SOC 53-2022 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Airfield Operations Specialists make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $85,680. The 10th percentile is $62,180 and the 90th percentile is $126,510. Employment is 240.

Median annual wage

$85,680

10th percentile
$62,180
25th percentile
$62,940
Median
$85,680
75th percentile
$104,170
90th percentile
$126,510
Mean
$94,180

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Airfield Operations Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $62,180 and the 90th percentile is $126,510. The difference is $64,330, which is 75.1% 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 $62,940 to the 75th at $104,170, covers $41,230.

The mean annual wage is $94,180, which sits above the median of $85,680. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 50.7% higher than the national median of $56,850 for Airfield Operations Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,109, which is 30.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 36.9% higher than the California median of $62,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $85,680 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Airfield Operations Specialists at $74,109 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 Airfield Operations Specialists. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd 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).).

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 78 miles away, with a median of $86,880 and employment of 50. That median is 1.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,679, against $74,109 here.
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $61,740 and employment of 120. That median is 27.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,879, against $74,109 here.

Employment share

Airfield Operations Specialists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (240 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.03 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Airfield Operations Specialists make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $85,680. The 10th percentile is $62,180 and the 90th percentile is $126,510. Employment is 240.

How does that compare with the national median for Airfield Operations Specialists?

The local median is 50.7% higher than the national median of $56,850.

What is Airfield Operations Specialists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $85,680 is $74,109. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA compare with nearby metros for Airfield Operations Specialists?

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 78 miles away, at $86,880. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.