West Virginia Clean Energy Jobs: 9,515 Workers (2024)
West Virginia supports 9,515 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 7,242 | #46 |
| Solar | 626 | #47 |
| Wind | 550 | #39 |
| Storage & Grid | 520 | #34 |
| Electric Vehicles | 342 | #39 |
| Hydropower | 194 | #36 |
| Clean Fuels | 40 | #48 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in West Virginia.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
34.2%
Somewhat difficult hiring
32.0%
Very difficult hiring
28.1%
Not at all difficult hiring
5.7%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 32,187 |
| Mining and Extraction | 18,834 |
| Manufacturing | 12,217 |
| Trade | 8,016 |
| Utilities | 4,847 |
| Other Services | 4,175 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,436 |
| Professional Services | 2,120 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 188 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for West Virginia
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for West Virginia: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 28,758 |
| Coal fuels | 18,698 |
| Natural gas fuels | 4,643 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 4,193 |
| Other fuels | 875 |
| Woody biomass | 245 |
| Other biofuels | 40 |
| Corn ethanol | 29 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 23 |
| Nuclear fuels | 12 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 3,827 |
| Coal electricity | 1,659 |
| Solar | 626 |
| Wind | 550 |
| Natural gas electricity | 476 |
| Traditional hydropower | 194 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 113 |
| Other electricity | 83 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 53 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 43 |
| Geothermal electricity | 29 |
| Nuclear electricity | 0 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 36,478 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 31,436 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 4,086 |
| Storage | 520 |
| Other grid modernization | 201 |
| Micro grid | 133 |
| Smart grid | 102 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 7,242 |
| Advanced materials | 2,521 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 2,021 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 1,292 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 1,024 |
| Other | 385 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 9,716 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 7,201 |
| Other vehicles | 1,094 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 525 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 342 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 236 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 207 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 59 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 52 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 32,187 |
| Mining and Extraction | 18,834 |
| Manufacturing | 12,217 |
| Trade | 8,016 |
| Utilities | 4,847 |
| Other Services | 4,175 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,436 |
| Professional Services | 2,120 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 188 |