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

Percentile spread

For Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $52,010 and the 90th percentile is $77,960. The difference is $25,950, which is 45.8% 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 $55,700 to the 75th at $61,300, covers $5,600.

The mean annual wage is $59,530, which sits above the median of $56,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mobile, AL median is 13.4% lower than the national median of $65,380 for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,292, which is 1.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4% lower than the Alabama median of $58,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mobile, AL is 88.098, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers at $64,292 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. Mobile, AL 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).).

• Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL is 109 miles away, with a median of $64,600 and employment of 90. That median is 14.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,577, against $64,292 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Mobile, AL (180 of 172,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.77 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.