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Wind turbine technician salary in Pennsylvania

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Wind turbine technicians in Pennsylvania earn a median of $60,830 a year, or $29.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $87,950 a year. Nationally the median is $64,120, so Pennsylvania pays 5% less than the U.S. overall and ranks 20th of 25.

Median yearly pay$60,830
Bottom 10% under$48,030Top 10% over$87,950
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$23.09/hr
Jobs in Pennsylvania
50
After cost of living
$62,340
Median hourly pay
$29.25/hr
vs U.S. median
−5%
Rank among states
20th of 25
Mean (average) pay
$67,400 a year · $32.41 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42). 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 Pennsylvania 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$23.09$48,030
25th percentile$28.73$59,760
Median (50th)$29.25$60,830
75th percentile$38.70$80,500
90th percentile$42.28$87,950

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 Pennsylvania fell 45.9%, from $112,390 in May 2021 to $60,830 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 54.7%.

YearMedian a yearMedian an hour
May 2021$112,390$54.03/hr
May 2022$80,380$38.64/hr
May 2023$80,940$38.91/hr
May 2024$85,570$41.14/hr
May 2025$60,830$29.25/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 Pennsylvania compares

  • Wind turbine technicians are less concentrated in Pennsylvania than nationally: 0.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.13 times the U.S. share.

Other trades in Pennsylvania

Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Pennsylvania 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 42. 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 (97.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures