Wind Turbine Technician
Maintains and repairs turbines at height, often in remote sites. One of the fastest-growing skilled roles in the country.
- Pay band (est.)
- $63k–$88k
- Time to competence
- 2 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- field
- Leverage
- low
- Place constraint
- high
- Physical demand
- 85/100
- Hours burden
- 62/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play33th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge13th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage14th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand98th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay34th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body9th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy7th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit36th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility3th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill98th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance61th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Climbing and confined spaces; sites are rural and far apart.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is high. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 62/100 and people intensity 30/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Wind Turbine Service Technicians (49-9081): median $62,580, 90th percentile $88,090. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +29.5%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.