Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Solar Hot Water Installers make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Solar Hot Water Installers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $26440 to $31850 per year or $13 to $15 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Solar Thermal Installer and Technician will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

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

After comparing how much do Solar Hot Water Installers make with other careers, they have a salary rank of C.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$31	$65350
Senior (Top 25%)	$24	$50500
Middle (Mid 50%)	$19	$38860
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$15	$31850
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$13	$26440

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
IL	$ 38	$ 78,250
HI	$ 31	$ 65,380
DC	$ 28	$ 59,190
MN	$ 27	$ 55,230
SC	$ 26	$ 54,620
NM	$ 26	$ 53,670
RI	$ 25	$ 52,320
NH	$ 25	$ 51,840
KY	$ 25	$ 51,180
CT	$ 24	$ 50,280

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 IL doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at IL 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 IL, HI, DC, MN and SC.

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