In 2023, jobs in clean energy grew at more than twice the rate of the strong overall U.S. labor market thanks in large part to the Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda driving record investments in clean energy supply chains. Clean energy jobs grew at double the rate (4.2%) of job growth in the rest of the economy (2.0%), adding 142,000 new jobs.

For the first time ever, unionization rates in clean energy (12.4%) surpassed the energy sector average (11%). And unionized employers reported less difficulty hiring than non-union employers, with both employer groups reporting an easier time hiring workers than last year.

The Biden-Harris Administration has spurred a manufacturing boom, especially in the clean energy sector with over 800 facilities announced since 2021 which is reflected in a rapid increase in construction jobs. Construction employment in energy grew 4.5%, almost double the economy-wide construction employment growth of 2.3%.

Employment increased across all five USEER energy technology categories, which includes electric power generation; energy efficiency; fuels; motor vehicles; and transmission, distribution, and storage, from in 2023. Clean energy jobs increased in every state across the United States.

Demographic data

• Veterans accounted for 9% of the U.S. energy workforce, greater than their representation in the overall U.S. workforce, at 5%.
• The energy workforce is younger than average, with 29% of workers below the age of 30.
• Latino and Hispanic workers held nearly one-third of the new energy jobs created in 2023, growing by 79,000 workers.