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Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians is $84,440 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $127,140 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 33.6% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 560 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 5,110 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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.