How much do Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers make in Wichita, KS?

Percentile spread

For Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $52,630 and the 90th percentile is $77,440. The difference is $24,810, which is 41.5% 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 $59,670 to the 75th at $77,440, covers $17,770.

The mean annual wage is $67,570, which sits above the median of $59,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 8.5% lower than the national median of $65,380 for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,288, which is 2.9% higher 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 Kansas median of $59,850.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers at $67,288 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers. Wichita, KS ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $47,840 and employment of 120. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,624, against $67,288 here.
• Oklahoma City, OK is 153 miles away, with a median of $49,070 and employment of 190. That median is 18% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,276, against $67,288 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers accounts for 3.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (9,460 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 140.13 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.