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Wind Energy Engineers

Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems and prepare and develop site specifications.

Median salary (BLS)

$122,930

10th–90th percentile (BLS)

$67k – $190k

Job outlook

+2% (about average)

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 8 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.

Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $99,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.

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Education

Typical entry: Bachelor's degree

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Typical progression

  1. Wind Energy Engineers Intern

    Internship

    $36,000

    ~4 mos to advance

  2. Junior Wind Energy Engineers

    Entry / Junior

    $66,810

    ~2 yrs to advance

  3. Wind Energy Engineers

    Established

    $122,930

    ~3 yrs to advance

  4. Senior Wind Energy Engineers

    Senior

    $156,440

Internships are a common on-ramp here — they speed up landing that first role and improve your odds, which is why the Safe and High-ceiling plans build one in.

Key skills

A typical day

  • •Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
  • •Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
  • •Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines.

Fields of study

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