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Avionics Technicians pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Tulsa, OK
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Avionics Technicians is $129,320 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $108,840 per year in Tulsa, OK. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 18.8% above Tulsa, OK on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2091 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 80 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 120 in Tulsa, OK. 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