Texas Solar jobs: 18,022 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Texas employs 18,022 people in the solar sector — about 4.9% of the U.S. total. That makes Texas the 2nd-largest state for solar jobs nationwide.
Solar Jobs in Texas (2024)
National share: 4.86% of all U.S. solar jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Texas ranks 2nd out of 51 U.S. states in solar employment. At 18,022 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Hawaii’s tally by 13,940 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 98,357 solar workers.
1.1 Texas’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; Texas accounts for 18,022 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 solar-related sub-category reported for Texas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Texas
Texas contributes 4.86% of the nation’s solar workforce. Within Texas’s own clean-energy economy, solar accounts for 7.1% of total clean-energy jobs (18,022 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 solar roles in Texas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Texas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician | $61,590 | $59,865 | 3 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installer | $51,860 | $50,408 | 2 |
See all 2 solar 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.