Aircraft Maintenance Technician - 1055
Location
Teterboro, NJ
Wage
$30 – $60/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 12, 2026
Location
Teterboro, NJ
Wage
$30 – $60/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 12, 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. The Aircraft Maintenance Technician role involves performing various mechanical tasks on sophisticated civilian aircraft, ensuring safety and compliance with FAA guidelines.
At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 36% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $28–$38/hr middle band drawn from 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
Teterboro, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 128 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Teterboro, or widen the search to New Jersey.
West Star Aviation Inc. currently has 2 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/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 - 1055 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.