Nebraska Clean Energy Jobs: 19,398 Workers (2024)
Nebraska supports 19,398 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 14,476 | #35 |
| Solar | 2,061 | #32 |
| Nuclear | 772 | #25 |
| Wind | 741 | #37 |
| Electric Vehicles | 696 | #33 |
| Storage & Grid | 292 | #46 |
| Hydropower | 223 | #33 |
| Clean Fuels | 135 | #36 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Nebraska.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
44.0%
Somewhat difficult hiring
33.3%
Very difficult hiring
18.0%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.8%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 16,966 |
| Manufacturing | 9,284 |
| Other Services | 8,243 |
| Trade | 7,659 |
| Utilities | 7,006 |
| Professional Services | 5,014 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,408 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,638 |
| Mining and Extraction | 254 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Nebraska
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Nebraska: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 4,388 |
| Corn ethanol | 2,287 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 823 |
| Natural gas fuels | 689 |
| Other fuels | 193 |
| Other biofuels | 135 |
| Nuclear fuels | 117 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 80 |
| Woody biomass | 57 |
| Coal fuels | 7 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 8,386 |
| Other electricity | 2,740 |
| Solar | 2,061 |
| Nuclear electricity | 772 |
| Wind | 741 |
| Natural gas electricity | 634 |
| Coal electricity | 558 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 490 |
| Traditional hydropower | 223 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 69 |
| Geothermal electricity | 56 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 40 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 12,444 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 9,479 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 2,314 |
| Storage | 292 |
| Other grid modernization | 133 |
| Micro grid | 125 |
| Smart grid | 101 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 14,476 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 4,263 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 3,510 |
| Advanced materials | 2,362 |
| Other | 2,327 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 2,013 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 18,778 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 14,238 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 1,307 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 1,066 |
| Other vehicles | 764 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 696 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 480 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 120 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 107 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 16,966 |
| Manufacturing | 9,284 |
| Other Services | 8,243 |
| Trade | 7,659 |
| Utilities | 7,006 |
| Professional Services | 5,014 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,408 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,638 |
| Mining and Extraction | 254 |