Skilled Trades
Avionics Technicians
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
Median salary (BLS)
$82,280
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$49k – $114k
Job outlook
+8% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $70,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Avionics Technicians
Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Avionics Technicians
Entry / Junior
$49,410
~2 yrs to advance
Avionics Technicians
Established
$82,280
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Avionics Technicians
Senior
$97,980
Key skills
A typical day
- •Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
- •Keep records of maintenance and repair work.
- •Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
- •Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.
- •Set up and operate ground support and test equipment to perform functional flight tests of electrical and electronic systems.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.