Highlights from the 2024 Report

In 2023, jobs in clean energy grew at more than twice the rate of the strong overall U.S. labor market thanks in large part to the Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda driving record investments in clean energy supply chains. Clean energy jobs grew at more than double the rate (4.9%) of job growth in the rest of the economy (2.0%), adding 149,000 new jobs.

For the first time ever, unionization rates in clean energy (12.4%) surpassed the energy sector average (11%). And unionized employers reported less difficulty hiring than non-union employers, with both employer groups reporting an easier time hiring workers than last year.

The Biden-Harris Administration has spurred a manufacturing boom, especially in the clean energy sector with over 800 facilities announced since 2021 which is reflected in a rapid increase in construction jobs. Construction employment in energy grew 4.5%, almost double the economy-wide construction employment growth of 2.3%.

Employment increased across all five USEER energy technology categories, which includes electric power generation; energy efficiency; fuels; motor vehicles; and transmission, distribution, and storage, from in 2023. Clean energy jobs increased in every state across the United States.

Demographic data

• Veterans accounted for 9% of the U.S. energy workforce, greater than their representation in the overall U.S. workforce, at 5%.
• The energy workforce is younger than average, with 29% of workers below the age of 30.
• Latino and Hispanic workers held nearly one-third of the new energy jobs created in 2023, growing by 79,000 workers.