Massachusetts Wind jobs: 2,816 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 2,816 people in the wind sector — about 2.1% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 13th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)
National share: 2.12% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Massachusetts ranks 13th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 2,816 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 1,327 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 25,307 wind workers.
1.1 Massachusetts’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; Massachusetts accounts for 2,816 of them.
1.3 Where Massachusetts sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 86,920 | #6 |
| Solar | 16,827 | #4 |
| Electric Vehicles | 5,533 | #6 |
| Storage & Grid | 5,446 | #4 |
| Wind | 2,816 | #13 |
| Hydropower | 1,630 | #9 |
| Nuclear | 919 | #23 |
| Clean Fuels | 599 | #8 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Massachusetts
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contributes 2.12% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 2.3% of total clean-energy jobs (2,816 of 120,689 workers).
Cost-of-living in Massachusetts is roughly 10.4% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Massachusetts-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $111,438 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $68,194 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Massachusetts employers rate 20.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 47.9% of Massachusetts’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 | 48,798 |
| Professional Services | 47,573 |
| Trade | 30,832 |
| Other Services | 21,762 |
| Manufacturing | 15,295 |
| Utilities | 13,735 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 929 |
| Mining and Extraction | 51 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 32 |
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.