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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Avionics Technicians

Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.

Also called: Aircraft Electrical Systems Specialist, Aircraft Technician (Aircraft Tech), Aviation Electrical Technician (Aviation Electrical Tech), Aviation Electronics Technician (Aviation Electronics Tech), Avionic Technician (Avionic Tech), Avionics Electrical Technician (AET)

Median pay in Greater Boston
$86,830
$41.74/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
40
Massachusetts 2024–2034
Not published
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Postsecondary nondegree award

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$66,660$79,040$86,830$89,640$89,680

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
  • Lay out installation of aircraft assemblies and systems, following documentation such as blueprints, manuals, and wiring diagrams.
  • Keep records of maintenance and repair work.
  • Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
  • Connect components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refueling systems, using hand tools and soldering irons.
  • Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure37 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 42
  • Language-model AIOE 39
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 30

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is moderate, and observed AI use is little or none so far. AI tools could help with paperwork like maintenance records, and with looking up manuals and wiring diagrams. The hands-on work of soldering, replacing parts, and connecting systems still needs a skilled person.

Likely to change

  • Keeping maintenance and repair records
  • Finding steps in manuals and wiring diagrams

Still relies on people

  • Soldering and replacing parts by hand
  • Connecting and testing aircraft systems on site

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

No college programs near Boston map to this job. Many people enter through on-the-job training or apprenticeship.

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