Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
SOC 17-3021 · 2024-2034
Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $101,771per year
- Projected openings
- 1,580
- Projected change
- +12.5%
- Usually needs
- Associate's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Critical Thinking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $106,005 | 150 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $101,321 | 60 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $98,988 | 320 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $74,943 | 190 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calibration Technologists and Technicians | $81,222 | 1,070 | 0% |
| Avionics Technicians | $95,095 | 1,040 | +8.3% |
| Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians | $83,833 | 1,700 | +5.3% |
| Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians | $89,836 | 3,330 | +5.4% |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians | $88,500 | 11,520 | -2.9% |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | $89,542 | 5,030 | +5.1% |
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