Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Aviation Inspectors
Aviation Inspectors inspect aircraft, maintenance procedures, air navigational aids, air traffic controls, and communications equipment to ensure conformance with Federal safety regulations.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Aviation Inspectors with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $35,560 to $54,580 per year or $17 to $26 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Aviation Inspectors to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $64 | $132,710 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $52 | $107,200 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $38 | $78,400 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $26 | $54,580 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $17 | $35,560 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
DC | $53 | $110,870 |
AK | $52 | $108,930 |
NH | $48 | $99,240 |
WI | $47 | $97,920 |
NV | $45 | $94,310 |
ND | $45 | $93,990 |
NE | $45 | $93,950 |
ME | $45 | $93,590 |
FL | $44 | $92,480 |
WA | $44 | $92,060 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as an Aviation Inspector is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Aviation Inspectors are in the states of DC, AK, NH, WI and NV.