10%
projected shortfall of certificated mechanics in 2025
A shortage today
Commercial air transport demand alone outruns the certificated workforce, according to the 2025 Pipeline Report from ATEC and Oliver Wyman.
ATEC & Oliver Wyman, 2025The thesis
Every year thousands of new A&P graduates walk into a job market that can’t tell them which roles they qualify for. AeroPath reads the postings, checks them against what each technician holds and is testing for, and gives employers a way to meet them before graduation.
10,000
Mechanics short in 2035 (ATEC, 2025)
123K
New N. American technicians needed by 2044 (Boeing)
9,000+
New mechanic certificates in 2024 (ATEC)
1412
Open roles we track today, from 67 employers
What our own data shows
We read open maintenance postings from employer career sites and USAJOBS every day. Most never say whether a new graduate can apply — so graduates guess, and employers miss them.
1412
open maintenance roles tracked today
3%
explicitly name a graduate or training route
52%
post a usable pay figure
6
employer programs that fund or fast-track students
Live from the AeroPath catalog; updated daily.
Why now
Independent forecasts agree: demand for certificated mechanics outruns supply today and for at least the next decade.
10%
projected shortfall of certificated mechanics in 2025
Commercial air transport demand alone outruns the certificated workforce, according to the 2025 Pipeline Report from ATEC and Oliver Wyman.
ATEC & Oliver Wyman, 202510,000
mechanics short in 2035, even after record graduating classes
The FAA issued slightly more than 9,000 new mechanic certificates in 2024, and the gap still only narrows to 7% by 2035.
ATEC & Oliver Wyman, 2025123,000
new technicians North America needs through 2044
Boeing’s 2025 outlook puts global demand at 710,000 new maintenance technicians over twenty years.
Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook 2025What we're building
Indeed and LinkedIn are horizontal. They optimize for volume, not relevance, and they don't understand the difference between an A&P and an IA. We do. Here's the operating thesis.
Profiles bring reported certificates, training, and experience together. Employers can review those details and distinguish them from recorded verification checks.
A&P mechanic and lead A&P are different jobs paying $40K apart. Generic job boards treat them as keyword twins. We don't.
Where an employer posts pay, we show it the way they wrote it and use it for comparisons. Where they don’t, we say so instead of guessing.
Coverage
US maintenance capacity is extremely concentrated. A handful of cities host nearly every heavy-check bay, engine test cell, and OEM service center. We index on that geography — and the specialty profiles it creates.
External sources
Public sources the labor thesis is built on — all independently verifiable.
Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook, 2025
Global and regional labor demand projections through 2044.
FAA U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics
Annual counts of active A&P and IA certificates by age.
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Aircraft Mechanics
Employment projections and wage data, 2023–2033.
ATEC & Oliver Wyman, 2025 Pipeline Report
Certificates issued, projected shortfall through 2035.
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