Wyoming Wind jobs: 224 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Wyoming employs 224 people in the wind sector — about 0.2% of the U.S. total. That makes Wyoming the 48th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Wyoming (2024)
National share: 0.17% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Wyoming ranks 48th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 224 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 1,265 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,900 wind workers.
1.1 Wyoming’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; Wyoming accounts for 224 of them.
1.3 Where Wyoming sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 7,054 | #47 |
| Storage & Grid | 311 | #44 |
| Solar | 292 | #50 |
| Wind | 224 | #48 |
| Electric Vehicles | 128 | #50 |
| Hydropower | 50 | #49 |
| Clean Fuels | 32 | #50 |
| Nuclear | 5 | #46 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Wyoming
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Wyoming in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Wyoming
Wyoming contributes 0.17% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Wyoming’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 2.8% of total clean-energy jobs (224 of 8,096 workers).
Cost-of-living in Wyoming is roughly 6.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Wyoming is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Wyoming-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $94,076 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $57,570 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Wyoming employers rate 21.1% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 24.4% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 45.5% of Wyoming’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) |
|---|---|
| Mining and Extraction | 13,099 |
| Construction | 12,138 |
| Manufacturing | 8,050 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,105 |
| Trade | 3,104 |
| Other Services | 2,579 |
| Utilities | 2,306 |
| Professional Services | 1,947 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 20 |
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.