Average Aerospace Engineers Salary in Huntsville, AL

Aerospace Engineers in Huntsville, AL earn a median annual salary of $131,090, which is -2.9% compared to the national median. There are 4,880 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Huntsville, AL (metro area).

$131,090

Huntsville, AL median annual wage

$63/hour median

-2.9%

Difference vs national median

National median is $134,960

4,880

Local employment

18.3 jobs per 1,000 workers

42.03

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $78,890
25th: $100,070
Median: $131,090
75th: $167,050
90th: $195,190

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Huntsville, AL, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

93.1%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$140,848

Goods: 96.4%
Services: 83.9%
Rents: 77.9%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$191,260	Compare	510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$181,630	Compare	930
Omaha, NE-IA	$171,380	Compare	N/A
Boulder, CO	$167,160	Compare	800
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$166,980	Compare	1,220
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$166,420	Compare	2,420

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Huntsville, AL

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Physicians, All Other	$357,010	0.74
Nurse Anesthetists	$213,590	3.16
Chief Executives	$213,530	0.29
Family Medicine Physicians	$206,750	0.53
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$168,380	4.33
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$164,060	1.96
Optometrists	$161,170	0.64
Financial Managers	$158,620	0.61

Huntsville, AL has salary data for 391 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Aerospace Engineers in Huntsville, AL

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Aerospace Engineers are projected to change by +6.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.