Wind turbine technician salary
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Wind turbine technicians in the U.S. earn a median of $64,120 a year, or $30.83 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $92,460.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $23.67/hr
- Jobs nationwide
- 9,980
- Median hourly pay
- $30.83/hr
- Mean (average) pay
- $68,980 a year · $33.16 an hour
Pay by percentile
What wind turbine technicians in the U.S. earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23.67 | $49,230 |
| 25th percentile | $28.29 | $58,840 |
| Median (50th) | $30.83 | $64,120 |
| 75th percentile | $37.51 | $78,010 |
| 90th percentile | $44.45 | $92,460 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median wind turbine technician wage in the U.S. rose 14%, from $56,260 in May 2021 to $64,120 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 4.6%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $56,260 | $27.05/hr |
| May 2022 | $57,320 | $27.56/hr |
| May 2023 | $61,770 | $29.70/hr |
| May 2024 | $62,580 | $30.09/hr |
| May 2025 | $64,120 | $30.83/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
Wind turbine technician pay by state
Top-paying metro areas
Other trades in the U.S.
Questions
- Which state pays wind turbine technicians the most?
- New York, with a median of $81,330 a year, followed by Kansas ($78,240). Mississippi has the lowest median, $50,040.
- Which metro area pays wind turbine technicians the most?
- The Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO area, with a median of $74,740 a year.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-9081 (Wind Turbine Service Technicians). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed wind turbine technicians and business owners aren't included. Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures