Summary
Colorado’s clean energy workforce added 2,700 new workers in 2024, growing 4.1 percent and adding jobs at a much faster rate than the rest of the state’s overall employment, which shrunk 0.4% percent. The state ranked 18th for largest clean energy workforce in 2024, with 69,900 clean energy jobs in total. The bulk of the workforce were in the construction and professional services industries. In 2024, clean energy employed more than double the number of workers as fossil fuels did (29,600) in the state.
The data in this report predates the July 2025 passage of the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which is expected to slow clean energy job growth nationwide. Still, the job numbers point to a resilient and essential clean energy workforce. As energy demand grows and the costs of climate change mount, Colorado’s clean energy economy is positioned to play an important role in shaping the state’s economic future.
Previous Reports
Clean Jobs Colorado 2025 is the 9th clean energy jobs report for Colorado from E2. Previous reports can be accessed in the below links.
Background
This is the ninth Clean Jobs Colorado report produced by E2 based on analysis of the USEER, which was first released by the DOE in 2016. E2 was an original proponent of the DOE producing the USEER and was a partner on the reports produced by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) and National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) after the Trump administration decided to not produce it in 2017.
For additional insight on clean energy’s economic impact, visit e2.org/reports/ to access E2’s full slate of economic reports on the clean energy sector and related industries,