Utah Wind jobs: 769 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Utah employs 769 people in the wind sector — about 0.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Utah the 36th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Utah (2024)
National share: 0.58% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Utah ranks 36th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 769 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 720 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,355 wind workers.
1.1 Utah’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; Utah accounts for 769 of them.
1.3 Where Utah sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 34,013 | #25 |
| Solar | 8,288 | #13 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,021 | #28 |
| Wind | 769 | #36 |
| Storage & Grid | 714 | #32 |
| Hydropower | 390 | #25 |
| Clean Fuels | 124 | #38 |
| Nuclear | 47 | #40 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Utah
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Utah in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Utah
Utah contributes 0.58% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Utah’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 1.7% of total clean-energy jobs (769 of 45,365 workers).
Cost-of-living in Utah is roughly 1.5% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Utah is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Utah-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $99,426 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $60,843 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Utah employers rate 18.7% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 31.9% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 50.6% of Utah’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 | 36,894 |
| Other Services | 14,101 |
| Professional Services | 11,778 |
| Trade | 10,349 |
| Manufacturing | 9,311 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,379 |
| Utilities | 3,297 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,086 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 4 |
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.