Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

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Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

What an aircraft structure, surface, rigging, and systems assembler does

Become an aircraft structure, surface, rigging, and systems assembler

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good aircraft structure, surface, rigging, and systems assembler

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Half of workers earn between $34 and $59 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $59,900 and $125,800 per year.
  • 74% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $62 per hour with an average salary of $91,100 per year.

Aircraft Structure, Surface, Rigging, And Systems Assembler job outlook

  • There are 1,173 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 8% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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