Avionics Technicians salary

SOC 49-2091 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$82,280

per year, nationally

Middle half

$63,900–$99,110

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

18,830

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+8.2%

1,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$49,410$113,680

10th: $49,410
25th: $63,900
Median: $82,280
75th: $99,110
90th: $113,680

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Postsecondary nondegree award
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where avionics technicians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Pennsylvania	$117,470	97.6	70	0.10×
2	New Jersey	$100,250	108.8	260	0.50×
3	Maryland	$97,490	105.0	160	0.49×
4	Alabama	$95,920	88.8	910	3.54×
5	Alaska	$94,810	102.4	50	1.18×
6	New Mexico	$94,020	92.2	—	—
7	California	$92,480	110.7	1,220	0.55×
8	Washington	$91,380	107.0	3,400	7.91×
9	Massachusetts	$89,340	105.8	40	0.09×
10	New Hampshire	$86,830	104.2	30	0.42×
11	Hawaii	$86,260	110.0	90	1.19×
12	Virginia	$85,660	101.1	250	0.51×
13	Wyoming	$84,360	92.7	—	—
14	Oregon	$83,830	103.4	140	0.60×
15	Florida	$83,800	103.4	2,400	2.00×
16	South Dakota	$83,220	88.6	40	0.73×
17	New York	$83,150	107.9	130	0.11×
18	Texas	$81,950	97.1	1,710	1.00×
19	South Carolina	$81,720	93.7	270	0.95×
20	Illinois	$81,170	100.0	300	0.41×
21	Idaho	$80,620	95.5	80	0.78×
22	Louisiana	$80,250	88.2	200	0.85×
23	Nevada	$80,040	100.0	50	0.27×
24	Arizona	$79,770	100.7	600	1.53×
25	Georgia	$79,060	96.3	1,820	3.07×
26	Colorado	$79,000	103.1	220	0.63×
27	North Carolina	$78,710	94.3	520	0.87×
28	Indiana	$76,770	93.3	60	0.14×
29	Missouri	$71,520	90.8	90	0.25×
30	Oklahoma	$70,640	87.8	530	2.56×
31	Mississippi	$65,830	87.0	160	1.11×
32	Utah	$65,270	98.9	180	0.86×
33	Wisconsin	$65,230	94.1	130	0.37×
34	Tennessee	$60,820	91.9	480	1.21×
35	Ohio	$60,080	92.8	160	0.24×
36	North Dakota	$59,900	89.0	80	1.57×
37	Kansas	$59,810	90.1	170	1.00×
38	Michigan	$58,280	96.2	300	0.56×
39	Montana	$57,420	94.6	—	—
40	Minnesota	$55,660	98.6	—	—
41	Arkansas	$54,160	86.9	100	0.61×
42	Kentucky	$42,440	90.2	—	—

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where avionics technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for avionics technicians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$129,320	115.6	80	0.28×
2	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$117,470	102.6	80	0.22×
3	Tulsa, OK	$108,840	89.2	120	2.14×
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$107,370	105.4	110	0.74×
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$101,880	97.3	110	0.70×
6	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$101,850	104.5	70	0.43×
7	Mobile, AL	$100,220	88.1	170	8.07×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,200	111.1	2,880	11.42×
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$99,420	108.9	120	0.30×
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$98,630	112.6	300	0.26×
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$98,020	113.6	500	0.66×
12	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$97,620	100.9	90	2.26×
13	Jacksonville, NC	$97,240	92.1	60	8.75×
14	Lexington Park, MD	$95,830	100.8	60	6.79×
15	Albuquerque, NM	$95,320	95.5	—	—
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$94,400	110.4	40	0.28×
17	Anchorage, AK	$93,570	105.4	30	1.50×
18	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$93,110	98.6	200	0.50×
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$92,480	111.9	180	0.96×
20	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$92,270	100.2	30	0.24×
21	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$89,180	100.1	650	1.87×
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$87,090	103.1	870	1.77×
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$86,830	108.3	40	0.13×
24	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$86,350	94.7	140	1.06×
25	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$85,870	114.2	750	2.20×
26	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$84,930	101.0	60	1.19×
27	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$84,830	101.4	290	1.73×
28	Urban Honolulu, HI	$84,310	111.0	80	1.43×
29	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$84,160	100.0	280	9.50×
30	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$83,900	97.9	90	1.02×
31	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$83,780	105.8	140	0.72×
32	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$83,080	96.9	30	0.33×
33	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$82,540	106.4	80	0.38×
34	St. Louis, MO-IL	$82,200	95.1	150	0.94×
35	Jacksonville, FL	$81,760	99.5	330	3.53×
36	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$81,620	103.6	110	0.20×
37	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$80,710	97.0	70	4.55×
38	Tucson, AZ	$80,620	96.9	240	5.11×
39	Boise City, ID	$79,680	98.4	—	—
40	Huntsville, AL	$78,720	93.1	140	4.21×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where avionics technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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