Ohio Clean Energy Jobs: 103,039 Workers (2024)
Ohio supports 103,039 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 81,397 | #8 |
| Solar | 8,780 | #11 |
| Electric Vehicles | 6,793 | #4 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,812 | #16 |
| Nuclear | 1,786 | #13 |
| Wind | 1,679 | #23 |
| Hydropower | 400 | #24 |
| Clean Fuels | 392 | #14 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Ohio.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
39.5%
Somewhat difficult hiring
34.7%
Very difficult hiring
22.4%
Not at all difficult hiring
3.4%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 123,332 |
| Construction | 69,916 |
| Other Services | 38,912 |
| Trade | 35,576 |
| Professional Services | 27,103 |
| Utilities | 18,139 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 12,898 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,568 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 681 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Ohio
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Ohio: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 21,592 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 11,963 |
| Natural gas fuels | 4,824 |
| Corn ethanol | 1,055 |
| Other fuels | 1,044 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 973 |
| Coal fuels | 689 |
| Other biofuels | 392 |
| Woody biomass | 356 |
| Nuclear fuels | 297 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 25,831 |
| Solar | 8,780 |
| Coal electricity | 7,754 |
| Natural gas electricity | 3,260 |
| Nuclear electricity | 1,786 |
| Wind | 1,679 |
| Other electricity | 763 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 696 |
| Traditional hydropower | 400 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 320 |
| Geothermal electricity | 221 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 173 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 41,922 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 31,709 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 6,611 |
| Storage | 1,812 |
| Other grid modernization | 645 |
| Micro grid | 584 |
| Smart grid | 561 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 81,397 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 19,465 |
| Advanced materials | 18,393 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 16,951 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 16,489 |
| Other | 10,099 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 161,383 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 125,483 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 10,392 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 7,490 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 6,793 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 4,691 |
| Other vehicles | 4,316 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 1,175 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 1,042 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 123,332 |
| Construction | 69,916 |
| Other Services | 38,912 |
| Trade | 35,576 |
| Professional Services | 27,103 |
| Utilities | 18,139 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 12,898 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,568 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 681 |