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Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians is $127,140 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $87,560 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 45.2% above San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 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 5,110 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 1,720 in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. 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.