Energy Efficiency Jobs in America: 2018

AMERICA’S JOB POWERHOUSE

Across every time zone, state, county, and even zip code, energy efficiency solutions are creating new economic opportunities. Whether it’s new efficient technologies spurring brand new companies or established businesses expanding, America’s job growth is being powered by energy efficiency.

Energy efficiency added the most new jobs in 2017 of the entire energy sector. Its workers now outnumber elementary and middle school teachers and are nearly double those in U.S. law enforcement. In fact, there are now as many energy efficiency workers as there are waitstaff in U.S. bars and restaurants.

The full Energy Efficiency Jobs in America report is available directly at this link. Links to individual factsheets for all 50 states and the District of Columbia can be found below.

A BIGGER PICTURE

This report focuses solely on the energy sector of the economy. Jobs in retail trade, vehicle efficiency-related work, and the 4.2 million jobs related to efficient manufacturing processes are excluded from these numbers.

HIGHLIGHTS

According to Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, energy efficiency:

• is America’s fastest growing and largest energy jobs sector
• employs workers in 3,000 of America’s 3,007 counties (99.7%)
• outnumbers landscaping professionals and groundskeepers combined
• has twice as many workers as all fossil fuel sectors combined
• businesses now total over 350,000, dominated by small businesses (79%)
• employs more than 300,000 rural Americans, and 900,000 in America’s top 25 metro areas
• accounted for 1/2 of the entire energy sector’s job growth in 2017
• workers make up 35 percent of all U.S. energy workers
• accounts for more than 1 out of every 6 U.S. construction workers

FIND YOUR STATE’S EE JOBS FACTSHEET

Alabama | Alaska  | Arizona | Arkansas | California |
Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware |District of Columbia|
Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana |
Iowa| Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland |
Massachusetts | Michigan| Minnesota | Mississippi |
Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire |
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina |
North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon| Pennsylvania |
Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee |
Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington |
West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |

An interactive map showing how energy efficiency jobs are spread across the U.S. can be found on CleanJobsCount.org.

LOOKING FOR MORE INFO?

If you are looking for additional insight into E4TheFuture and E2’s Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, including specific info about your county or region or to connect with business leaders in states who support strong clean energy policies, contact E2 Communications Director Michael Timberlake ([email protected]). An FAQ is also available here to answer any questions.

The complete report is available here and below.

EE JOBS IN AMERICA

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Offshore Wind: Generating Economic Benefits on the East Coast

REPORT

The U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for substantial growth, thanks to falling costs and increasing recognition by state and federal policy makers that there are tremendous economic benefits in harnessing clean, renewable energy offshore. BW Research, on behalf of E2, found that if each of the five states below added an average-sized offshore wind energy farm (352 MW) nearly 25,000 construction and operational jobs would be created up and down the eastern seaboard. The Department of Interior is developing lease sales for a strong pipeline of projects in this region—28 in total—which could equal 23,735 MW of new generating capacity, which if all developed would result in tens of thousands of more jobs and added economic benefits for those states. Through its expected growth over the next several years, offshore wind energy has the potential to significantly add to the Gross Regional Product (GRP) and state and federal tax revenues of South and North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.

OFFSHORE WIND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL:

• If New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina added an average-sized offshore wind energy farm (352 MW), nearly 25,000 jobs and $3.6 billion would be added to the states’ economies.
  • South Carolina – 5,647 jobs and $878 million economic benefits
  • North Carolina – 5,522 jobs and $710 million economic benefits
  • Virginia – 4,377 jobs and $641 million economic benefits
  • New Jersey – 4,313 jobs and $702 million economic benefits
  • New York – 4,063 jobs and $737 million economic benefits

OFFSHORE DRILLING’S ECONOMIC RISK

• A one-month beach and fishing closure due to an oil spill off the coasts of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina would cost over $2.7 billion in GDP and $1.3 billion in lost wages.
  • South Carolina – $117 million in lost wages and $314 million in GDP
  • North Carolina – $57 million in lost wages and $120 million in GDP
  • Virginia – $90 million in lost wages and $175 million in GDP
  • New Jersey – $163 million in lost wages and $307 million in GDP
  • New York – $870 million in lost wages and $1.8 billion in GDP

LOOKING FOR MORE INFO?

If you are looking for additional insight into E2’s Offshore  Wind report, including specific info about a state or to connect with business leaders on the East Coast who support increased offshore wind development and policies that grow clean energy jobs, contact E2 Communications Director Michael Timberlake ([email protected]).

The complete report is available here.

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According to an analysis of every California legislative district released by E2 in August 2018, more than 519,000 Californians now work in clean energy industries, and more than $49 billion in public and private clean energy economy investments have been injected into the state. This job growth and investment is driven by California’s climate policies, including its leading Renewables Portfolio Standard and landmark cap-and-trade legislation, which reduces pollution while increasing clean energy production and energy efficiency.

The state’s climate policies also have cut emissions by the equivalent of taking 17.6 million cars off the road and more than two thirds of the $2 billion in clean energy investments stemming from cap-and-trade have gone specifically towards benefiting disadvantaged communities around the state.

For a look at the jobs and economic benefits that have resulted from California’s climate policies for each and every legislative district in the state, please see below:–

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Clean Jobs Midwest 2018

Analysis

More than 714,000 Midwesterners now work in clean energy industries across the Midwest according to a new analysis of energy jobs data from Clean Energy Trust (CET) and the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). The region’s clean energy economy now employs more than all the waiters and waitresses, computer programmers, lawyers and web developers in the Midwest combined, according to Department of Labor Employment Statistics.

Main Findings:

• 3 Midwest states rank in top 10 for clean energy jobs, 6 in top 20
• More than 500,000 Midwesterners work in energy efficiency
• 72% of clean energy jobs are in construction and manufacturing
• More than 30,000 Midwesterners now work in grid modernization and energy storage
• Construction (39%) and manufacturing (33%) make up the majority of clean energy jobs
• Clean fuels technologies employ nearly 8,000 workers in the 12-state region
• 80,000 workers are employed across clean vehicle industries.
• Employers project 4.5% clean energy job growth in 2018
• Small businesses are driving the region’s clean energy sectors, with 71.4% of clean energy businesses employing fewer than 20 individuals.
• 11.6% of Midwesterners employed in clean energy are veterans

Looking for More Info?

Visit CleanJobsMidwest.com for more interactive maps, comparative charts, and worker profiles to see how clean energy jobs breakdown in every Midwest state, county, metro, and legislative district or contact Michael Timberlake ([email protected]).

The complete report is available here and state-specific pages are listed below:

Illinois: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/illinois

Indiana: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/indiana

Iowa: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/iowa

Kansas: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/kansas

Michigan: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/michigan

Minnesota: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/minnesota

Missouri: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/missouri

Nebraska: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/nebraska

North Dakota: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/north-dakota

Ohio: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/ohio

South Dakota: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/south-dakota 

Wisconsin: www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/wisconsin

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