Rhode Island Clean Energy Jobs: 14,267 Workers (2024)
Rhode Island supports 14,267 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 11,582 | #39 |
| Solar | 1,566 | #37 |
| Wind | 614 | #38 |
| Storage & Grid | 169 | #49 |
| Electric Vehicles | 128 | #49 |
| Hydropower | 93 | #47 |
| Nuclear | 67 | #39 |
| Clean Fuels | 48 | #47 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Rhode Island.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
41.2%
Somewhat difficult hiring
33.4%
Very difficult hiring
19.1%
Not at all difficult hiring
6.4%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 8,269 |
| Trade | 4,123 |
| Professional Services | 4,069 |
| Other Services | 3,682 |
| Manufacturing | 1,591 |
| Utilities | 1,502 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 193 |
| Mining and Extraction | 1 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 0 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Rhode Island
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Rhode Island: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 934 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 448 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 220 |
| Natural gas fuels | 87 |
| Other fuels | 67 |
| Other biofuels | 48 |
| Woody biomass | 31 |
| Nuclear fuels | 18 |
| Corn ethanol | 10 |
| Coal fuels | 4 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 3,143 |
| Solar | 1,566 |
| Wind | 614 |
| Natural gas electricity | 538 |
| Traditional hydropower | 93 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 88 |
| Other electricity | 67 |
| Nuclear electricity | 67 |
| Coal electricity | 39 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 36 |
| Geothermal electricity | 25 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 11 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 2,981 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 2,080 |
| Micro grid | 358 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 279 |
| Storage | 169 |
| Other grid modernization | 58 |
| Smart grid | 37 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 11,582 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 3,208 |
| Advanced materials | 3,004 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 2,385 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 1,525 |
| Other | 1,460 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 4,790 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 3,690 |
| Other vehicles | 564 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 226 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 128 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 86 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 55 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 21 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 19 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 8,269 |
| Trade | 4,123 |
| Professional Services | 4,069 |
| Other Services | 3,682 |
| Manufacturing | 1,591 |
| Utilities | 1,502 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 193 |
| Mining and Extraction | 1 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 0 |