Highest-paying Cities for Wind Turbine Service Technicians

The top 44 highest paying cities for wind turbine service technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of wind turbine service technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $77,650, Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado is the highest paying city for wind turbine service technicians. It is followed by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $74,510). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of wind turbine service technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 44 Highest-paying cities/areas for Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$77,650	$43,460	240
2	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$74,510	$53,840	30
3	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$72,390	$42,550	50
4	Duluth, Wisconsin	$72,010	$44,730	90
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$71,580	$46,970	80
6	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$69,750	$42,620	70
7	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$68,120	$44,970	40
8	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$65,950	$45,850	190
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$65,010	$40,250	140
10	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$63,640	$46,910	200
11	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$62,750	$45,250	150
12	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$62,440	$49,740	80
13	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$61,910	$48,280	30
14	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$61,880	$48,770	n/a
15	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$61,790	$48,480	90
16	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$61,450	$51,310	70
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$60,760	$52,850	n/a
18	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$60,730	$47,520	40
19	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$60,300	$39,660	40
20	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$59,970	$47,520	70
21	Amarillo, Texas	$59,890	$40,980	50
22	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$59,250	$45,260	690
23	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$57,880	$49,380	80
24	Wichita, Kansas	$57,340	$45,060	50
25	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$56,690	$44,370	40
26	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$56,660	$46,450	1,380
27	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$55,690	$36,450	40
28	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$55,540	$37,160	n/a
29	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$54,790	$37,120	390
30	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$54,480	$41,530	340
31	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$53,890	$51,860	140
32	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$53,800	$39,630	150
33	Kansas City, Missouri	$53,270	$47,060	100
34	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$52,000	$46,100	30
35	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$51,390	$46,640	50
36	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$51,310	$35,300	70
37	Greeley, Colorado	$51,090	$42,560	40
38	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,030	$36,800	n/a
39	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$49,620	$35,980	80
40	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$48,740	$41,040	40
41	Enid, Oklahoma	$48,230	$46,060	50
42	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$48,080	$40,540	200
43	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$46,320	$33,610	n/a
44	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$37,680	$32,700	110

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