Louisiana Wind jobs: 476 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Louisiana employs 476 people in the wind sector — about 0.4% of the U.S. total. That makes Louisiana the 40th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Louisiana (2024)
National share: 0.36% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Louisiana ranks 40th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 476 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 1,013 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,648 wind workers.
1.1 Louisiana’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; Louisiana accounts for 476 of them.
1.3 Where Louisiana sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 23,118 | #29 |
| Solar | 4,016 | #27 |
| Nuclear | 1,316 | #16 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,034 | #27 |
| Electric Vehicles | 611 | #35 |
| Wind | 476 | #40 |
| Hydropower | 286 | #29 |
| Clean Fuels | 189 | #29 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Louisiana
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Louisiana in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Louisiana
Louisiana contributes 0.36% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Louisiana’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 1.5% of total clean-energy jobs (476 of 31,046 workers).
Cost-of-living in Louisiana is roughly 9.0% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Louisiana is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Louisiana-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $91,855 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $56,211 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Louisiana employers rate 25.0% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 26.4% as “somewhat difficult”) — tighter than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 51.4% of Louisiana’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 | 55,919 |
| Mining and Extraction | 28,215 |
| Manufacturing | 25,620 |
| Other Services | 13,835 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 10,553 |
| Professional Services | 9,433 |
| Trade | 9,342 |
| Utilities | 7,440 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 773 |
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.