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Airfield Operations Specialists — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$56,850
United States, 2025
Employment
15,190
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
10 related careers
Career overview
Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, using airfield landing and navigational aids, implementing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, and applying knowledge of weather information.
- O*NET code
- 53-2022.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
- Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
- Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.
- Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
- Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.
- Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
- Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
- Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$35,870
25th percentile
$42,000
75th percentile
$77,340
90th percentile
$102,120
Most important skills
- Monitoring4.0
- Active Listening4.0
- Reading Comprehension3.8
- Coordination3.8
- Speaking3.8
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Complex Problem Solving3.4
- Writing3.4
- Judgment and Decision Making3.3
- Active Learning3.3
- Instructing3.3
- Systems Analysis3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 18 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
18
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Coordination | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Speaking | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Writing | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Active Learning | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Instructing | 3.3 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Service Orientation | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Airfield Operations SpecialistsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | $123,290 | 290 | 2025 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $88,420 | 130 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $86,880 | 50 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $85,680 | 240 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $84,050 | 140 | 2025 |
| WA | $84,050 | 150 | 2025 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $81,950 | 120 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $81,740 | 40 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $81,350 | 30 | 2025 |
| Atlanta, GA | $78,920 | 240 | 2025 |
| AL | $78,590 | — | 2025 |
| AZ | $77,570 | 160 | 2025 |
| CO | $77,500 | 70 | 2025 |
| Cincinnati, OH | $76,100 | 140 | 2025 |
| OR | $75,130 | 50 | 2025 |
| VA | $72,250 | 280 | 2025 |
| AK | $71,510 | 160 | 2025 |
| Detroit, MI | $69,560 | 250 | 2025 |
| NM | $69,090 | 50 | 2025 |
| GA | $66,790 | 340 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.