Helicopter A&P Mechanic: metro pay ranking
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Skilled Trades Headhunters compares published medians for SOC 49-3011 Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians, not estimated offers for this particular title.
Which metros publish the highest and lowest medians?
This ranking uses the May 2025 annual median for Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians. It is not adjusted for living costs. A metro is a BLS statistical area, not just the city limits. Top-coded or suppressed medians are not ranked.
The wage ratio is simple arithmetic: this occupation's median divided by the all-occupations median in the same area and unit. It is not a cost-of-living measure. Location quotient describes the concentration of employment, not relative pay. Neither predicts what a particular candidate will accept.
Where does this trade pay most relative to local wages?
| Area | Wage ratio | Median | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond, LA | 2.27 | $87,170 | 0.97 |
| Lafayette, LA | 2.10 | $87,630 | 1.48 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 2.07 | $127,140 | 0.61 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 2.01 | $81,640 | 3.44 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 1.98 | $92,430 | 1.9 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 1.98 | $101,660 | 0.51 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 1.97 | $91,940 | 1.89 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1.97 | $92,180 | 3.94 |
| Yuba City, CA | 1.95 | $97,240 | 1.83 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 1.93 | $91,750 | 2.37 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 1.92 | $98,300 | 1.08 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 1.85 | $77,650 | 0.94 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1.85 | $94,920 | 2.23 |
| Yuma, AZ | 1.84 | $81,450 | 1.87 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 1.84 | $100,610 | 0.52 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 1.83 | $85,700 | 1.25 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 1.82 | $73,240 | 2.4 |
| Medford, OR | 1.81 | $90,560 | 0.54 |
| Montgomery, AL | 1.80 | $80,810 | 0.86 |
| Abilene, TX | 1.78 | $78,810 | 1.23 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1.77 | $80,270 | 3.8 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1.77 | $83,820 | 0.8 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1.76 | $91,600 | 0.5 |
| Rapid City, SD | 1.76 | $81,400 | 0.76 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 1.76 | $85,250 | 3.81 |
| Waco, TX | 1.75 | $80,580 | 3.04 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 1.75 | $76,780 | 0.82 |
| Mobile, AL | 1.75 | $82,260 | 5.47 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 1.75 | $81,450 | 1.32 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 1.74 | $82,160 | 0.61 |
| Johnstown, PA | 1.73 | $76,420 | 0.89 |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | 1.73 | $75,770 | 0.5 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 1.73 | $85,400 | 0.93 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 1.72 | $77,270 | 0.97 |
| Dover, DE | 1.72 | $80,390 | 1.39 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 1.71 | $74,460 | 2.13 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 1.71 | $87,280 | 0.5 |
| San Angelo, TX | 1.71 | $74,490 | 1.55 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 1.71 | $100,940 | 0.48 |
| Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 1.71 | $98,280 | 1.85 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 1.70 | $77,870 | 1.07 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1.70 | $85,410 | 1.4 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 1.70 | $77,480 | 1.36 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 1.70 | $77,180 | 2.82 |
| Bismarck, ND | 1.69 | $88,570 | 0.78 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1.68 | $81,440 | 0.74 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 1.68 | $85,340 | 0.97 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 1.66 | $75,300 | 0.83 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1.66 | $78,240 | 2.18 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1.66 | $81,690 | 1.09 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 1.66 | $80,820 | 0.23 |
| Toledo, OH | 1.66 | $79,830 | 0.42 |
| El Paso, TX | 1.65 | $65,320 | 0.47 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1.64 | $78,730 | 1.09 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 1.63 | $74,440 | 0.57 |
| Ocala, FL | 1.63 | $71,770 | 0.39 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 1.63 | $80,450 | 0.96 |
| Missoula, MT | 1.63 | $77,790 | 0.54 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 1.62 | $76,730 | 0.45 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 1.61 | $78,260 | 2.58 |
