How Much Do Solar Hot Water Installers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Table of contents

1. Average salary
2. Starting salary
3. Salary rank
4. Salary range
5. Highest paying states
6. Highest paying industries

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Average salary

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Starting salary

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Entry-level Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $26,700 to $32,650 per year or $13 to $16 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

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Salary rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Annual
Highest (Top 10%)	$32	$67,310
Senior (Top 25%)	$25	$51,660
Middle (Mid 50%)	$19	$39,660
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$16	$32,650
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$13	$26,700

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
RI	$31	$64,580
DC	$29	$60,660
CA	$28	$58,440
CT	$28	$57,720
NM	$27	$56,660
NJ	$26	$54,950
HI	$26	$54,470
KY	$26	$53,670
IL	$25	$51,750
MN	$25	$51,570

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Solar Thermal Installer and Technician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like RI doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at RI might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Solar Hot Water Installers are in the states of RI, DC, CA, CT and NM.

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