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Aircraft mechanic salary calculator.

↳ BLS 2024 data · current airline pay scales · 2026 edition

Estimate your A&P earning potential by employer, experience, state, and credentials. Anchored to BLS OEWS May 2024 medians and ratified union-contract top-of-scale rates. Pull-through to total comp includes overtime and benefits value.

↳ Your inputs

Employer type

Experience level

State

Overtime exposure

↳ Estimated annual base

$97,500

range $89,700 – $105,300

Base pay$97,500

Overtime$18,000

Benefits value$20,000

↳ Total compensation

$135,500/yr

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↳ How this works

Each employer has an entry-rate and a top-of-scale rate pulled directly from the salary article: cargo $60K → $155K, regional $45K → $95K, major airline $55K → $140K, and so on. Experience slides you along that ladder. The state field applies a dampened cost multiplier (60% of the raw deviation from the national median) — dampened on purpose, because FedEx pays the same in Memphis as in Newark, so a full state multiplier would double-count the contract scale. Inspection Authorization adds a flat $7K and only shows when the employer is set to General Aviation (per author note: IA is primarily a GA premium). Specialty adds 8%. Overtime and benefits stack on top for the total-comp view. The state list represents the ~20 states with meaningful deviation from the national median ($78,680 per BLS OEWS May 2024); everything unlisted defaults to 1.0×.

↳ Estimate only. Not financial advice. Individual pay varies by contract, station, seniority, and market.