Montana Wind jobs: 200 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Montana employs 200 people in the wind sector — about 0.2% of the U.S. total. That makes Montana the 49th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Montana (2024)
National share: 0.15% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Montana ranks 49th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 200 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 1,289 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,924 wind workers.
1.1 Montana’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The wind sector nationwide employs roughly 132,984 workers; Montana accounts for 200 of them.
1.3 Where Montana sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 8,832 | #44 |
| Solar | 555 | #48 |
| Hydropower | 429 | #23 |
| Storage & Grid | 296 | #45 |
| Electric Vehicles | 213 | #44 |
| Wind | 200 | #49 |
| Clean Fuels | 54 | #45 |
| Nuclear | 9 | #44 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Montana
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Montana in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Montana
Montana contributes 0.15% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Montana’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 1.9% of total clean-energy jobs (200 of 10,588 workers).
Cost-of-living in Montana is roughly 5.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Montana is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Montana-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $95,085 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $58,187 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Montana employers rate 17.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 28.4% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 46.3% of Montana’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.
4.1 Employer hiring difficulty
4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 9,848 |
| Other Services | 4,488 |
| Professional Services | 4,386 |
| Trade | 3,149 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2,951 |
| Utilities | 2,914 |
| Manufacturing | 2,782 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,448 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 237 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.
Last updated: April 2026.