North Dakota Storage & Grid jobs: 368 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, North Dakota employs 368 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.4% of the U.S. total. That makes North Dakota the 42nd-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in North Dakota (2024)
National share: 0.37% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
North Dakota ranks 42nd out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 368 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 683 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 18,941 storage & grid workers.
1.1 North Dakota’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; North Dakota accounts for 368 of them.
1.3 Where North Dakota sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 5,583 | #50 |
| Wind | 1,723 | #21 |
| Storage & Grid | 368 | #42 |
| Solar | 352 | #49 |
| Electric Vehicles | 262 | #42 |
| Clean Fuels | 107 | #40 |
| Hydropower | 45 | #50 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in North Dakota
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for North Dakota in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in North Dakota
North Dakota contributes 0.37% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within North Dakota’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 4.4% of total clean-energy jobs (368 of 8,441 workers).
Cost-of-living in North Dakota is roughly 9.0% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in North Dakota is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | North Dakota-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $98,180 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $86,696 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $60,952 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
North Dakota employers rate 21.8% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 29.2% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 51.1% of North Dakota’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) |
|---|---|
| Mining and Extraction | 17,068 |
| Trade | 14,191 |
| Construction | 9,449 |
| Manufacturing | 5,857 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,920 |
| Other Services | 3,320 |
| Utilities | 3,283 |
| Professional Services | 1,812 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 551 |
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.