Highest-paying Cities for Airfield Operations Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for airfield operations specialists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of airfield operations specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $122,940, Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is the highest paying city for airfield operations specialists. It is followed by Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (average annual salary $95,580). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of airfield operations specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Airfield Operations Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$122,940	$64,640	160
2	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$95,580	$65,340	250
3	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$89,660	$52,180	50
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$85,380	$51,050	120
5	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$85,180	$43,530	90
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$80,050	$52,620	100
7	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$76,920	$49,480	220
8	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$75,970	$38,680	160
9	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$73,360	$29,390	60
10	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$70,890	$49,110	30
11	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$70,750	$38,290	500
12	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$69,200	$44,360	620
13	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$67,880	$46,050	50
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$67,560	$49,600	50
15	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$66,690	$32,430	170
16	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$66,020	$42,360	60
17	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$64,280	$48,430	90
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$63,410	$52,270	60
19	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$63,060	$27,500	90
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$62,720	$43,820	40
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$62,550	$40,350	60
22	Fairbanks, Alaska	$62,540	$38,270	50
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$62,280	$41,120	120
24	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$62,080	$37,500	120
25	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$61,310	$48,130	40
26	Jacksonville, Florida	$60,670	$30,230	40
27	Salt Lake City, Utah	$60,460	$37,920	90
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,390	$32,280	50
29	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$60,190	$37,910	280
30	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$60,090	$41,620	30
31	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$59,880	$49,390	30
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$59,820	$34,820	130
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,350	$40,210	150
34	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$59,130	$39,720	190
35	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$58,630	$44,940	40
36	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$58,440	$49,430	n/a
37	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$58,280	$32,170	200
38	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$58,020	$29,070	n/a
39	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,010	$39,640	70
40	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$55,380	$36,910	260
41	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$55,060	$36,650	230
42	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$55,030	$31,340	60
43	Memphis, Tennessee	$54,860	$40,020	490
44	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$53,390	$36,850	30
45	Wichita, Kansas	$52,380	$42,610	30
46	Tucson, Arizona	$51,990	$22,810	n/a
47	Honolulu, Hawaii	$51,660	$39,990	70
48	Anchorage, Alaska	$51,570	$38,580	130
49	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$51,530	$46,750	470
50	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$51,500	$34,050	30
51	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$51,090	$41,750	30
52	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$49,880	$35,960	40
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$49,660	$34,740	600
54	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$49,300	$38,490	170
55	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$49,140	$35,020	90
56	Gary, Indiana	$49,030	$34,940	30
57	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$48,890	$39,190	290
58	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$48,750	$40,860	30
59	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$48,740	$41,070	210
60	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$47,520	$29,380	480
61	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$47,460	$40,510	110
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,260	$46,640	1,500
63	Rockford, Illinois	$46,970	$46,970	n/a
64	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$46,750	$27,870	n/a
65	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$46,590	$46,590	n/a
66	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$46,590	$46,590	n/a
67	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$45,540	$34,300	80
68	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$44,900	$28,730	140
69	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$43,540	$26,650	n/a
70	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$42,930	$25,560	n/a
71	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$42,650	$29,450	120
72	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$41,870	$22,170	30
73	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$40,850	$32,920	200
74	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$40,530	$33,030	30
75	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$39,980	$33,190	710
76	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$39,640	$33,270	60
77	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$38,310	$26,560	40
78	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$37,960	$31,860	120
79	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$37,890	$33,130	40
80	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$37,500	$22,330	30
81	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$37,210	$26,810	50
82	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$36,720	$31,820	90
83	Rapid City, South Dakota	$36,560	$31,420	70
84	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$36,100	$27,950	50
85	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$36,090	$30,930	30
86	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$36,010	$22,230	40
87	St Louis, Missouri	$35,020	$31,050	110
88	Kansas City, Missouri	$34,540	$30,510	80
89	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$31,560	$27,400	30
90	Bismarck, North Dakota	$31,370	$31,370	70
91	Springfield, Missouri	$30,720	$21,650	30
92	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$30,270	$21,810	30
93	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$30,030	$23,470	40
94	Columbus, Ohio	$29,770	$21,890	30
95	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$27,450	$20,940	50
96	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$27,390	$21,850	50
97	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$24,450	$24,420	50
98	Dayton, Ohio	$23,680	$18,340	40
99	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$23,400	$23,400	n/a
100	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$22,870	$19,570	250

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for airfield operations specialists.