Aircraft Maintenance Technician - 962
Location
Wheeling, IL
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
Location
Wheeling, IL
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
West Star Aviation is the fastest growing maintenance repair organization in the industry, committed to providing employees with personal and professional growth opportunities while fostering a culture of respect and well-being. As an Aircraft Maintenance Technician, you will perform a variety of tasks related to aircraft maintenance and repair.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$39/hr across 246 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Wheeling, IL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 331 other active welding openings from 206 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wheeling, or widen the search to Illinois.
West Star Aviation Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $37/hr, Elk Grove Village at $36/hr, and Bedford Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aircraft Maintenance Technician - 962 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.