Wyoming Clean Energy Jobs: 8,096 Workers (2024)
Wyoming supports 8,096 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 7,054 | #47 |
| Storage & Grid | 311 | #44 |
| Solar | 292 | #50 |
| Wind | 224 | #48 |
| Electric Vehicles | 128 | #50 |
| Hydropower | 50 | #49 |
| Clean Fuels | 32 | #50 |
| Nuclear | 5 | #46 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Wyoming.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
46.7%
Somewhat difficult hiring
24.4%
Very difficult hiring
21.1%
Not at all difficult hiring
7.8%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Mining and Extraction | 13,099 |
| Construction | 12,138 |
| Manufacturing | 8,050 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,105 |
| Trade | 3,104 |
| Other Services | 2,579 |
| Utilities | 2,306 |
| Professional Services | 1,947 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 20 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Wyoming
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Wyoming: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 21,904 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 9,090 |
| Coal fuels | 6,424 |
| Natural gas fuels | 5,272 |
| Other fuels | 699 |
| Nuclear fuels | 191 |
| Woody biomass | 97 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 63 |
| Corn ethanol | 35 |
| Other biofuels | 32 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 1,654 |
| Coal electricity | 825 |
| Solar | 292 |
| Wind | 224 |
| Natural gas electricity | 148 |
| Traditional hydropower | 50 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 39 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 27 |
| Other electricity | 22 |
| Geothermal electricity | 13 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 9 |
| Nuclear electricity | 5 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 12,134 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 7,596 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 4,012 |
| Storage | 311 |
| Other grid modernization | 96 |
| Micro grid | 63 |
| Smart grid | 55 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 7,054 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 2,767 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 1,991 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 1,119 |
| Other | 659 |
| Advanced materials | 518 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 3,603 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 2,706 |
| Other vehicles | 248 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 196 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 196 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 128 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 89 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 22 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 20 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Mining and Extraction | 13,099 |
| Construction | 12,138 |
| Manufacturing | 8,050 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,105 |
| Trade | 3,104 |
| Other Services | 2,579 |
| Utilities | 2,306 |
| Professional Services | 1,947 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 20 |