Vermont Storage & Grid jobs: 480 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Vermont employs 480 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Vermont the 38th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in Vermont (2024)
National share: 0.49% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Vermont ranks 38th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 480 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 571 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 18,829 storage & grid workers.
1.1 Vermont’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; Vermont accounts for 480 of them.
1.3 Where Vermont sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 10,515 | #41 |
| Solar | 1,834 | #33 |
| Storage & Grid | 480 | #38 |
| Wind | 360 | #42 |
| Nuclear | 168 | #31 |
| Electric Vehicles | 140 | #47 |
| Hydropower | 130 | #39 |
| Clean Fuels | 69 | #44 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Vermont
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Vermont in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Vermont
Vermont contributes 0.49% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Vermont’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 3.5% of total clean-energy jobs (480 of 13,696 workers).
Cost-of-living in Vermont is roughly 1.0% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Vermont is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Vermont-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $108,969 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $96,223 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $67,650 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Vermont employers rate 19.7% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 29.4% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 49.1% of Vermont’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 | 5,836 |
| Professional Services | 5,422 |
| Trade | 4,397 |
| Other Services | 2,801 |
| Manufacturing | 2,253 |
| Utilities | 1,365 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 199 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 14 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2 |
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.