Montana Clean Energy Jobs: 10,588 Workers (2024)
Montana supports 10,588 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 8,832 | #44 |
| Solar | 555 | #48 |
| Hydropower | 429 | #23 |
| Storage & Grid | 296 | #45 |
| Electric Vehicles | 213 | #44 |
| Wind | 200 | #49 |
| Clean Fuels | 54 | #45 |
| Nuclear | 9 | #44 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Montana.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
49.2%
Somewhat difficult hiring
28.4%
Very difficult hiring
17.9%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.5%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 9,848 |
| Other Services | 4,488 |
| Professional Services | 4,386 |
| Trade | 3,149 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2,951 |
| Utilities | 2,914 |
| Manufacturing | 2,782 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,448 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 237 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Montana
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Montana: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 5,896 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 3,110 |
| Coal fuels | 1,301 |
| Natural gas fuels | 826 |
| Woody biomass | 338 |
| Other fuels | 198 |
| Other biofuels | 54 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 38 |
| Corn ethanol | 23 |
| Nuclear fuels | 7 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 2,019 |
| Solar | 555 |
| Traditional hydropower | 429 |
| Coal electricity | 323 |
| Natural gas electricity | 319 |
| Wind | 200 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 65 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 40 |
| Other electricity | 37 |
| Geothermal electricity | 23 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 19 |
| Nuclear electricity | 9 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 10,002 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 5,963 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 3,514 |
| Storage | 296 |
| Other grid modernization | 88 |
| Micro grid | 71 |
| Smart grid | 70 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 8,832 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 3,371 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 2,289 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 1,479 |
| Advanced materials | 1,302 |
| Other | 391 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 6,454 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 4,990 |
| Other vehicles | 654 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 326 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 213 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 146 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 57 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 36 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 32 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 9,848 |
| Other Services | 4,488 |
| Professional Services | 4,386 |
| Trade | 3,149 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2,951 |
| Utilities | 2,914 |
| Manufacturing | 2,782 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,448 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 237 |