Massachusetts Solar jobs: 16,827 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 16,827 people in the solar sector — about 4.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 4th-largest state for solar jobs nationwide.
Solar Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)
National share: 4.54% of all U.S. solar jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Massachusetts ranks 4th out of 51 U.S. states in solar employment. At 16,827 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Hawaii’s tally by 12,744 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 99,552 solar workers.
1.1 Massachusetts’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The solar sector nationwide employs roughly 370,556 workers; Massachusetts accounts for 16,827 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 solar-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contributes 4.54% of the nation’s solar workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, solar accounts for 13.9% of total clean-energy jobs (16,827 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 solar roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Massachusetts-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician | $61,590 | $67,995 | 3 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installer | $51,860 | $57,253 | 2 |
See all 2 solar 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.