Colorado Clean Energy Jobs: 62,590 Workers (2024)
Colorado supports 62,590 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 40,318 | #23 |
| Solar | 9,312 | #9 |
| Wind | 7,753 | #4 |
| Storage & Grid | 2,166 | #14 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,497 | #21 |
| Hydropower | 1,006 | #11 |
| Clean Fuels | 423 | #12 |
| Nuclear | 115 | #35 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Colorado.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
43.1%
Somewhat difficult hiring
32.1%
Very difficult hiring
19.1%
Not at all difficult hiring
5.7%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Professional Services | 57,079 |
| Construction | 29,797 |
| Other Services | 22,936 |
| Mining and Extraction | 18,621 |
| Utilities | 11,048 |
| Trade | 10,989 |
| Manufacturing | 5,942 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,141 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 486 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Colorado
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Colorado: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 33,042 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 15,742 |
| Natural gas fuels | 8,920 |
| Woody biomass | 2,553 |
| Coal fuels | 1,680 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 1,509 |
| Other fuels | 1,475 |
| Corn ethanol | 669 |
| Other biofuels | 423 |
| Nuclear fuels | 71 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 24,371 |
| Solar | 9,312 |
| Wind | 7,753 |
| Coal electricity | 1,952 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 1,356 |
| Natural gas electricity | 1,071 |
| Other electricity | 1,060 |
| Traditional hydropower | 1,006 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 303 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 250 |
| Geothermal electricity | 191 |
| Nuclear electricity | 115 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 31,007 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 21,271 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 6,098 |
| Storage | 2,166 |
| Other grid modernization | 495 |
| Smart grid | 495 |
| Micro grid | 483 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 40,318 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 11,835 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 11,541 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 8,306 |
| Advanced materials | 6,633 |
| Other | 2,002 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 32,301 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 25,111 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 2,293 |
| Other vehicles | 1,639 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 1,497 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 1,042 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 261 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 231 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 227 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Professional Services | 57,079 |
| Construction | 29,797 |
| Other Services | 22,936 |
| Mining and Extraction | 18,621 |
| Utilities | 11,048 |
| Trade | 10,989 |
| Manufacturing | 5,942 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,141 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 486 |