| Cleveland, OH | 1.61 | $80,570 | 0.45 |
| Reno, NV | 1.60 | $79,480 | 1.11 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 1.60 | $101,590 | 0.54 |
| Dothan, AL | 1.60 | $61,060 | 0.61 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1.60 | $61,590 | 2.24 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 1.60 | $63,170 | 0.36 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 1.59 | $74,240 | 0.98 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 1.59 | $75,550 | 0.22 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1.59 | $76,800 | 0.77 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 1.59 | $72,700 | 1.02 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 1.59 | $75,380 | 2.57 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 1.58 | $73,480 | 0.99 |
| Jackson, MS | 1.58 | $67,750 | 0.82 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 1.58 | $80,040 | 0.16 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 1.57 | $90,110 | 2.21 |
| Columbia, SC | 1.57 | $73,110 | 0.73 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 1.57 | $78,580 | 1.09 |
| Lexington Park, MD | 1.57 | $100,500 | 3.1 |
| Lubbock, TX | 1.57 | $65,980 | 0.21 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 1.57 | $72,800 | 1.11 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 1.56 | $59,360 | 1.6 |
| Anchorage, AK | 1.56 | $94,120 | 6.39 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1.56 | $77,740 | 1.46 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 1.56 | $67,270 | 5.82 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1.55 | $77,600 | 0.75 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 1.55 | $77,580 | 0.62 |
| Akron, OH | 1.55 | $75,800 | 0.36 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1.55 | $84,100 | 0.5 |
| Rochester, NY | 1.55 | $79,200 | 0.21 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 1.55 | $74,150 | 0.5 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 1.54 | $78,150 | 0.37 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1.54 | $75,250 | 0.48 |
| Tucson, AZ | 1.54 | $73,340 | 4.02 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | 1.53 | $45,130 | 0.93 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 1.53 | $74,770 | 0.38 |
| Fresno, CA | 1.52 | $71,240 | 0.76 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 1.52 | $78,470 | 0.47 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1.52 | $90,050 | 1.22 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1.52 | $73,130 | 0.18 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 1.52 | $79,590 | 0.74 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 1.51 | $79,810 | 1.43 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 1.51 | $83,260 | 0.23 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 1.49 | $87,560 | 1.26 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 1.49 | $76,610 | 1.81 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 1.49 | $83,250 | 0.9 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 1.49 | $71,070 | 0.43 |
| Wausau, WI | 1.49 | $72,540 | 0.7 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 1.48 | $84,440 | 0.48 |
| Flint, MI | 1.48 | $67,790 | 0.43 |
| Helena, MT | 1.47 | $80,870 | 1.23 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 1.46 | $87,730 | 1.13 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1.46 | $71,510 | 0.82 |
| Richmond, VA | 1.46 | $75,100 | 0.24 |
| commercial-vehicle manufacturers-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 1.46 | $75,940 | 0.92 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 1.46 | $74,480 | 0.7 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 1.45 | $81,900 | 0.58 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1.45 | $72,090 | 0.51 |
| Columbus, OH | 1.45 | $74,210 | 0.89 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1.44 | $68,140 | 5.49 |
| Topeka, KS | 1.44 | $71,450 | 1.08 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 1.44 | $71,780 | 0.52 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 1.43 | $67,350 | 0.53 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1.43 | $103,900 | 2.13 |
| Knoxville, TN | 1.43 | $67,300 | 0.8 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 1.43 | $69,330 | 12.56 |
| Redding, CA | 1.43 | $69,770 | 0.54 |
| Syracuse, NY | 1.42 | $75,360 | 0.2 |
| Visalia, CA | 1.42 | $64,060 | 0.26 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 1.42 | $72,950 | 2.05 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 1.41 | $65,870 | 0.51 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 1.40 | $79,810 | 0.21 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 1.40 | $65,270 | 0.2 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1.40 | $93,280 | 0.51 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 1.40 | $69,430 | 0.19 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1.40 | $71,080 | 0.54 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 1.39 | $86,830 | 1.21 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 1.39 | $71,060 | 0.4 |
