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Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians pay in Alabama and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians is $82,260 per year in Alabama. It is $105,370 per year in New Jersey. Alabama is 21.9% below New Jersey on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,310 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 1,900 in New Jersey. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings