West Virginia Storage & Grid jobs: 520 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, West Virginia employs 520 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.5% of the U.S. total. That makes West Virginia the 34th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.
Storage & Grid Jobs in West Virginia (2024)
National share: 0.53% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
West Virginia ranks 34th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 520 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 532 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 18,789 storage & grid workers.
1.1 West Virginia’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; West Virginia accounts for 520 of them.
1.3 Where West Virginia sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 7,242 | #46 |
| Solar | 626 | #47 |
| Wind | 550 | #39 |
| Storage & Grid | 520 | #34 |
| Electric Vehicles | 342 | #39 |
| Hydropower | 194 | #36 |
| Clean Fuels | 40 | #48 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in West Virginia
Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for West Virginia in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in West Virginia
West Virginia contributes 0.53% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within West Virginia’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 5.5% of total clean-energy jobs (520 of 9,515 workers).
Cost-of-living in West Virginia is roughly 11.1% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in West Virginia is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | West Virginia-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | $107,890 | $95,914 | 4 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse | $95,270 | $84,695 | 3 |
| Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial | $66,980 | $59,545 | 3 |
See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
West Virginia employers rate 28.1% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 32.0% as “somewhat difficult”) — tighter than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 60.1% of West Virginia’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 | 32,187 |
| Mining and Extraction | 18,834 |
| Manufacturing | 12,217 |
| Trade | 8,016 |
| Utilities | 4,847 |
| Other Services | 4,175 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 3,436 |
| Professional Services | 2,120 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 188 |
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.