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July 2023

dcmarotta

I wonder if that $80,000 average wage takes executive salaries into consideration. Is inflation so rampant that the average assembler needs that much money just to survive?

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July 2023 ▶ dcmarotta

FlyerDon

Yes, I’d much rather ride on an aircraft that was manufactured by workers that were paid minimum wage.

July 2023 ▶ dcmarotta

EdwardM

I just did a quick Indeed check on the Textron plant in Wichita. Average salary at the non-executive/non-senior management level averages around $75K. That’s a combination of everything from janitor to customer service/HR to engineering/manufacturing to logistics, sales, and marketing jobs. I’m not sure what your idea of a salary range average should be for a team putting together and supporting a jet you’d fly your family in. But I know it would not be neither my position nor my place to question the money the machinist tech is making assembling the wings.

July 2023 ▶ dcmarotta

Joe_Jetstar

Who works a job as a technically trained person “just to survive”? Is that what you do? No aspirations to own a home and to live a comfortable life? Wow, what a remark. I’d like my airplanes to build by persons who take pride in their work and have a reason to go to work.