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Wind Energy Development Managers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$141,900
United States, 2025
Employment
622,190
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 4
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Lead or manage the development and evaluation of potential wind energy business opportunities, including environmental studies, permitting, and proposals. May also manage construction of projects.
- O*NET code
- 11-9199.10
- Job zone
- 4
- Experience required
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Typical tasks
- Coordinate or direct development, energy assessment, engineering, or construction activities to ensure that wind project needs and objectives are met.
- Manage wind project costs to stay within budget limits.
- Lead or support negotiations involving tax agreements or abatements, power purchase agreements, land use, or interconnection agreements.
- Create wind energy project plans, including project scope, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, or other project information.
- Supervise the work of subcontractors or consultants to ensure quality and conformance to specifications or budgets.
- Develop scope of work for wind project functions, such as design, site assessment, environmental studies, surveying, or field support services.
- Provide verbal or written project status reports to project teams, management, subcontractors, customers, or owners.
- Update schedules, estimates, forecasts, or budgets for wind projects.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$74,300
25th percentile
$102,880
75th percentile
$186,300
90th percentile
$238,270
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Writing3.9
- Speaking3.9
- Reading Comprehension3.9
- Active Listening3.8
- Coordination3.6
- Judgment and Decision Making3.6
- Social Perceptiveness3.5
- Monitoring3.5
- Management of Personnel Resources3.4
- Active Learning3.4
- Negotiation3.4
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
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 20 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
20
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.9 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Writing | 3.9 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Speaking | 3.9 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Coordination | 3.6 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Active Learning | 3.4 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Negotiation | 3.4 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.6 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.5 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Time Management | 3.4 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Persuasion | 3.3 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.4 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Management of Financial Resources | 3.1 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Management of Material Resources | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.0 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Wind Energy Development ManagersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $217,280 | 13,740 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $210,080 | 21,550 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $184,250 | 9,120 | 2025 |
| MA | $182,950 | 10,630 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $179,090 | 1,020 | 2025 |
| Binghamton, NY | $177,830 | 170 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $175,980 | 9,250 | 2025 |
| DC | $175,720 | 18,570 | 2025 |
| CA | $174,560 | 99,580 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $174,520 | 2,040 | 2025 |
| CO | $171,140 | 14,060 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $170,980 | 42,010 | 2025 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $170,650 | 350 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $169,800 | 34,400 | 2025 |
| San Diego, CA | $169,240 | 9,370 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $168,980 | 7,110 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $168,160 | 31,210 | 2025 |
| DE | $168,060 | 1,280 | 2025 |
| Kennewick, WA | $167,660 | 440 | 2025 |
| NY | $167,200 | 18,470 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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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.