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Highest Paying Industries for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians

The top 34 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $75,360, administrative and support services is the highest paying industry for aerospace engineering and operations technicians. It is followed by administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industry (average annual salary $75,360). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of aerospace engineering and operations technicians in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 34 Highest Paying Industries for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Administrative and Support Services	$75,360	$40,890	30
2	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$75,360	$40,890	30
3	Temporary Help Services	$74,530	$40,840	30
4	Employment Services	$74,530	$40,840	30
5	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$72,040	$39,180	80
6	Technical and Trade Schools	$72,040	$39,180	80
7	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$70,670	$45,030	440
8	Educational Services - Privately owned	$70,380	$39,820	90
9	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$69,400	$38,710	3,730
10	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$69,300	$38,730	3,760
11	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$68,610	$45,920	210
12	Manufacturing	$68,220	$40,310	5,790
13	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$67,180	$43,950	1,900
14	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$65,390	$43,990	1,220
15	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$64,910	$41,290	80
16	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$64,790	$36,350	n/a
17	Support Activities for Transportation	$64,790	$36,350	n/a
18	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$64,620	$40,190	80
19	Educational Services	$63,160	$32,600	130
20	Transportation and Warehousing	$62,960	$18,500	610
21	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$60,680	$36,210	260
22	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$60,440	$41,560	550
23	Scientific Research and Development Services	$60,440	$41,560	550
24	Scheduled Air Transportation	$59,920	$17,360	370
25	Air Transportation	$59,730	$17,380	370
26	Engineering Services	$59,550	$33,310	1,970
27	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$58,590	$38,020	4,620
28	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$58,120	$37,450	3,790
29	Testing Laboratories	$56,350	$39,250	1,810
30	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$53,650	$29,030	40
31	Machinery Manufacturing	$38,790	$32,820	30
32	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$37,370	$26,880	40
33	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$36,990	$26,740	40
34	Educational Services - State government owned	$36,990	$26,740	40