How much do Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians make in Tucson, AZ?

Percentile spread

For Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $61,530 and the 90th percentile is $94,390. The difference is $32,860, which is 43.7% 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 $61,530 to the 75th at $75,230, covers $13,700.

The mean annual wage is $75,610, which sits above the median of $75,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Tucson, AZ median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $82,890 for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,640, which is 6.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Arizona median of $75,230.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians at $77,640 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians. Tucson, AZ ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $79,530. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,977, against $77,640 here.

Employment share

Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Tucson, AZ (210 of 389,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.43 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.