Florida Clean Energy Jobs: 165,200 Workers (2024)
Florida supports 165,200 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 132,060 | #4 |
| Solar | 16,882 | #3 |
| Wind | 6,177 | #6 |
| Electric Vehicles | 3,653 | #10 |
| Storage & Grid | 2,915 | #6 |
| Clean Fuels | 1,400 | #3 |
| Nuclear | 1,142 | #19 |
| Hydropower | 972 | #13 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Florida.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
46.3%
Somewhat difficult hiring
24.6%
Very difficult hiring
23.8%
Not at all difficult hiring
5.3%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 153,215 |
| Other Services | 69,262 |
| Trade | 48,308 |
| Professional Services | 32,007 |
| Utilities | 26,847 |
| Manufacturing | 22,064 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 7,762 |
| Mining and Extraction | 802 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 518 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Florida
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Florida: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 19,351 |
| Natural gas fuels | 6,997 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 6,509 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 1,438 |
| Other biofuels | 1,400 |
| Other fuels | 1,183 |
| Woody biomass | 975 |
| Nuclear fuels | 435 |
| Corn ethanol | 302 |
| Coal fuels | 113 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 54,658 |
| Solar | 16,882 |
| Natural gas electricity | 15,023 |
| Wind | 6,177 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 5,428 |
| Other electricity | 4,002 |
| Coal electricity | 3,256 |
| Nuclear electricity | 1,142 |
| Traditional hydropower | 972 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 847 |
| Geothermal electricity | 592 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 338 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 52,815 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 39,395 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 6,588 |
| Storage | 2,915 |
| Other grid modernization | 1,483 |
| Micro grid | 1,235 |
| Smart grid | 1,200 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 132,060 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 34,719 |
| Advanced materials | 30,333 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 26,701 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 25,261 |
| Other | 15,047 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 101,903 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 79,455 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 5,583 |
| Other vehicles | 5,275 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 4,250 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 3,653 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 2,502 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 627 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 558 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 153,215 |
| Other Services | 69,262 |
| Trade | 48,308 |
| Professional Services | 32,007 |
| Utilities | 26,847 |
| Manufacturing | 22,064 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 7,762 |
| Mining and Extraction | 802 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 518 |