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Wind Energy Engineers Salary in Durham, NC

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Wind Energy Engineers in Durham, NC have a median annual salary of $127,710, with 580 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $81,550 at the 10th percentile to $174,180 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$127,710

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$61.40

Employment

580

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$81,550
10th
$100,240
25th
$127,710
Median
$163,130
75th
$174,180
90th

Local compared with national

Durham, NC

$127,710

Median annual · 2025

United States

$122,930

Median annual · 2025

The Durham, NC median is 3.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $4,780).

Top skills

  1. 1.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.8
  3. 3.MathematicsImportance 3.5
  4. 4.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.5
  5. 5.Active ListeningImportance 3.4
  6. 6.WritingImportance 3.4
  7. 7.SpeakingImportance 3.4
  8. 8.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.4
  9. 9.Systems AnalysisImportance 3.4
  10. 10.ScienceImportance 3.3
  11. 11.Operations AnalysisImportance 3.3
  12. 12.Systems EvaluationImportance 3.3

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • ANSYS simulation software
  • Apache Ant
  • Apache Subversion SVN
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Bentley MicroStation
  • C#
  • C++
  • Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • DIgSILENT PowerFactory
  • EMD International WindPRO
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
  • ESRI ArcInfo

Common tasks

  • Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
  • Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
  • Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines.
  • Provide engineering technical support to designers of prototype wind turbines.
  • Investigate experimental wind turbines or wind turbine technologies for properties such as aerodynamics, production, noise, and load.
  • Develop active control algorithms, electronics, software, electromechanical, or electrohydraulic systems for wind turbines.
  • Develop specifications for wind technology components, such as gearboxes, blades, generators, frequency converters, or pad transformers.
  • Test wind turbine components, using mechanical or electronic testing equipment.
  • Oversee the work activities of wind farm consultants or subcontractors.
  • Test wind turbine equipment to determine effects of stress or fatigue.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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