Aircraft & parts manufacturing

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Workforce

509k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.2

Estimated Job Growth

-0.7%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$86,771

Average Male Salary

$90,759

Average Female Salary

$74,123

About

The top three occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are Aerospace engineers, Other managers, Other assemblers and fabricators, Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians. On average, full-time employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $88,269. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $33,801.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are Wichita (South) & Derby Cities PUMA, KS, Marysville & Arlington Cities PUMA, WA, and Wichita (Northwest) & Newton Cities PUMA, KS. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Aircraft & parts manufacturing.

Manufacturing Manufacturing

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group. Aerospace engineers are the most common position, but the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Aerospace engineers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Aircraft & parts manufacturing goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

509k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 702k

2.6%

1 Year Growth

± 4.06%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 509k people employed in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 2.6%, , from 684k people in 2017 to 702k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Aircraft & parts manufacturing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Aerospace engineers represent the largest share of positions held in Aircraft & parts manufacturing at 15.1%, followed by Other managers with 6.28% and Other assemblers and fabricators with 5.71%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group, by number of employees, are Aerospace engineers, Other managers, Other assemblers and fabricators, Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Aircraft & parts manufacturing employs an unusually high number of Aerospace engineers, Aircraft mechanics & service technicians, and Avionics technicians.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Aircraft & parts manufacturing, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Market research analysts & marketing specialists, and Chief executives & legislators.

Wages

Average Salary

$86,771

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,883

On average, employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group make $86,771 per year. This number makes Aircraft & parts manufacturing the 24 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.344

WAGE GINI

Aircraft & parts manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.344, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Aircraft & parts manufacturing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $90,759 and $74,123. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

168k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±10.1k

534k

MALE WORKFORCE

±17.9k

76% of workers in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$90,759

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,246

$74,123

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,198

On average, Male workers in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group make 1.22 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Two or More Races

On average, White employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group earn 1.03 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. All of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Aircraft & parts manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Aircraft & parts manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Aircraft & parts manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the aerospace product and parts manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The aerospace product and parts manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.7%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (2.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).