Tennessee Wind jobs: 849 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Tennessee employs 849 people in the wind sector — about 0.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Tennessee the 35th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Tennessee (2024)
National share: 0.64% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Tennessee ranks 35th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 849 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 640 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,274 wind workers.
1.1 Tennessee’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; Tennessee accounts for 849 of them.
1.3 Where Tennessee sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 53,319 | #17 |
| Hydropower | 5,802 | #3 |
| Solar | 5,590 | #21 |
| Electric Vehicles | 5,332 | #7 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,137 | #21 |
| Wind | 849 | #35 |
| Clean Fuels | 253 | #22 |
| Nuclear | 94 | #37 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Tennessee
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Tennessee in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Tennessee
Tennessee contributes 0.64% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Tennessee’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 1.2% of total clean-energy jobs (849 of 72,376 workers).
Cost-of-living in Tennessee is roughly 7.3% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Tennessee is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Tennessee-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $93,571 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $57,261 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Tennessee employers rate 18.2% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 26.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 44.8% of Tennessee’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) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 86,997 |
| Construction | 44,586 |
| Trade | 22,813 |
| Other Services | 22,441 |
| Utilities | 19,794 |
| Professional Services | 15,934 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 6,701 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 390 |
| Mining and Extraction | 379 |
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.