Summary
Pennsylvania’s clean energy sector employed 104,499 people at the end of 2024. By adding 3,722 workers, the clean energy job growth rate topped 3.7 percent, higher than the rest of Pennsylvania’s employment growth rate of 0.7 percent. More than 17,500 clean energy jobs have been created in Pennsylvania since 2020, an increase of more than 20 percent.
Most workers were in the construction and manufacturing industries. At the sector level, energy efficiency employed 76,209 people, while renewable energy employed more than 12,328 led by solar and wind.
While the state ranks No. 10 nationally for clean energy jobs, it sits behind five states with smaller populations: Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ohio, and North Carolina each have between 113,000 and 132,000 clean energy jobs. Four Pennsylvania counties made the Top 100 list for most clean energy jobs nationally: Allegheny (13,702 jobs), Montgomery (10,127), Philadelphia (9,652), and Lehigh (8,379).
Jobs data in this report predates the July 2025 passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is forecast to slow clean energy job growth nationwide. Nevertheless, the story emerging from these numbers is one of a clean energy industry and workforce that is resilient and dynamic. As energy demand grows, Pennsylvania’s clean energy workers are positioned to play an increasingly important role in shaping the commonwealth’s evolving economic future.
Previous Reports
Clean Jobs Pennsylvania 2025 is the 10th clean energy jobs report for Pennsylvania from E2. Previous reports can be accessed in the below links.
Background
This is the tenth Clean Jobs Pennsylvania 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,