fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) provides data on the growth and distribution of climate-related jobs in the United States as of 2022, highlighting sectors such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean vehicles, and adaptation and resilience.

• In 2022, there were more than 4.2 million climate jobs in the United States. Clean energy job creation grew by 3.9%, which exceeded the overall rate of job growth for that year. Additionally, the broader energy sector recovered 71% of the jobs lost during the 2020 pandemic.
• Energy efficiency was the largest single sector for climate jobs in 2022, supporting 2.2 million positions. The states with the highest employment in this sector were California (294,396), Texas (164,470), New York (126,008), and Florida (118,904).
• The clean vehicle sector supported 373,605 jobs in 2022, experiencing an overall employment increase of 14.7%. The most significant growth occurred in battery electric vehicle employment, which rose by nearly 27%.
• Renewable energy supported 546,630 jobs in 2022, with wind energy seeing the most growth (5,416 additional jobs). California led in solar, wind, and traditional hydropower employment with 133,173 jobs. Solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine service technicians are listed among the 15 fastest-growing occupations in the U.S.
• Employment in adaptation and resilience is emerging across various sectors, though exact total figures are unavailable. The American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) reports at least 1,500 professional-level adaptation jobs were hired for in 2022. Hiring opportunities are most concentrated in California, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Texas, and New York.
• Federal legislation including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the CHIPS and Science Act has provided long-term investment certainty. The IRA alone is expected to create over 100,000 permanent jobs annually and more than 303,500 annual jobs for new energy project construction.

APA

Pouy, N. (2024). fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024. Environmental and Energy Study Institute. https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024

Chicago

Pouy, Nicole. fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024. Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 2024. https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{pouy2024factsheetclimatejobs2024, author = {Pouy, Nicole}, title = {{fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-climate-jobs-2024}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }