Kentucky Storage & Grid jobs: 822 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Kentucky employs 822 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.8% of the U.S. total. That makes Kentucky the 31st-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Kentucky (2024)
National share: 0.84% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Kentucky ranks 31st out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 822 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 229 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 18,487 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Kentucky’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; Kentucky accounts for 822 of them.
1.3 Where Kentucky sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 25,562 | #28 |
| Electric Vehicles | 2,954 | #11 |
| Solar | 2,268 | #31 |
| Storage & Grid | 822 | #31 |
| Wind | 298 | #47 |
| Hydropower | 154 | #37 |
| Clean Fuels | 142 | #34 |
| Nuclear | 122 | #33 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Kentucky
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Kentucky in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Kentucky
Kentucky contributes 0.84% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Kentucky’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 2.5% of total clean-energy jobs (822 of 32,322 workers).
Cost-of-living in Kentucky is roughly 10.7% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Kentucky is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Kentucky-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $96,346 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $85,076 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $59,813 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Kentucky employers rate 20.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 26.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 47.5% of Kentucky’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 | 78,131 |
| Construction | 20,948 |
| Other Services | 13,174 |
| Trade | 11,333 |
| Professional Services | 9,708 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 8,485 |
| Utilities | 7,670 |
| Mining and Extraction | 6,045 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 558 |
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.