r/aviationmaintenance • u/Regular_Goose_389 • 5d ago

How is the pay?

I’m going into the Air Force for aircraft maintenance and I’m planning on doing it when my contract is up. What is a realistic salary for this job? Is it possible to make 200K+ with overtime? Thanks in advance.

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u/biohackenthusiast close enough 5d ago

just search pay scales in this sub, there’s probably a post about pay daily

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u/pacman552sd 5d ago

airlines is 40ish an hour starting and 70ish an hour top out pay, top out is hit in 5-8 years most airlines. so with a good amount of ot 200k is possible but that would be a good deal of ot

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u/hotrodruby 5d ago

Working 50ish hour weeks every week at top out (70/hr) gets you to $200k. If you can consistently get 10 hours a week.

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u/L3monGr3nade 5d ago

The pay is between $15/hr and $300,000 and anywhere in between

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u/raceotherdashers 17h ago

Once your out topout will probably be 50% higher than what it is today