Syracuse, N.Y. — Wind turbine service technicians and solar photovoltaic installers have the best job prospects in the nation in the coming years, according to federal data.
The job count for wind technicians is projected to grow 60% between 2023 and 2033, according to the latest figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The employment total will increase 48% for solar installers in the same period, the data said.
The nationwide median pay for a wind turbine technician is over $62,000. It’s more than $51,000 for a solar installer.
It’s unclear how the massive policy bill passed last week by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump will affect those fields. The law rolls back various federal incentives aimed at renewable energy.
You can see the 20 fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. and what they pay nationwide and in the Syracuse metro area in the table below. The Syracuse metro area includes Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.
Median pay figures are from 2024, the most recent year for which data is available.
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In Syracuse, the highest-paying job on the list is medical and health services management.
The field has an annual median pay of over $134,000 in Syracuse. That’s more than $16,000 higher than the nationwide median of nearly $118,000 a year.
Six other jobs among the fastest-growing in the U.S. pay a higher median in Syracuse than the national figure. They include veterinarians, financial examiners, veterinary technologists and technicians, veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers, home health and personal care aides and substance abuse, behavioral disorder and mental health counselors.
Six jobs on the list pay an annual median of more than $100,000 in the Syracuse area: medical and health services managers, physician assistants, veterinarians, nurse practitioners, actuaries and information security analysts.
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