Salary of an Aircraft maintenance personal will differ from country to country, Depending on the experience, qualification and the location. An Aircraft Engineers salary is usually considered good in any part of the world. but an Aircraft mechanics salary is not great compared to other industries. Finding job too for a mechanic is not easy as its advertised by your AME school.
Apart from Aircraft Engineers salary, if he/she is working with an airliner he/she is eligible for one free ticket annually for self and family. And furthermore he/she is eligible for confirmed tickets with discounts (usually 50 off percent excluding tax) for the immediate family. some Airlines extend this facility that he/she can get tickets with discount for wider family (eg : nieces and cousins) and even friends. But you have to assure whom you buying is behaving well in the fight. These benefits are Applicable for mechanics too apart form their salary. These airline staffs are eligible for standby tickets too. you will be only boarded to the aircraft if there is an empty seat. the discount excluding tax for these tickets can be as high as 90 percent. yes I wrote it correct, you will be paying only 10 percent of the fare plus all taxes.
Personally, when I was unmarried availed lots tickets and travelled across Europe, but when spoke to some of colleagues in middle East and Asia they told me that the salary is not enough for them survive. So therefore they need to do overtime during their off days.
UNITED KINGDOM
in the UK aircraft Engineers salary can be as high as 65000 British pounds per year. Aircraft mechanics salary can be as high as 36000 British pounds per year. labor laws are strong there fore shifts and compensations are monitored by the ministry of labor.
Average annual Salary of a C Licensed Aircraft Engineer £40,000.
Average annual Salary of a B Licensed Aircraft technician £36,000.
Average annual Salary of a A Licensed Aircraft Mechanic £28000.
Average annual Salary of an unlicensed Aircraft Mechanic £21000.
FRANCE
Average annual pay of a C Licensed Aircraft Engineer £53,000.
Average annual pay of a B Licensed Aircraft technician £45,000.
Average annual pay of a A Licensed Aircraft Mechanic £28000.
Average annual pay of an unlicensed Aircraft Mechanic £21000.
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
in the USA average annual pay of an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic is $50,000 ( $33,463 – $77,109 ). with a normal hour rate of $25 and $35 for overtime.
CANADA
in Canada average annual allowance of an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer is c$ 50,000 ( c$36,786 – c$78,935 ). with a normal hour rate of c$26 and c$35 for overtime.
AUSTRALIA.
Average annual pay of a C Licensed Aircraft Engineer $115,000.
Average annual pay of a B Licensed Aircraft technician $85,000.
Average annual pay of a A Licensed Aircraft Mechanic £67,000.
Average annual pay of an unlicensed Aircraft Mechanic $65,000.
MALAYSIA
in MALAYSIA average annual pay of an contracted Licensed AME is $56000 ( $44,786 – $71,935 ). with a normal hour rate of $34. Locally Bond engineers getting a salary around $25000 anualy. Technicians with less experience are making around $9600 with overtime. Senior technicians might make around $13000.
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Air Asia offers MYR 3300 (US$825) per month for a technician plus allowance which would make up to 5000 (US$ 1250). It offers the licensed engineer MYR 10000 (US$ 2500) per month.
Malaysian Airlines pays MYR1800 per month Aircraft technicians.
Dviation, which is line maintenance provider also supplies manpower for other MROs. Currently (2020) they pay RM10 (US$ 2.5) per hour for their contract Aircraft Technician. Working for 250 hours a month will not earn a technician more than 2500. Which is very low as per Malaysian living standards.
GULF COUNTRIES
United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, And Bahrain are the GCC. while the engineers pay are quite uniform. Technician or mechanic salary might have huge differences depending on their experience skills and knowledge. But these salaries are not subject to TAX.
Average annual Salary of an Expat Licensed AME $80000.
Average annual Salary of an Expat Aircraft technician $45000.
Average annual Salary of a Expat Aircraft Mechanic (less experienced) $21500.
These are rough calculations but there are companies that pay great remunerations. Few military Aircraft and its component servicing company in UAE and middle east pay great package. A technican may easily make $ 72000 in year.
As of 2020, the salaries mentioned above are for top companies. Emirates, Fly Dubai, Etihad and Air Arabia.
But locally MRO companies are paying very low
I recently met an Aircraft Technician working for an AMO is paid only AED 1000. This is less than US$ 300. Very very low as per middle east living standards.
SINAGPORE.
Average annual income of an Expat Licensed AME $63,000.
Average annual income of an Expat Aircraft technician $30,000.
Average annual income of a Expat Aircraft Mechanic (less experienced) $18,500.
INDIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, BANGLADESH
Most Probably the terrible place to start an AME career. Extremely hard to find a job for a fresher.. lots of political influence or internal reference is required to get in to major airline or MRO. The small airline may not pay salary for freshers.
Average annual income of an Licensed Aircraft Engineers salary is $37,000.
Average annual income of an Aircraft technician is $7,300.
Average annual Aircraft Mechanics salary (less experienced) is $1,500.
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