SOC 51-2011 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers make in St. Louis, MO-IL?
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 St. Louis, MO-IL is $58,600. The 10th percentile is $58,600 and the 90th percentile is $105,050. Employment is 410.
Median annual wage
$58,600
- 10th percentile
- $58,600
- 25th percentile
- $58,600
- Median
- $58,600
- 75th percentile
- $83,410
- 90th percentile
- $105,050
- Mean
- $67,990
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $58,600 and the 90th percentile is $105,050. The difference is $46,450, which is 79.3% 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 $58,600 to the 75th at $83,410, covers $24,810.
The mean annual wage is $67,990, which sits above the median of $58,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The St. Louis, MO-IL median is 10.4% lower than the national median of $65,380 for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,627, which is 5.7% 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 Missouri median of $58,600.
St. Louis, MO-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Louis, MO-IL is 95.088, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers at $61,627 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in St. Louis, MO-IL (410 of 1,341,320). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.40 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 St. Louis, MO-IL · 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 St. Louis, MO-IL?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers in St. Louis, MO-IL is $58,600. The 10th percentile is $58,600 and the 90th percentile is $105,050. Employment is 410.
How does that compare with the national median for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers?
The local median is 10.4% lower than the national median of $65,380.
What is Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers pay in St. Louis, MO-IL after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Louis, MO-IL is 95.088, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,600 is $61,627. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.