Aircraft Mechanic
Inspects and repairs airframes and engines under certification. Every signature is a legal record.
- Pay band (est.)
- $79k–$120k
- Time to competence
- 3 years
- Licence
- Required
- Setting
- site
- Leverage
- low
- Place constraint
- medium
- Physical demand
- 70/100
- Hours burden
- 60/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play27th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge22th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage14th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand61th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay52th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body28th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy14th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit49th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility22th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill91th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance23th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Shift work near airports; certification liability is personal.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 60/100 and people intensity 35/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (49-3011): median $78,680, 90th percentile $120,080. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +5.4%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.