Wisconsin Clean Energy Jobs: 69,599 Workers (2024)
Wisconsin supports 69,599 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 58,160 | #15 |
| Solar | 4,429 | #23 |
| Wind | 2,002 | #17 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,925 | #19 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,526 | #19 |
| Nuclear | 945 | #22 |
| Clean Fuels | 308 | #20 |
| Hydropower | 305 | #27 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Wisconsin.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
49.0%
Somewhat difficult hiring
24.9%
Very difficult hiring
20.1%
Not at all difficult hiring
6.0%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 46,604 |
| Construction | 38,757 |
| Trade | 19,019 |
| Other Services | 18,866 |
| Professional Services | 10,962 |
| Utilities | 8,479 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,864 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 898 |
| Mining and Extraction | 50 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Wisconsin
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Wisconsin: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 7,633 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 4,293 |
| Corn ethanol | 1,433 |
| Natural gas fuels | 538 |
| Other fuels | 409 |
| Woody biomass | 354 |
| Other biofuels | 308 |
| Nuclear fuels | 158 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 122 |
| Coal fuels | 19 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 12,148 |
| Solar | 4,429 |
| Wind | 2,002 |
| Coal electricity | 1,690 |
| Natural gas electricity | 1,393 |
| Nuclear electricity | 945 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 575 |
| Other electricity | 439 |
| Traditional hydropower | 305 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 170 |
| Geothermal electricity | 120 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 81 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 20,801 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 14,878 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 3,280 |
| Storage | 1,526 |
| Other grid modernization | 417 |
| Smart grid | 362 |
| Micro grid | 339 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 58,160 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 21,080 |
| Advanced materials | 18,118 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 9,711 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 7,312 |
| Other | 1,938 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 49,757 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 37,467 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 3,015 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 2,952 |
| Other vehicles | 2,435 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 1,925 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 1,333 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 334 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 296 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 46,604 |
| Construction | 38,757 |
| Trade | 19,019 |
| Other Services | 18,866 |
| Professional Services | 10,962 |
| Utilities | 8,479 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,864 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 898 |
| Mining and Extraction | 50 |