Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians Salary — Charleston, West Virginia

The average Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Charleston, West Virginia earns $61,880 a year.

$61,880 / year, mean
↓ 28.3% below national average 100th percentile in West Virginia

Charleston sits at the very top of the range for this role in West Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's well below the national average for aircraft mechanics and service technicians — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.1%
Cost of living 89 #171 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $148,817 #184 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,089 #175 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charleston ranks #171 for cost of living and #184 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

New York $138,480 Trenton $103,590 Chicago $101,600 San Francisco $98,470 San Jose $97,300 Seattle $96,290 Baltimore $96,010 Lexington Park $95,310 Kiryas Joel $94,960 Orlando $93,130 Portland $92,830 Yuba City $92,740 Philadelphia $92,290 Houston $91,640 Hanford $91,400 Dallas $90,470 Bakersfield $88,450 Los Angeles $86,550 San Diego $86,550 Santa Rosa $86,520 Medford $85,500 Sebastian $85,080 Sacramento $84,690 Lancaster $84,260 Austin $83,840 Louisville $83,370 Oxnard $82,790 Detroit $82,720 Virginia Beach $82,210 Elizabethtown $82,100 Miami $81,890 San Luis Obispo $81,800 Redding $81,550 Allentown $80,760 Riverside $80,480 Santa Maria $80,300 Dover $79,650 Harrisburg $79,390 Bend $79,370 Hagerstown $79,330 Corpus Christi $79,050 Rochester $78,940 Syracuse $78,870 Buffalo $78,830 Stockton $77,370 Grand Rapids $77,290 Johnstown $77,210 Killeen $77,140 Pittsburgh $77,020 Bellingham $76,920 San Antonio $76,720 Salem $76,310 Richmond $75,340 Spokane $75,100 Waco $74,660 Port St. Lucie $74,640 Tampa $74,000 Sarasota $73,860 Crestview $73,530 Lansing $73,400 Naples $72,370 Palm Bay $71,960 Peoria $71,010 Midland $70,960 Ann Arbor $70,260 Jacksonville $70,220 Albany $70,030 Gainesville $69,590 Abilene $69,330 Fresno $69,300 Flint $69,200 Lubbock $69,140 Tallahassee $68,730 Pensacola $68,240 San Angelo $68,220 Fort Wayne $68,160 Olympia $67,950 Wichita Falls $67,910 Ocala $67,760 Springfield $67,380 Fort Myers $67,230 El Paso $67,190 Visalia $67,170 Indianapolis $66,130 Lexington $64,530 Lakeland $63,610 Deltona $63,510 Elkhart $63,160 Charleston $61,880 Brownsville $56,240 South Bend $54,280 McAllen $54,200
CityMean salaryvs. Charleston
Abilene, Texas$69,330+12.0%
Albany, New York$70,030+13.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$80,760+30.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$70,260+13.5%
Austin, Texas$83,840+35.5%
Bakersfield, California$88,450+42.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$96,010+55.2%
Bellingham, Washington$76,920+24.3%
Bend, Oregon$79,370+28.3%
Brownsville, Texas$56,240-9.1%
Buffalo, New York$78,830+27.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$67,230+8.6%
Chicago, Illinois$101,600+64.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$79,050+27.7%
Crestview, Florida$73,530+18.8%
Dallas, Texas$90,470+46.2%
Deltona, Florida$63,510+2.6%
Detroit, Michigan$82,720+33.7%
Dover, Delaware$79,650+28.7%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$82,100+32.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$63,160+2.1%
El Paso, Texas$67,190+8.6%
Flint, Michigan$69,200+11.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$68,160+10.1%
Fresno, California$69,300+12.0%
Gainesville, Florida$69,590+12.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$77,290+24.9%
Hagerstown, Maryland$79,330+28.2%
Hanford, California$91,400+47.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$79,390+28.3%
Houston, Texas$91,640+48.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$66,130+6.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$70,220+13.5%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$77,210+24.8%
Killeen, Texas$77,140+24.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$94,960+53.5%
Lakeland, Florida$63,610+2.8%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$84,260+36.2%
Lansing, Michigan$73,400+18.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$64,530+4.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$95,310+54.0%
Los Angeles, California$86,550+39.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$83,370+34.7%
Lubbock, Texas$69,140+11.7%
McAllen, Texas$54,200-12.4%
Medford, Oregon$85,500+38.2%
Miami, Florida$81,890+32.3%
Midland, Texas$70,960+14.7%
Naples, Florida$72,370+17.0%
New York, New York$138,480+123.8%
Sarasota, Florida$73,860+19.4%
Ocala, Florida$67,760+9.5%
Olympia, Washington$67,950+9.8%
Orlando, Florida$93,130+50.5%
Oxnard, California$82,790+33.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$71,960+16.3%
Pensacola, Florida$68,240+10.3%
Peoria, Illinois$71,010+14.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$92,290+49.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$77,020+24.5%
Portland, Oregon$92,830+50.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$74,640+20.6%
Redding, California$81,550+31.8%
Richmond, Virginia$75,340+21.8%
Riverside, California$80,480+30.1%
Rochester, New York$78,940+27.6%
Sacramento, California$84,690+36.9%
Salem, Oregon$76,310+23.3%
San Angelo, Texas$68,220+10.2%
San Antonio, Texas$76,720+24.0%
San Diego, California$86,550+39.9%
San Francisco, California$98,470+59.1%
San Jose, California$97,300+57.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$81,800+32.2%
Santa Maria, California$80,300+29.8%
Santa Rosa, California$86,520+39.8%
Seattle, Washington$96,290+55.6%
Sebastian, Florida$85,080+37.5%
South Bend, Indiana$54,280-12.3%
Spokane, Washington$75,100+21.4%
Springfield, Illinois$67,380+8.9%
Stockton, California$77,370+25.0%
Syracuse, New York$78,870+27.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$68,730+11.1%
Tampa, Florida$74,000+19.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$103,590+67.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$82,210+32.9%
Visalia, California$67,170+8.5%
Waco, Texas$74,660+20.7%
Wichita Falls, Texas$67,910+9.7%
Yuba City, California$92,740+49.9%
Gross salary
61,880/yr
Estimated take-home
49,955/yr
Est. total withheld
19.3%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-3011 SOC code
Official area Charleston, WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: West Virginia

Population (metro area)
207,456