DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

17-3021 Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

Occupational Description:
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.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Minnesota N/AN/AN/A$1.70/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
U S 11,540739$33.20/hr$0.53/hr$20.25/hr$25.32/hr$32.07/hr$39.11/hr$48.56/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


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