How much do Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers make in Huntsville, AL?

Percentile spread

For Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $52,670 and the 90th percentile is $78,690. The difference is $26,020, which is 39.5% 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 $54,450 to the 75th at $72,010, covers $17,560.

The mean annual wage is $65,120, which sits below the median of $65,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Huntsville, AL median is 0.7% higher than the national median of $65,380 for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,762, which is 8.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.6% higher than the Alabama median of $58,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Huntsville, AL is 93.072, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $65,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers at $70,762 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 Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. Huntsville, AL ranks 1st 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).).

• Birmingham, AL is 91 miles away, with a median of $49,900. That median is 24.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,450, against $70,762 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Huntsville, AL (240 of 266,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.11 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.