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Aerospace Engineer Workplace Records
Aerospace work connects design requirements, coordinated fabrication and testing under several review roles. An employment concern needs the version and decision authority relevant to your contribution. Describe the product category broadly, keeping technical findings separate from the employment decision and leaving restricted project information in authorized systems.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Version chronology
List the requirements and approved changes in effect when you performed the assigned work.
Responsibility map
Identify your deliverable and the role authorized to approve or release it.
Evidence index
Describe relevant project records without copying restricted design or testing information.
Start with the work you actually do
Perform engineering duties in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Aerospace Engineers (17-2011.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Formulate conceptual design of aeronautical or aerospace products or systems to meet customer requirements or conform to environmental regulations.Source task 20724 · updated 08/2026
- Evaluate product data or design from inspections or reports for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, environmental regulations, or quality standards.Source task 20725 · updated 08/2026
- Direct or coordinate activities of engineering or technical personnel involved in designing, fabricating, modifying, or testing of aircraft or aerospace products.Source task 1335 · updated 08/2026
- Plan or conduct experimental, environmental, operational, or stress tests on models or prototypes of aircraft or aerospace systems or equipment.Source task 1337 · updated 08/2026
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Aerospace Engineers (SOC 17-2011). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
Select your work state to see its published pay range. No personal pay information is requested or sent.
The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $47.21 | $61.32 | $79.53 | $127,540 |
| Alaska | $47.27 | $48.90 | $54.96 | $101,710 |
| Arizona | $46.49 | $59.22 | $77.51 | $123,170 |
| Arkansas | $37.89 | $49.06 | $59.86 | $102,040 |
| Connecticut | $50.27 | $62.26 | $68.74 | $129,500 |
| Florida | $50.38 | $62.15 | $75.18 | $129,280 |
| Georgia | $51.21 | $67.53 | $77.92 | $140,460 |
| Hawaii | $64.46 | $65.98 | $78.79 | $137,240 |
| Idaho | $37.01 | $46.01 | $57.69 | $95,700 |
| Indiana | $40.91 | $51.63 | $65.12 | $107,400 |
| Iowa | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Kansas | $47.09 | $62.66 | $80.24 | $130,330 |
| Kentucky | $50.48 | $60.64 | $79.95 | $126,130 |
| Louisiana | $56.91 | $65.85 | $77.37 | $136,970 |
| Michigan | $46.67 | $62.00 | $70.83 | $128,960 |
| Minnesota | $48.22 | $76.47 | $86.71 | $159,060 |
| Mississippi | $44.32 | $52.50 | $67.85 | $109,200 |
| Missouri | $46.53 | $62.83 | $86.18 | $130,680 |
| Nebraska | $50.07 | $65.23 | $82.40 | $135,670 |
| New Hampshire | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| New Mexico | $50.40 | $63.87 | $77.61 | $132,850 |
| New York | $49.02 | $62.66 | $77.99 | $130,330 |
| North Carolina | $45.29 | $59.10 | $72.11 | $122,930 |
| Ohio | $48.29 | $66.56 | $81.99 | $138,440 |
| Oklahoma | $47.07 | $60.32 | $65.86 | $125,470 |
| Pennsylvania | $53.61 | $64.40 | $78.09 | $133,940 |
| Tennessee | $47.64 | $61.78 | $65.86 | $128,510 |
| Texas | $49.91 | $62.63 | $80.28 | $130,270 |
| Utah | $56.16 | $65.31 | $77.43 | $135,840 |
| Vermont | $53.11 | $69.42 | $79.13 | $144,400 |
| Virginia | $57.61 | $68.85 | $88.74 | $143,210 |
| Wisconsin | $35.55 | $42.50 | $63.17 | $88,400 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Identify requirement and review stages
Record the specification version, assigned deliverable and approving role. Note changes to constraints or acceptance criteria and when you raised a conflict. Distinguish a conceptual design from a released configuration, including decisions made by a customer or another technical team.
Explain test limitations and dependencies
Describe the test stage and resources you controlled in general terms. Record access limits, missing inputs or schedule changes you reported. Use your own permitted assignment and evaluation messages rather than removing test results to reconstruct a project-wide explanation for performance.
Keep technical information restricted
Do not export drawings, models, test data, controlled technical material or customer requirements into personal storage. Identify relevant record types and versions for appropriate review. Avoid asserting a safety conclusion or failure cause beyond what was verified, and keep your own employment response separate.
Choose your next step
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