Delaware Wind jobs: 98 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Delaware employs 98 people in the wind sector — about 0.1% of the U.S. total. That makes Delaware the 51st-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Delaware (2024)
National share: 0.07% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Delaware ranks 51st out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 98 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 1,391 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 28,026 wind workers.
1.1 Delaware’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; Delaware accounts for 98 of them.
1.3 Where Delaware sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 11,138 | #40 |
| Solar | 761 | #45 |
| Electric Vehicles | 151 | #46 |
| Hydropower | 112 | #45 |
| Wind | 98 | #51 |
| Storage & Grid | 86 | #51 |
| Clean Fuels | 53 | #46 |
| Nuclear | 11 | #42 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Delaware
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Delaware in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Delaware
Delaware contributes 0.07% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Delaware’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 0.8% of total clean-energy jobs (98 of 12,410 workers).
Cost-of-living in Delaware is roughly 1.9% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Delaware is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Delaware-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $102,858 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $62,944 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Delaware employers rate 18.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.9% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 46.2% of Delaware’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 | 10,532 |
| Other Services | 3,063 |
| Professional Services | 2,504 |
| Trade | 2,050 |
| Utilities | 1,565 |
| Manufacturing | 1,389 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 83 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 41 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5 |
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.