Storage & Grid · Texas

Texas Storage & Grid jobs: 9,455 employed (2024)

As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Texas employs 9,455 people in the storage & grid sector — about 9.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Texas the 3rd-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.

Storage & Grid Jobs in Texas (2024)

9,455 Rank #3 of 51

National share: 9.61% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.

Typical Median Wage

$90,047
Sector-wide BLS OES median across 3 tracked occupations.

1. Employment Landscape

Texas ranks 3rd out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 9,455 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 8,404 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 9,854 storage & grid workers.

1.1 Texas’s position vs. the top 10 and median states

1st · California
19,309
3. Texas
9,455
25th · Alabama
1,051
51st · Delaware
86

1.2 Share of U.S. total

The storage & grid sector nationwide employs roughly 98,434 workers; Texas accounts for 9,455 of them.

1.3 Where Texas sits in its own mix

Sector Jobs (2024) National rank
Energy Efficiency 182,506 #2
Wind 28,124 #1
Solar 18,022 #2
Electric Vehicles 9,490 #2
Storage & Grid 9,455 #3
Nuclear 3,159 #6
Hydropower 2,788 #6
Clean Fuels 1,188 #4

1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Texas

Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Texas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.

Transmission, distribution, and storage total
213,076
Traditional transmission and distribution
152,435
Other (including commodity flows)
44,624
Storage
9,455
Other grid modernization
2,413
Micro grid
2,171
Smart grid
1,978

2. Pay & Career Roles in Texas

Texas contributes 9.61% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Texas’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 3.7% of total clean-energy jobs (9,455 of 254,732 workers).

Cost-of-living in Texas is roughly 2.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Texas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.

RoleNational medianTexas-adjustedJob Zone
Electrical Engineer $107,890 $104,869 4
Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse $95,270 $92,602 3
Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial $66,980 $65,105 3

See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →

4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix

Texas employers rate 19.6% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 29.9% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 49.5% of Texas’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.

4.1 Employer hiring difficulty

Did not hire
42.9%
Somewhat difficult hiring
29.9%
Very difficult hiring
19.6%
Not at all difficult hiring
7.6%

4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group

Industry (NAICS group)Jobs (2024)
Construction 221,096
Mining and Extraction 198,839
Manufacturing 147,678
Other Services 117,127
Professional Services 93,706
Trade 85,200
Utilities 64,495
Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows 59,331
Agriculture and Forestry 2,580

Frequently Asked Questions

How many storage & grid jobs are there in Texas?
As of 2024, Texas has approximately 9,455 storage & grid jobs — ranked 3rd nationally.
What do these jobs pay?
Median wages across the tracked storage & grid occupations range from $66,980 to $107,890 according to BLS OES.
Is Texas a good place to take one of these jobs?
Texas is currently in line with national norms. Cost-of-living runs 2.8% below the U.S. average, which raises or lowers real take-home on a BLS national median by a similar amount.

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.