SANTA FE, NM (Dec. 22, 2025) – Clean energy jobs grew fifteen times faster in New Mexico than the rest of the state’s economy in 2024 (4.6 percent compared to 0.3 percent), adding 613 new jobs to the workforce. This raises the total number of clean energy workers in the state to 14,081, according to the second annual Clean Jobs New Mexico report released today by the national, nonpartisan business group E2 and their partners, the Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico (REIA-NM) and New Mexico Sustainable Business.
“The numbers speak for themselves with clean energy growing significantly faster than New Mexico’s overall economy,” said Susan Nedell, E2’s Senior Western Advocate.“Clean energy continues to be an economic engine for New Mexico.”
Jobs in energy efficiency, renewable generation, storage and grid, and other clean energy subsectors continued to grow faster than the broader economy, accounting for an increasingly large share of the state’s workforce. The energy efficiency sector hosts nearly half of New Mexico’s clean energy jobs, supporting over 6,988 jobs in 2024.
“Low-cost solar energy paired with long-duration storage is a win in one of the sunniest states in the country,” said Jim Desjardin, REIA-NM’s executive director. “Considering the substantial 7.8% job growth rate in the storage sector, the state is poised to provide New Mexicans with an abundance of affordable, clean energy.”
However, clean vehicles-related jobs saw a slight dip in 2024, losing 18 jobs after hitting a record high of 1,073 workers at the end of 2023. Clean vehicles-related jobs took a similar hit across the entire country, as did jobs related to internal combustion engine vehicles.
Though not reflected in the 2024 data, recent policy actions by Congress and the Trump administration — to kill projects, revoke tax credits, cancel permits and add new regulatory red tape — have already caused major job losses in the clean energy industry, with more expected to come. According to separate E2 research, since January 2025 companies canceled more than $29 billion in planned clean energy related factories and other projects in the U.S. that were expected to create more than 30,000 new jobs. It’s important to note that New Mexico has not seen any project cancellations – or announcements – yet this year, so those numbers reflect the state of clean energy projects across the entire country.
“Clean energy does more than reduce emissions, as this report shows. Clean energy expands the workforce and delivers positive economic impact for communities across the state. That’s why it’s important to protect policies that encourage that type of investment.” said Glenn Schiffbauer, executive director, for the nonprofit advocacy group New Mexico Sustainable Business.
With clean energy companies and investors reeling from federal decisions to slash clean energy support, the sector’s importance to the region’s overall economy is clearer than ever. Clean energy now accounts for more than 25 percent of all energy and vehicle-related jobs in the state, and 1.6 percent of all jobs. In fact, the fossil fuel energy and vehicle-related sector lost 252 jobs last year while clean energy gained 613.
Bernalillo County is home to 6,851 clean energy workers, the most in New Mexico.
County |
Total Clean Energy Jobs in 2024 |
| Bernalillo | 6,851 |
| Santa Fe | 1,193 |
| Dona Ana | 1,050 |
| San Juan | 869 |
| Sandoval | 519 |
A note on demographics: Veterans made up 8.6 percent of the clean energy workforce for New Mexico in 2024.
For more information, data requests, or to speak with clean energy business leaders in your area, contact Daniel Baker ([email protected]; 202-836-9390).
Methodology
This analysis of U.S. clean energy employment is based on employment data collected and analyzed by the BW Research Partnership for the 2025 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER). The USEER analyzes data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) to track employment across many energy production, transmission and distribution subsectors. In addition, the 2025 USEER relies on a unique supplemental survey of 42,800 business representatives across the United States. Created and conducted by BW Research, the methodology has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This survey is used to identify energy-related employment within key subsectors of the broader industries as classified by the BLS and to assign them into their component energy and energy efficiency sectors.
A full methodology on the sectors and types of jobs this analysis includes and does not include is available in E2’s Clean Jobs America report here.
Other Resources
- Clean Economy Works | Monthly Tracking: More details plus an interactive map of each of these projects shows what’s trending in America’s booming clean economy.
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E2 is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for smart policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. Our members have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies, created more than 600,000 jobs, and managed more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital. For more information, see www.e2.org or follow us on LinkedIn (@e2org) or X/Twitter at @e2org.
Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico’s mission is to support, promote and advance the transition to renewable energy in New Mexico. We do this by engaging at the state legislature, Public Regulation Commission and state and local government for policies that are favorable to the renewable energy industry. We were founded in 2004 and presently have over 60 members.
New Mexico Sustainable Business works to build a sustainable community of local businesses that are environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible through action, advocacy and education. Advocating for green public policy and issues that support sustainable business is a year-round part of what we do. Our organization is involved at the city, county, and state levels promoting legislation that benefits our community and our membership. We actively lobby for community solar power, clean energy and energy efficiency, as well as issues that promote green jobs and a better business climate in New Mexico.