Jobs: Key Stats

  • 110,000: New clean energy jobs announced in 2012. California was the top state for new green jobs, with North Carolina a close second. (Source: Environmental Entrepreneurs, http://bit.ly/Xqspz3)
  • 720,000: Number of jobs created by the clean energy provisions in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Source: Resources For The Future, http://bit.ly/VaZ8tg)
  • 2.7 million: Number of Americans employed by the clean energy industry. (Source: Brookings Institute, http://bit.ly/X4jXUb)
  • 46,000: Total number of U.S. jobs associated with new clean energy projects announced in Q1 2012. (Source: Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), http://bit.ly/I8Biol)
  • 661,000: Number of jobs supported by the growing green building sector – one-third of the U.S. design and construction workforce. (Source: McGraw Hill, http://bit.ly/M2ayEp)
  • 401,600: Number of American jobs supported by the ethanol industry in 2011. (Source: Renewable Fuels Association, http://bit.ly/xA7FWy)
  • 155,000: Americans employed by suppliers of clean and efficient vehicle components in 2011. (Source: NRDC/NWF/UAW, http://bit.ly/q0i8kI)
  • 43,000 to 66,000: Number of jobs in the manufacturing and associated supply-chain sectors supported every year by the DOE Section 1603 program from 2009-2011. (Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, http://1.usa.gov/Idmhyt)
  • 200,000: Minimum number of workers in the U.S. hydropower industry. (Source: Navigant Consulting, http://bit.ly/L6oA8M)
  • 75,000: Total employees in the US wind industry in 2011. (Source: AWEA, http://bit.ly/HF4YIn)
  • 119,016: Total workers in the US solar energy industry (Source: The Solar Foundation, http://bit.ly/UfIMOv)
  • 7,000: Number of jobs in the waste-to-energy industry in the United States. (Source: Energy Recovery Council, http://bit.ly/LNlcOJ)
  • 52,000 to 75,000: Number of construction- and installation-related jobs (direct and indirect) supported every year by the DOE Section 1603 program from 2009-2011. (Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, http://1.usa.gov/Idmhyt)
  • 130,000 to 250,000: Full-time renewable energy jobs to be supported each year by investment in electricity transmission infrastructure through 2030. (Source: The Brattle Group / WIRES, http://bit.ly/rneqPw)
  • 8 million: Number of workers in the green building industry by 2013, including construction managers, carpenters, electricians, architects, truck drivers and cost estimators. (Source: Booz Allen Hamilton / USGBC, http://bit.ly/W8PIx)
  • 10,000 to 20,000: Number of jobs created for every billion gallons of ethanol produced. (Source: US Department of Energy, http://bit.ly/zWAqkO)
  • 209: Number of ethanol biorefineries in the U.S., across 29 states, supporting more than 90,000 direct jobs. (Source: Renewable Fuels Association, http://bit.ly/ycvnZk)
  • 15,500: Number of jobs supported by U.S. biomass industry, particularly in rural areas. (Source: Biomass Power Association, http://bit.ly/Lv6ZYs)
  • 25,000: Employees in the U.S. geothermal energy industry. (Source: TechNewsWorld, http://bit.ly/K47oFS)
  • 2,000: Number of companies in the U.S. hydropower supply chain. (Source: National Hydropower Association, http://bit.ly/Ign5VJ)
  • 30,000: Number of manufacturing workers in the wind industry. (Source: SaveUSAWindJobs.com, http://bit.ly/KuSszX)
  • 470: Number of new factories in the wind energy supply chain. (Source: SaveUSAWindJobs.com, http://bit.ly/KuSszX)
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