Biomass Power Plant Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Biomass Power Plant Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $126,060 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 246,250. Wage data is published for 426 locations.
Occupation description
Manage operations at biomass power generation facilities. Direct work activities at plant, including supervision of operations and maintenance staff.
O*NET code
11-3051.04
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 10 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$126,060
Hourly median
$60.61
Employment
246,250
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$78,000
10th
$98,160
25th
$126,060
Median
$161,880
75th
$205,520
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 4.25 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Monitoring | 3.88 | 4.62 |
| Coordination | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.75 | 4.12 |
| Time Management | 3.62 | 3.75 |
Typical tasks
- Review biomass operations performance specifications to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Review logs, datasheets, or reports to ensure adequate production levels and safe production environments or to identify abnormalities with power production equipment or processes.
- Supervise operations or maintenance employees in the production of power from biomass, such as wood, coal, paper sludge, or other waste or refuse.
- Supervise biomass plant or substation operations, maintenance, repair, or testing activities.
- Conduct field inspections of biomass plants, stations, or substations to ensure normal and safe operating conditions.
- Plan and schedule plant activities, such as wood, waste, or refuse fuel deliveries, ash removal, and regular maintenance.
- Prepare and manage biomass plant budgets.
- Manage safety programs at power generation facilities.
Technology
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Distributed control system DCS
- Employee scheduling software
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Biomass Power Plant Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in CAMedian $132,620 · Employment 25,130
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in TXMedian $130,890 · Employment 21,200
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in MIMedian $120,660 · Employment 14,320
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in OHMedian $109,340 · Employment 14,290
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in ILMedian $127,270 · Employment 11,570
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in PAMedian $109,140 · Employment 10,200
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in NCMedian $125,940 · Employment 9,640
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in FLMedian $119,870 · Employment 9,480
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in INMedian $121,500 · Employment 9,400
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $128,540 · Employment 9,120
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $129,840 · Employment 8,850
- Biomass Power Plant Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $151,630 · Employment 7,220
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.