A 2025 Supplementatal report
Tracking Trends in US Energy Employment
Discover the latest trends, data visualizations, and in-depth analysis of the data provided in the US Energy and Employment Report to empower your understanding of the energy sector and its workforce needs.
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Key Takeaways in 2025
1.2%
Growth in Energy Jobs
An increase of over 100,000 in 2024
8.5M
Million jobs
3.75M energy jobs are in clean energy technologies
1 of 3
New union jobs in 2024
Unionization rates in energy are steadily growing
86%
Jobs in construction industry
Construction represented largest increase in jobs in 2024
86% of the 100,000 new energy jobs were in clean energy
Demographic Distribution of Jobs
Gender by Technology Sector (2025)
Unionization by Technology Sector (2025)
Key Trends by Technology Sector
Electric Power Generation
1.6% growth
Above average job growth in 2024
934,000 total jobs
Close to 1 million jobs across U.S. and 70% are in clean energy
15,000 new jobs
2 out of 3 new jobs in clean energy
370,500 solar
1.6% growth
Solar added over 6000 jobs in 2024
13.3% union
124,300 union members
Over 1/2 of the union workers in electric power generation work in wind and solar.
128,800 natural gas
3.8% growth
Natural gas power generation added 4,600 jobs in 2024
Motor Vehicles
-1.7%
Motor vehicles lost 45,000 jobs in 2024
2,633,000 total jobs
Motor Vehicles represent the largest share of energy workers
15X
Gas and Diesel Vehicles lost 15 times more jobs than Battery Electric Vehicles
5% growth
Employers anticipate over 5% increase in employment in 2025
6% Union
Union rates have not changed since 2020
-30,500 jobs
Motor vehicles lost over 30K jobs in manufacturing in 2024
Transmission, Distribution, and Storage
2.7% growth
Transmission, Distribution, and Storage
Job growth outpaced the overall economy average by almost 2 times.
1,464,000 total jobs
98,400 jobs are in energy storage
38,100 new jobs
Construction accounted for the most gains
Construction industry added 23,800 jobs in 2024
2.3% growth
Traditional Transmission & Distribution
Traditional Transmission and Distribution added 26,400 jobs in 2024
21.7% Union
Unionization rates have increased significantly
In 2020, 17% of the sector was unionized versus nearly 22% in 2024.
4.4% growth
Storage
Stroage grew 4.4% and 3/4 of the new jobs were in battery storage.
Energy Efficiency
4% growth
Energy Efficiency
The highest growth rate and most new jobs were in energy efficiency.
2,382,000 total jobs
53.5% of the total are in clean energy efficiency technologies
91,600 new jobs
Half of the new jobs were in zero emissions efficiency
Clean energy efficiency technologies gained over 45,000 jobs
16.5% growth
Efficient data center equipment
The highest growth rate was in ENERGY STAR certified data center equipment
13.4% union
Energy Efficiency added union jobs
Over 29,000 new unionized jobs were added in 2024
4,700 new jobs
Jobs in air source and ground source heat pumps added in 2024
Fuels
0.3% growth
Fuels
Fuel jobs grew in 2024, but at a much slower rate than the overall economy
1,054,000 Total Jobs
11.5% of Fuels jobs are in clean energy
3,500 new jobs
400 new clean fuels job were added in 2024
-6.4% decline
Onshore Natural Gas
Onshore natural gas lost over 15,600 jobs in 2024, but onshore petroleum jobs increased by over 18,500.
7.5% union
The union density is lower than the energy sector average, but higher than the private sector average.
4.9% growth
Nuclear Fuels
There are almost 10,000 jobs in nuclear fuels, which experienced the highest job growth rate in 2024.