A report released Tuesday on the clean energy industry found Ohio had a 4.6 percent increase in jobs during 2022, representing an addition of more than 5,000 that brought the total to 114,395 workers. E2, a national nonpartisan business group, and Evergreen Climate Innovations analyzed data for 12 states in the Midwest, and several speakers offered remarks in a virtual press conference on the report.
“Clean energy jobs are found in every corner of the state. While big cities like Columbus (19,924), Cleveland (19,610) and Cincinnati (15,942) are some of the largest hubs for clean energy jobs, more than one in five — or more than 22,000 — jobs are in rural areas,” the report added. Across all of the clean energy sectors, the majority of jobs were in construction, 48.5 percent, and manufacturing, 23.7 percent. Professional services made up 15 percent, and trade was 7.9 percent.