SOC 47-2231 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Solar Photovoltaic Installers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Solar Photovoltaic Installers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $26,860. The 10th percentile is $23,210 and the 90th percentile is $29,300. Employment is 1,700.

Median annual wage

$26,860

10th percentile
$23,210
25th percentile
$23,210
Median
$26,860
75th percentile
$27,720
90th percentile
$29,300
Mean
$26,790

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Solar Photovoltaic Installers, the published 10th percentile is $23,210 and the 90th percentile is $29,300. The difference is $6,090, which is 22.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $23,210 to the 75th at $27,720, covers $4,510.

The mean annual wage is $26,790, which sits below the median of $26,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 49.5% lower than the national median of $53,140 for Solar Photovoltaic Installers.

It is about the same as the Puerto Rico median of $26,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Solar Photovoltaic Installers. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $26,340 and employment of 90. That median is 1.9% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Solar Photovoltaic Installers accounts for 0.25% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (1,700 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 12.21 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Solar Photovoltaic Installers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Solar Photovoltaic Installers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $26,860. The 10th percentile is $23,210 and the 90th percentile is $29,300. Employment is 1,700.

How does that compare with the national median for Solar Photovoltaic Installers?

The local median is 49.5% lower than the national median of $53,140.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Solar Photovoltaic Installers?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 70 miles away, at $26,340. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.