Wind turbine technician salary in Mississippi

Name: Wind turbine technician wages in Mississippi, May 2025
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Wind turbine technicians in Mississippi earn a median of $50,040 a year, or $24.06 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $62,590. That's 22% less than the national median of $64,120, 25th of 25 states and DC.

Median yearly pay$50,040

Bottom 10% under$47,130Top 10% over$62,590

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $22.66/hr
Jobs in Mississippi: 30
After cost of living: $57,550
Median hourly pay: $24.06/hr
vs U.S. median: −22%
Rank among states: 25th of 25
Mean (average) pay: $54,140 a year · $26.03 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28). Excludes self-employed wind turbine technicians. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What wind turbine technicians in Mississippi 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	$22.66	$47,130
25th percentile	$23.70	$49,300
Median (50th)	$24.06	$50,040
75th percentile	$28.78	$59,870
90th percentile	$30.09	$62,590

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Mississippi compares

Wind turbine technicians are less concentrated in Mississippi than nationally: 0.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.46 times the U.S. share.

Other trades in Mississippi

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Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Mississippi 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 28. 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 (87.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures