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Aircraft Structure Assemblers

SOC 51-2011

Build and rivet the structures and parts of aircraft.

The job

Median pay

$65k

$59k to $83k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-5.6% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

High school

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

21st pct

More exposed than 21% of occupations · modeled estimate · 13th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

39/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Kansas	9,710	6.8	30.9×	$60k
Washington	4,280	1.2	5.5×	$110k
Texas	3,010	0.2	1.0×	$77k
Georgia	2,950	0.6	2.8×	$73k
California	2,930	0.2	0.7×	$64k
Ohio	1,793	0.3	1.5×	$66k~
Illinois	1,638	0.3	1.2×	$65k~
Indiana	1,404	0.4	2.0×	$66k~
Florida	1,280	0.1	0.6×	$65k
Arizona	1,210	0.4	1.7×	$74k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Wisconsin	1,170	0.4	1.8×	$67k~
Alabama	950	0.4	2.0×	$59k
Minnesota	797	0.3	1.2×	$69k~
Arkansas	780	0.6	2.7×	$46k
Pennsylvania	740	0.1	0.6×	$82k
Kentucky	716	0.4	1.6×	$66k~
South Carolina	711	0.3	1.4×	$65k~
New Jersey	686	0.2	0.7×	$65k~
North Carolina	670	0.1	0.6×	$52k
Virginia	651	0.2	0.7×	$65k~
Iowa	565	0.4	1.7×	$68k~
Oregon	560	0.3	1.3×	$58k
Massachusetts	555	0.2	0.7×	$68k~
Utah	550	0.3	1.4×	$51k
Connecticut	500	0.3	1.4×	$79k
Missouri	460	0.2	0.7×	$59k
Louisiana	405	0.2	1.0×	$69k~
Oklahoma	400	0.2	1.1×	$49k
Mississippi	390	0.3	1.5×	$57k~
Michigan	360	0.1	0.4×	$47k
New York	280	0.0	0.1×	$50k
Maryland	265	0.1	0.4×	$67k~
Nevada	221	0.1	0.7×	$65k~
Nebraska	220	0.2	1.0×	$65k
Colorado	160	0.1	0.3×	$71k
New Hampshire	155	0.2	1.0×	$69k~
West Virginia	140	0.2	0.9×	$65k~
Maine	137	0.2	1.0×	$69k~
Tennessee	130	0.0	0.2×	$66k
South Dakota	124	0.3	1.2×	$64k~
New Mexico	115	0.1	0.6×	$61k~
Rhode Island	110	0.2	1.0×	$69k~
North Dakota	95	0.2	1.0×	$71k~
Delaware	76	0.2	0.7×	$55k~
Montana	70	0.1	0.6×	$67k~
Vermont	61	0.2	0.9×	$68k~
Hawaii	54	0.1	0.4×	$68k~
Wyoming	52	0.2	0.8×	$82k~
Idaho	40	0.0	0.2×	$50k
Alaska	37	0.1	0.5×	$76k~
Washington DC	20	0.0	0.1×	$83k~

Top metro areas

Wichita, KS9,460 jobs · $60k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA4,010 jobs · $110k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,450 jobs · $87k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,570 jobs · $65k median
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA630 jobs · $61k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ600 jobs · $80k median
Tucson, AZ580 jobs · $74k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD550 jobs

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.