Wind turbine technician salary in Michigan
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Wind turbine technicians in Michigan earn a median of $62,800 a year, or $30.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $92,460 a year. Michigan ranks 16th of 25 states and DC for wind turbine technician pay, at 2% less than the U.S. median of $64,120.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $24.64/hr
- Jobs in Michigan
- 70
- After cost of living
- $65,270
- Median hourly pay
- $30.19/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −2%
- Rank among states
- 16th of 25
- Mean (average) pay
- $67,830 a year · $32.61 an hour
Pay by percentile
What wind turbine technicians in Michigan 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 | $24.64 | $51,260 |
| 25th percentile | $28.10 | $58,460 |
| Median (50th) | $30.19 | $62,800 |
| 75th percentile | $38.35 | $79,770 |
| 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.
How Michigan compares
- Wind turbine technicians are less concentrated in Michigan than nationally: 0.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.24 times the U.S. share.
Other trades in Michigan
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Michigan list what contractors must pay wind turbine technicians on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
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), area code 26. BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed wind turbine technicians and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (96.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures