SOC 51-2011 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $64,480. The 10th percentile is $50,220 and the 90th percentile is $93,080. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$64,480

10th percentile
$50,220
25th percentile
$50,220
Median
$64,480
75th percentile
$80,360
90th percentile
$93,080
Mean
$67,500

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A U.S. Air Force firefighter standing beside a fire truck
Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $50,220 and the 90th percentile is $93,080. The difference is $42,860, which is 66.5% 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 $50,220 to the 75th at $80,360, covers $30,140.

The mean annual wage is $67,500, which sits above the median of $64,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 1.4% lower than the national median of $65,380 for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,448, which is 7.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% higher than the California median of $63,640.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers at $60,448 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. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 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).).

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $97,340 and employment of 90. That median is 51% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,195, against $60,448 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (30 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.13 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $64,480. The 10th percentile is $50,220 and the 90th percentile is $93,080. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers?

The local median is 1.4% lower than the national median of $65,380.

What is Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,480 is $60,448. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA compare with nearby metros for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers?

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 98 miles away, at $97,340. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.