Wind Turbine Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Wind Turbine Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Wind Turbine Technician in National, the published median for SOC 49-9081, Wind Turbine Service Technicians, is $64,120 per year. The middle half of the Wind Turbine Technician in National wage distribution runs from $58,840 to $78,010, a width of $19,170 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Wind Turbine Technician comparison, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX reports $64,050 per year while Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX reports $57,890 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Wind Turbine Technician figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Wind Turbine Service Technicians, read alongside Wind Turbine Technician in National, are Manufacturing at $77,170 per year (NAICS 31-33); Specialty Trade Contractors at $72,470 per year (NAICS 238000); Building Equipment Contractors at $72,470 per year (NAICS 238200). Those Wind Turbine Technician in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Wind Turbine Technician in National median was $62,580 per year in May 2024, compared with $64,120 in May 2025, a published difference of $1,540. That Wind Turbine Technician in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $62,580 and $64,120 Wind Turbine Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $64,120 per year for Wind Turbine Technician in National, separate overtime, per diem, lodging and mobilization separately; prevailing wage obligations and union scale depend on the assignment and agreement, not a special BLS traveling-worker percentile. The Wind Turbine Technician in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Wind Turbine Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Wind Turbine Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Wind Turbine Technician within Wind Turbine Service Technicians; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Wind Turbine Technician in National opening, the work checks include GWO Basic Safety Training, climb/rescue; OEM training; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Wind Turbine Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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