Aircraft Mechanics made a median salary of $75,020 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $88,350 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $59,190. Salary Outlook. X is Year and Y is Mean Salary.

CHICAGO - United Airlines will reopen talks with the union representing 13,000 mechanics. The workers voted against a 7 percent salary cut, throwing the airline's bid for a federal loan into doubt.

Southwest Airlines Co. and the union for its mechanics reached an agreement in principle for a new contract Saturday, amid an exchange of lawsuits and more than six years after beginning negotiations.