Number Crunch

Electric Vehicles Are Already Ushering in High-Paying Jobs, No College Required

Just one of those green new jobs we’ve been hearing about

$80,000: That’s the typical annual salary for an electric vehicle charging station technician according to The Mobilist, Steve LeVine’s new Medium blog covering batteries, electric cars, and driverless vehicles. (Hint: Follow the blog here!)

This type of reimagined technician is a newly developed profession, and ChargerHelp, an EV charging station servicing company, says it takes just a week of training to pick up the basics of the job. With electric vehicle adoption picking up momentum, charging stations will continue to proliferate; inevitably, that means routine problems at those stations will require a tech to resolve.

An $80,000-a-Year Job of the Future: EV Charging Station Technician

This has already emerged as a bit of a problem, The Mobilist reports, because emergency maintenance is currently often handled by electricians — who are pricey, overbooked, and often miscast when the problem turns out to be a software…