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Geothermal Production Managers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$126,060

United States, 2025

Employment

246,250

United States, 2025

Typical education

Some College Courses

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Manage operations at geothermal power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor geothermal plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.

O*NET code
11-3051.02
Job zone
3
Experience required
Over 10 years

Typical tasks

  • Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.
  • Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
  • Communicate geothermal plant conditions to employees.
  • Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems.
  • Perform or direct the performance of preventative maintenance on geothermal plant equipment.
  • Inspect geothermal plant or injection well fields to verify proper equipment operations.
  • Develop or manage budgets for geothermal operations.
  • Select and implement corrosion control or mitigation systems for geothermal plants.

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Salary analysis — United States

$78,000
10th
$98,160
25th
$126,060
Median
$161,880
75th
$205,520
90th

10th percentile

$78,000

25th percentile

$98,160

75th percentile

$161,880

90th percentile

$205,520

Most important skills

  • Critical Thinking4.0
  • Monitoring3.9
  • Speaking3.9
  • Reading Comprehension3.9
  • Coordination3.8
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.8
  • Management of Personnel Resources3.6
  • Active Listening3.6
  • Writing3.6
  • Complex Problem Solving3.6
  • Time Management3.6
  • Active Learning3.5

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 24 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

24

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Monitoring3.94.4Not selected4.4
Reading Comprehension3.94.3Not selected4.3
Critical Thinking4.03.9Not selected3.9
Speaking3.94.0Not selected4.0
Management of Personnel Resources3.63.9Not selected3.9
Time Management3.63.9Not selected3.9
Coordination3.83.6Not selected3.6
Judgment and Decision Making3.83.6Not selected3.6
Writing3.63.8Not selected3.8
Active Listening3.63.6Not selected3.6
Complex Problem Solving3.63.6Not selected3.6
Social Perceptiveness3.53.6Not selected3.6
Systems Evaluation3.33.8Not selected3.8
Management of Financial Resources3.33.8Not selected3.8
Mathematics3.33.8Not selected3.8
Systems Analysis3.33.6Not selected3.6
Active Learning3.53.3Not selected3.3
Operations Monitoring3.33.5Not selected3.5
Instructing3.33.5Not selected3.5
Learning Strategies3.33.4Not selected3.4
Management of Material Resources3.13.3Not selected3.3
Negotiation3.03.4Not selected3.4
Persuasion3.03.4Not selected3.4
Quality Control Analysis3.12.9Not selected2.9

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Manchester, NH$174,3607002025
San Jose, CA$171,1402,2102025
Lexington Park, MD$167,040602025
San Luis Obispo, CA$166,0302402025
San Francisco, CA$164,4202,9902025
Longview, WA$163,9701002025
Boulder, CO$162,0402302025
Napa, CA$161,2202402025
Lewiston, ID$157,500702025
Trenton, NJ$157,1603202025
Norwich, CT$156,7101902025
Bremerton, WA$156,180402025
Midland, MI$154,0701102025
Boston, MA$153,2103,5002025
DE$153,0003702025
New York, NY$151,6307,2202025
Seattle, WA$151,5803,4002025
WY$151,4903902025
Beaumont, TX$150,8605502025
Bellingham, WA$150,8001102025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.