Career Atlas

Engineering (non-SW)

aviation

Learned from 324 real résumés for this role.

Across 324 real U.S. résumés for a aviation, the most distinctive skills are Command, Aircraft Maintenance and Isp — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Command
11% have it · 98.2× vs average
Aircraft Maintenance
4% have it · 128.7× vs average
Isp
2% have it · 87.6× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

command
98.2×
11% · N=35
aircraft maintenance
128.7×
4% · N=12
isp
87.6×
2% · N=7
navigation
56.9×
6% · N=18
inspections
50.4×
7% · N=24
war
78.3×
2% · N=6
travel
42.9×
8% · N=26
regulations
35.0×
16% · N=51
safe
32.5×
14% · N=46
safety
27.0×
31% · N=101
safety procedures
55.9×
3% · N=8
max
54.6×
3% · N=8
composite
81.9×
1% · N=3
inspection
32.8×
4% · N=14
operational
22.1×
15% · N=50

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Not enough dated career history yet to show real next moves for this role.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Not enough dated career history yet to show feeder roles.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Aviation need?

In 324 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Command (11% have it), Aircraft Maintenance (4% have it), Isp (2% have it), Navigation (6% have it), Inspections (7% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Aviation roles move on to next?

Not enough dated career history exists yet for this role to show real next moves, so we say so rather than invent a path.

What roles lead into Aviation?

Not enough dated career history exists yet to show which roles feed into this one, so we show an honest empty state.

Does this page show Aviation salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 324 of them are Aviation résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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