The median annual wage of aerospace engineering and operations technicians was $58,080 in May 2010. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $34,590, and the top 10 percent earned more than $87,860.
Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of aerospace engineering and operations technicians in May 2010 were as follows:
| Scheduled air transportation | $70,790 |
| Aerospace products and parts manufacturing | 59,230 |
| Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private | 57,900 |
| Architectural, engineering, and related services | 57,220 |
| Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing | 56,540 |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition