Colorado Wind jobs: 7,753 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Colorado employs 7,753 people in the wind sector — about 5.8% of the U.S. total. That makes Colorado the 4th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Colorado (2024)
National share: 5.83% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Colorado ranks 4th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 7,753 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 6,264 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 20,371 wind workers.
1.1 Colorado’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The wind sector nationwide employs roughly 132,984 workers; Colorado accounts for 7,753 of them.
1.3 Where Colorado sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 40,318 | #23 |
| Solar | 9,312 | #9 |
| Wind | 7,753 | #4 |
| Storage & Grid | 2,166 | #14 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,497 | #21 |
| Hydropower | 1,006 | #11 |
| Clean Fuels | 423 | #12 |
| Nuclear | 115 | #35 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Colorado
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Colorado in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Colorado
Colorado contributes 5.83% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Colorado’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 12.4% of total clean-energy jobs (7,753 of 62,590 workers).
Cost-of-living in Colorado is roughly 5.4% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Colorado is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Colorado-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $106,391 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $65,106 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Colorado employers rate 19.1% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 32.1% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 51.2% of Colorado’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) |
|---|---|
| Professional Services | 57,079 |
| Construction | 29,797 |
| Other Services | 22,936 |
| Mining and Extraction | 18,621 |
| Utilities | 11,048 |
| Trade | 10,989 |
| Manufacturing | 5,942 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,141 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 486 |
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.