Pay is ok, about 90k with 3.5 years and a masters degree. I think the real weird part of the aerospace industry is the wide variety of benefits/ pto packages. But what’s irritating (something that has been alluded to here) is that companies just don’t really care about retention. You almost have to job hop or you’ll be stuck with paltry raises. The only real way to keep making more is to switch. Which is frustrating if your niche within the industry isn’t as large.