How much do Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians make in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH?

Percentile spread

For Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $60,670 and the 90th percentile is $99,630. The difference is $38,960, which is 49.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $61,690 to the 75th at $96,100, covers $34,410.

The mean annual wage is $82,090, which sits above the median of $78,590. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH median is 5.2% lower than the national median of $82,890 for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,784, which is 2.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% lower than the Ohio median of $79,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH is 92.694, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,590 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians at $84,784 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians. Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH ranks 3rd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 55 miles away, with a median of $79,310 and employment of 190. That median is 0.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,160, against $84,784 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 105 miles away, with a median of $65,240 and employment of 110. That median is 17% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,174, against $84,784 here.
• Akron, OH is 173 miles away, with a median of $78,760 and employment of 40. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,353, against $84,784 here.

Employment share

Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH (170 of 372,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.29 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.