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Career Information for Aircraft Mechanics in California

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Fast Facts for Aircraft Mechanics in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bakersfield, Yuba City, and Hanford
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Santa Ana, Visalia, and San Jose
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Riverside, San Diego, and Bakersfield

Salaries for Aircraft Mechanics in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Oakland, San Jose, and Sacramento. (See table at bottom of page)

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California Airplane Mechanic Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Antelope Valley CollegeLancasterAssociate13,312
Chaffey CollegeRancho CucamongaAssociate18,736
City College of San FranciscoSan FranciscoAssociate46,411
College of AlamedaAlamedaAssociate5,979
College of San MateoSan MateoAssociate10,516
Gavilan CollegeGilroyAssociate6,049
Glendale Community College GlendaleGlendaleAssociate16,827
Long Beach City CollegeLong BeachAssociate25,536
Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnutAssociate29,842
Orange Coast CollegeCosta MesaAssociate24,424
Reedley CollegeReedleyAssociate12,158
Sacramento City CollegeSacramentoAssociate24,596
San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan BernardinoAssociate12,839
San Diego Miramar CollegeSan DiegoAssociate10,650
Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta RosaAssociate25,626
Solano Community CollegeFairfieldAssociate11,163
West Los Angeles CollegeCulver CityAssociate9,975

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Aircraft Mechanics

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for California. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Aircraft Mechanics

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Aircraft Mechanics relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

CALIFORNIA

   
Bakersfield480$55,7202.4
Yuba City60$53,2802.4
Hanford40$45,7902.2
Fresno420$44,5201.7
Redding60$38,5701.3
Riverside1,080$51,2201.1
Oxnard200$52,4600.9
San Diego860$53,0400.8
Stockton100$44,2700.6
Santa Barbara60$56,3200.5
Sacramento320$56,4900.5
Oakland340$63,5400.4
San Jose270$58,5600.4
Visalia30$31,2500.3
Santa Ana290$49,3100.2
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