Massachusetts Electric Vehicles jobs: 5,533 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 5,533 people in the electric vehicles sector — about 3.7% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 6th-largest state for electric vehicles jobs nationwide.
Electric Vehicles Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)
National share: 3.73% of all U.S. electric vehicles jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Massachusetts ranks 6th out of 51 U.S. states in electric vehicles employment. At 5,533 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Oregon’s tally by 4,420 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 43,433 electric vehicles workers.
1.1 Massachusetts’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The electric vehicles sector nationwide employs roughly 148,277 workers; Massachusetts accounts for 5,533 of them.
1.3 Where Massachusetts sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 86,920 | #6 |
| Solar | 16,827 | #4 |
| Electric Vehicles | 5,533 | #6 |
| Storage & Grid | 5,446 | #4 |
| Wind | 2,816 | #13 |
| Hydropower | 1,630 | #9 |
| Nuclear | 919 | #23 |
| Clean Fuels | 599 | #8 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Massachusetts
Every electric vehicles-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contributes 3.73% of the nation’s electric vehicles workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, electric vehicles accounts for 4.6% of total clean-energy jobs (5,533 of 120,689 workers).
Cost-of-living in Massachusetts is roughly 10.4% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for electric vehicles roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Massachusetts-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering Technician (EV) | $66,940 | $73,902 | 3 |
| Automotive Service Technician (EV) | $47,770 | $52,738 | 3 |
See all 2 electric vehicles occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Massachusetts employers rate 20.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 47.9% of Massachusetts’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.
4.1 Employer hiring difficulty
4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 48,798 |
| Professional Services | 47,573 |
| Trade | 30,832 |
| Other Services | 21,762 |
| Manufacturing | 15,295 |
| Utilities | 13,735 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 929 |
| Mining and Extraction | 51 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 32 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.
Last updated: April 2026.