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Wind Turbine Service Technicians pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Sioux Falls, SD-MN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Wind Turbine Service Technicians is $77,950 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $62,650 per year in Sioux Falls, SD-MN. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 24.4% above Sioux Falls, SD-MN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9081 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 100 in Sioux Falls, SD-MN. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings