Illinois Storage & Grid jobs: 2,789 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Illinois employs 2,789 people in the storage & grid sector — about 2.8% of the U.S. total. That makes Illinois the 8th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Illinois (2024)
National share: 2.83% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Illinois ranks 8th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 2,789 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 1,738 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 16,520 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Illinois’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; Illinois accounts for 2,789 of them.
1.3 Where Illinois sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 89,878 | #5 |
| Wind | 9,216 | #2 |
| Solar | 7,158 | #15 |
| Electric Vehicles | 4,525 | #8 |
| Nuclear | 4,209 | #2 |
| Storage & Grid | 2,789 | #8 |
| Hydropower | 979 | #12 |
| Clean Fuels | 464 | #11 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Illinois
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Illinois in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Illinois
Illinois contributes 2.83% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Illinois’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 2.3% of total clean-energy jobs (2,789 of 119,217 workers).
Cost-of-living in Illinois is roughly 0.9% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Illinois is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Illinois-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $108,861 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $96,127 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $67,583 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Illinois employers rate 17.2% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 28.0% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 45.2% of Illinois’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) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 79,577 |
| Construction | 64,186 |
| Professional Services | 47,035 |
| Other Services | 45,006 |
| Trade | 32,565 |
| Utilities | 22,832 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 12,286 |
| Mining and Extraction | 3,986 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 2,939 |
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.