Texas Electric Vehicles jobs: 9,490 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Texas employs 9,490 people in the electric vehicles sector — about 6.4% of the U.S. total. That makes Texas the 2nd-largest state for electric vehicles jobs nationwide.
Electric Vehicles Jobs in Texas (2024)
National share: 6.40% of all U.S. electric vehicles jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Texas ranks 2nd out of 51 U.S. states in electric vehicles employment. At 9,490 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Oregon’s tally by 8,378 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 39,475 electric vehicles workers.
1.1 Texas’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; Texas accounts for 9,490 of them.
1.3 Where Texas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 182,506 | #2 |
| Wind | 28,124 | #1 |
| Solar | 18,022 | #2 |
| Electric Vehicles | 9,490 | #2 |
| Storage & Grid | 9,455 | #3 |
| Nuclear | 3,159 | #6 |
| Hydropower | 2,788 | #6 |
| Clean Fuels | 1,188 | #4 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Texas
Every electric vehicles-related sub-category reported for Texas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Texas
Texas contributes 6.40% of the nation’s electric vehicles workforce. Within Texas’s own clean-energy economy, electric vehicles accounts for 3.7% of total clean-energy jobs (9,490 of 254,732 workers).
Cost-of-living in Texas is roughly 2.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for electric vehicles roles in Texas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Texas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering Technician (EV) | $66,940 | $65,066 | 3 |
| Automotive Service Technician (EV) | $47,770 | $46,432 | 3 |
See all 2 electric vehicles occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Texas employers rate 19.6% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 29.9% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 49.5% of Texas’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 | 221,096 |
| Mining and Extraction | 198,839 |
| Manufacturing | 147,678 |
| Other Services | 117,127 |
| Professional Services | 93,706 |
| Trade | 85,200 |
| Utilities | 64,495 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 59,331 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 2,580 |
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.