Delaware Storage & Grid jobs: 86 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Delaware employs 86 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.1% of the U.S. total. That makes Delaware the 51st-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Delaware (2024)
National share: 0.09% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Delaware ranks 51st out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 86 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 965 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 19,223 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Delaware’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; Delaware accounts for 86 of them.
1.3 Where Delaware sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 11,138 | #40 |
| Solar | 761 | #45 |
| Electric Vehicles | 151 | #46 |
| Hydropower | 112 | #45 |
| Wind | 98 | #51 |
| Storage & Grid | 86 | #51 |
| Clean Fuels | 53 | #46 |
| Nuclear | 11 | #42 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Delaware
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Delaware in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Delaware
Delaware contributes 0.09% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Delaware’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 0.7% of total clean-energy jobs (86 of 12,410 workers).
Cost-of-living in Delaware is roughly 1.9% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Delaware is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Delaware-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $109,940 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $97,080 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $68,253 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Delaware employers rate 18.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.9% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 46.2% of Delaware’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 | 10,532 |
| Other Services | 3,063 |
| Professional Services | 2,504 |
| Trade | 2,050 |
| Utilities | 1,565 |
| Manufacturing | 1,389 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 83 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 41 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5 |
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.