| Ogden, UT | 1.39 | $67,910 | 2.64 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 1.39 | $79,620 | 0.93 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 1.39 | $64,520 | 2.71 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 1.39 | $66,510 | 0.83 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 1.38 | $74,630 | 0.41 |
| Peoria, IL | 1.38 | $68,450 | 0.33 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 1.38 | $65,560 | 0.72 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 1.38 | $83,760 | 0.56 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 1.38 | $82,420 | 0.54 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 1.38 | $61,980 | 0.69 |
| Wichita, KS | 1.38 | $65,640 | 2.12 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 1.38 | $75,280 | 0.43 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1.38 | $67,200 | 2.12 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 1.38 | $72,630 | 0.72 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 1.38 | $63,580 | 3.91 |
| Bend, OR | 1.37 | $74,940 | 0.65 |
| Springfield, MO | 1.37 | $62,770 | 1 |
| Bangor, ME | 1.37 | $65,480 | 1.32 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 1.36 | $66,750 | 3.01 |
| Midland, TX | 1.36 | $73,910 | 0.44 |
| Bellingham, WA | 1.36 | $78,420 | 0.38 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 1.36 | $67,350 | 0.3 |
| Greeley, CO | 1.35 | $74,570 | 0.62 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1.35 | $60,710 | 0.5 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 1.35 | $68,080 | 1.68 |
| Charleston, WV | 1.35 | $61,650 | 0.4 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 1.34 | $59,270 | 1.26 |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 1.34 | $60,450 | 0.52 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 1.34 | $75,530 | 0.25 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1.34 | $47,840 | 0.31 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 1.33 | $73,210 | 1.42 |
| Salem, OR | 1.32 | $73,160 | 1.33 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 1.32 | $61,020 | 0.49 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 1.32 | $64,290 | 1.06 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1.32 | $93,910 | 0.52 |
| Fairbanks-College, AK | 1.32 | $81,520 | 3.92 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 1.32 | $70,720 | 0.2 |
| Great Falls, MT | 1.31 | $60,930 | 1.65 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 1.30 | $60,680 | 1.13 |
| Billings, MT | 1.30 | $63,570 | 0.56 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 1.29 | $47,180 | 0.41 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 1.28 | $61,250 | 0.53 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 1.28 | $63,280 | 0.86 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 1.28 | $61,620 | 0.35 |
| Wilmington, NC | 1.28 | $58,670 | 0.42 |
| Birmingham, AL | 1.28 | $61,040 | 0.82 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 1.28 | $60,990 | 0.58 |
| Boulder, CO | 1.28 | $88,770 | 0.2 |
| Madison, WI | 1.27 | $74,030 | 0.48 |
| Boise City, ID | 1.27 | $62,190 | 0.99 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1.26 | $93,400 | 0.45 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1.26 | $57,840 | 0.38 |
| Huntsville, AL | 1.25 | $64,910 | 1.34 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 1.25 | $71,420 | 0.22 |
| Gainesville, FL | 1.25 | $58,840 | 0.43 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 1.25 | $75,090 | 1.13 |
| New Haven, CT | 1.25 | $75,110 | 0.31 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 1.24 | $72,490 | 0.31 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 1.21 | $58,190 | 0.54 |
| Bozeman, MT | 1.18 | $64,530 | 0.6 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1.18 | $98,760 | 0.26 |
| Burlington, NC | 1.17 | $51,640 | 0.76 |
| Springfield, IL | 1.16 | $60,860 | 0.7 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 1.14 | $59,100 | 0.37 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 1.13 | $54,690 | 0.4 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1.12 | $62,140 | 2.83 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 1.09 | $67,440 | 0.51 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 1.05 | $50,050 | 0.85 |
| Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 1.04 | $50,840 | 0.52 |
| Rome, GA | 1.02 | $43,680 | Not published by BLS |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 0.95 | $44,190 | 0.34 |
Broader occupation Our title "Helicopter A&P Mechanic" is reported by BLS as SOC 49-3011 Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians. BLS groups Helicopter A&P Mechanic within Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately.
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