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Highest-paying States for Wind Turbine Service Technicians

The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $80,380, Pennsylvania is the highest paying state for wind turbine service technicians. It is followed by West Virginia (average annual salary $80,050). 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 state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Wind Turbine Service Technicians (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Pennsylvania	$80,380	$56,100	130
2	West Virginia	$80,050	$55,530	30
3	Minnesota	$74,960	$53,880	220
4	North Carolina	$65,860	$63,300	120
5	Arizona	$65,400	$30,430	60
6	New York	$65,100	$53,020	180
7	Wyoming	$64,480	$49,920	100
8	Florida	$64,250	$48,300	30
9	Illinois	$63,640	$46,910	350
10	California	$62,750	$47,820	750
11	South Dakota	$61,720	$51,310	140
12	Oregon	$59,350	$39,660	220
13	Colorado	$59,040	$51,570	280
14	Washington	$58,920	$51,440	90
15	Ohio	$58,710	$44,010	160
16	Vermont	$58,530	$42,830	0
17	Wisconsin	$58,360	$52,400	40
18	Iowa	$58,150	$45,850	580
19	Idaho	$57,650	$23,910	30
20	Texas	$56,640	$41,570	4,410
21	Montana	$55,540	$37,160	0
22	Kansas	$54,480	$44,760	550
23	North Dakota	$53,890	$50,640	230
24	Oklahoma	$52,460	$39,690	540
25	New Mexico	$52,200	$48,530	150
26	Rhode Island	$52,000	$46,100	40
27	Nebraska	$49,640	$46,640	160
28	Indiana	$49,620	$35,980	80
29	Michigan	$48,210	$35,580	60
30	Alaska	$46,480	$41,040	0
31	Arkansas	$46,120	$36,220	30

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of wind turbine service technicians in those states is not available at this time.