Utah Clean Energy Jobs: 45,365 Workers (2024)
Utah supports 45,365 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 34,013 | #25 |
| Solar | 8,288 | #13 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,021 | #28 |
| Wind | 769 | #36 |
| Storage & Grid | 714 | #32 |
| Hydropower | 390 | #25 |
| Clean Fuels | 124 | #38 |
| Nuclear | 47 | #40 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Utah.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
42.5%
Somewhat difficult hiring
31.9%
Very difficult hiring
18.7%
Not at all difficult hiring
6.9%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 36,894 |
| Other Services | 14,101 |
| Professional Services | 11,778 |
| Trade | 10,349 |
| Manufacturing | 9,311 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,379 |
| Utilities | 3,297 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,086 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 4 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Utah
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Utah: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 10,805 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 5,835 |
| Natural gas fuels | 2,060 |
| Coal fuels | 1,980 |
| Other fuels | 484 |
| Other biofuels | 124 |
| Nuclear fuels | 118 |
| Woody biomass | 103 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 53 |
| Corn ethanol | 49 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 13,463 |
| Solar | 8,288 |
| Natural gas electricity | 2,587 |
| Wind | 769 |
| Coal electricity | 650 |
| Traditional hydropower | 390 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 285 |
| Other electricity | 160 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 144 |
| Geothermal electricity | 99 |
| Nuclear electricity | 47 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 43 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 10,456 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 7,298 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 1,750 |
| Storage | 714 |
| Micro grid | 247 |
| Other grid modernization | 241 |
| Smart grid | 206 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 34,013 |
| Advanced materials | 9,116 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 7,985 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 7,060 |
| Other | 5,203 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 4,647 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 24,462 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 18,717 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 1,570 |
| Other vehicles | 1,195 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 1,021 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 905 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 717 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 180 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 158 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 36,894 |
| Other Services | 14,101 |
| Professional Services | 11,778 |
| Trade | 10,349 |
| Manufacturing | 9,311 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,379 |
| Utilities | 3,297 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,086 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 4 |