Installation & Repair

Wind Turbine Technicians

SOC 49-9081

Maintain and repair wind turbines, often hundreds of feet up.

Median pay

$64k

$59k to $78k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

2k openings / yr

Education

Postsecondary cert

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

17/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

19th pct

More exposed than 19% of occupations · modeled estimate · 44th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

73/100

Key skills

Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Monitoring
Active Listening
Speaking
Active Learning

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.