Arizona Storage & Grid jobs: 1,706 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Arizona employs 1,706 people in the storage & grid sector — about 1.7% of the U.S. total. That makes Arizona the 17th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Arizona (2024)
National share: 1.73% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Arizona ranks 17th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 1,706 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 655 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 17,603 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Arizona’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The storage & grid sector nationwide employs roughly 98,434 workers; Arizona accounts for 1,706 of them.
1.3 Where Arizona sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 46,313 | #18 |
| Solar | 10,253 | #6 |
| Nuclear | 2,586 | #9 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,706 | #17 |
| Wind | 1,489 | #26 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,288 | #24 |
| Hydropower | 443 | #21 |
| Clean Fuels | 318 | #18 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Arizona
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Arizona in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Arizona
Arizona contributes 1.73% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Arizona’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 2.6% of total clean-energy jobs (1,706 of 64,396 workers).
Cost-of-living in Arizona is roughly 2.0% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Arizona is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Arizona-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $110,048 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $97,175 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $68,320 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Arizona employers rate 21.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 35.2% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 57.1% of Arizona’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.
4.1 Employer hiring difficulty
4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 46,142 |
| Other Services | 24,295 |
| Professional Services | 22,286 |
| Utilities | 19,593 |
| Manufacturing | 12,141 |
| Trade | 9,841 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,012 |
| Mining and Extraction | 573 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 124 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.
Last updated: April 2026.