Wind turbine technician salary in Oklahoma
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Wind turbine technicians in Oklahoma earn a median of $59,290 a year, or $28.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,080. Oklahoma ranks 22nd of 25 states and DC for wind turbine technician pay, at 8% less than the U.S. median of $64,120.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $21.77/hr
- Jobs in Oklahoma
- 340
- After cost of living
- $67,500
- Median hourly pay
- $28.51/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −8%
- Rank among states
- 22nd of 25
- Mean (average) pay
- $61,270 a year · $29.46 an hour
Pay by percentile
What wind turbine technicians in Oklahoma 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 | $21.77 | $45,270 |
| 25th percentile | $23.99 | $49,900 |
| Median (50th) | $28.51 | $59,290 |
| 75th percentile | $33.95 | $70,610 |
| 90th percentile | $35.61 | $74,080 |
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 Oklahoma rose 24.8%, from $47,510 in May 2021 to $59,290 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it rose 4.5%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $47,510 | $22.84/hr |
| May 2022 | $52,460 | $25.22/hr |
| May 2023 | $63,320 | $30.44/hr |
| May 2024 | $59,620 | $28.66/hr |
| May 2025 | $59,290 | $28.51/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
How Oklahoma compares
- Wind turbine technicians are more concentrated in Oklahoma than nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 3.1 times the U.S. share.
Other trades in Oklahoma
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Oklahoma 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 40. 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 (87.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures