Aerospace and defense increasingly faces a missing middle of its workforce as demographic patterns shift and the industry is not as attractive as others.
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The annual job growth rate for aerospace engineers in the U.S. is expected to be 6% in 2022-32, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—twice the average growth rate for all occupations. Median pay for an aero engineer was $130,720 annually in 2023, more than twice the average of $59,384...
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