Rhode Island Storage & Grid jobs: 169 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Rhode Island employs 169 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.2% of the U.S. total. That makes Rhode Island the 49th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Rhode Island (2024)
National share: 0.17% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Rhode Island ranks 49th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 169 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 882 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 19,140 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Rhode Island’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; Rhode Island accounts for 169 of them.
1.3 Where Rhode Island sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 11,582 | #39 |
| Solar | 1,566 | #37 |
| Wind | 614 | #38 |
| Storage & Grid | 169 | #49 |
| Electric Vehicles | 128 | #49 |
| Hydropower | 93 | #47 |
| Nuclear | 67 | #39 |
| Clean Fuels | 48 | #47 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Rhode Island
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Rhode Island in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Rhode Island
Rhode Island contributes 0.17% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Rhode Island’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 1.2% of total clean-energy jobs (169 of 14,267 workers).
Cost-of-living in Rhode Island is roughly 0.9% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Rhode Island is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Rhode Island-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
Rhode Island employers rate 19.1% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 33.4% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 52.5% of Rhode Island’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 | 8,269 |
| Trade | 4,123 |
| Professional Services | 4,069 |
| Other Services | 3,682 |
| Manufacturing | 1,591 |
| Utilities | 1,502 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 193 |
| Mining and Extraction | 1 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 0 |
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.