$32,760	790
61	Tucson, Arizona	$64,070	$50,920	130
62	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$63,320	$47,170	110
63	Tacoma, Washington	$63,040	$42,590	70
64	Waco, Texas	$63,040	$60,330	60
65	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$63,030	$44,810	100
66	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$62,830	$39,710	90
67	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$62,590	$48,690	170
68	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$62,470	$38,690	150
69	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$62,310	$57,260	60
70	Salem, Oregon	$62,180	$51,660	30
71	Huntsville, Alabama	$62,120	$51,920	160
72	Jacksonville, Florida	$62,000	$47,480	360
73	El Paso, Texas	$61,950	$38,040	80
74	Wichita, Kansas	$61,920	$43,160	500
75	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$61,890	$34,780	50
76	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$61,540	$53,990	70
77	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$61,490	$48,000	110
78	Gary, Indiana	$61,440	$53,970	n/a
79	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$60,990	$34,090	340
80	Kansas City, Missouri	$60,700	$41,500	110
81	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$60,530	$44,980	40
82	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$60,370	$42,660	140
83	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$60,330	$39,250	30
84	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$60,330	$22,840	50
85	Jacksonville, North Carolina	$60,320	$59,590	40
86	Wilmington, New Jersey	$60,120	$52,850	40
87	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$60,080	$39,730	40
88	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$59,880	$43,290	550
89	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$59,830	$42,100	n/a
90	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$59,040	$49,930	80
91	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$59,040	$33,500	190
92	Memphis, Tennessee	$59,020	$38,250	30
93	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$58,810	$43,120	40
94	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$58,770	$51,790	40
95	Columbus, Ohio	$58,710	$46,200	40
96	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$58,660	$43,970	370
97	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$58,600	$35,270	110
98	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$58,220	$30,920	60
99	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,760	$33,070	180
100	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$57,740	$38,680	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for avionics technicians.