New Hampshire Clean Energy Jobs: 16,363 Workers (2024)
New Hampshire supports 16,363 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 12,138 | #38 |
| Solar | 1,726 | #35 |
| Wind | 1,157 | #32 |
| Nuclear | 419 | #29 |
| Electric Vehicles | 351 | #38 |
| Hydropower | 278 | #30 |
| Storage & Grid | 175 | #48 |
| Clean Fuels | 119 | #39 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in New Hampshire.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
43.9%
Somewhat difficult hiring
32.1%
Very difficult hiring
19.2%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.8%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 9,749 |
| Other Services | 5,722 |
| Professional Services | 5,305 |
| Manufacturing | 4,806 |
| Trade | 3,881 |
| Utilities | 1,913 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 282 |
| Mining and Extraction | 45 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 13 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for New Hampshire
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for New Hampshire: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 1,420 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 628 |
| Woody biomass | 339 |
| Natural gas fuels | 124 |
| Other biofuels | 119 |
| Other fuels | 97 |
| Nuclear fuels | 63 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 30 |
| Corn ethanol | 13 |
| Coal fuels | 6 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 6,201 |
| Solar | 1,726 |
| Wind | 1,157 |
| Natural gas electricity | 1,090 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 543 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 468 |
| Nuclear electricity | 419 |
| Other electricity | 300 |
| Traditional hydropower | 278 |
| Coal electricity | 115 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 65 |
| Geothermal electricity | 41 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 3,625 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 2,713 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 496 |
| Storage | 175 |
| Micro grid | 91 |
| Other grid modernization | 84 |
| Smart grid | 68 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 12,138 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 4,676 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 2,931 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 2,677 |
| Other | 1,287 |
| Advanced materials | 568 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 8,331 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 6,363 |
| Other vehicles | 665 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 538 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 351 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 244 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 61 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 55 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 54 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 9,749 |
| Other Services | 5,722 |
| Professional Services | 5,305 |
| Manufacturing | 4,806 |
| Trade | 3,881 |
| Utilities | 1,913 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 282 |
| Mining and Extraction | 45 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 13 |