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Airfield Operations Specialists Salary in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $42,000. BLS estimates approximately 2,090 people work in this occupation in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 26.1% below the national median ($56,850).

Median salary
$42,000
Average salary
$49,990
Median hourly
$20.19
Employment
2,090

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$37,770$18.16
25th percentile$42,000$20.19
Median (50th)$42,000$20.19
75th percentile$50,680$24.37
90th percentile$68,940$33.15

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 3.5% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 14.1% — Reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
0.221
Location quotient
2.26

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ’s regional price level is above the national average (index 112.563, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $37,312 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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