Texas Wind jobs: 28,124 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Texas employs 28,124 people in the wind sector — about 21.1% of the U.S. total. That makes Texas the 1st-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Texas (2024)
National share: 21.15% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Texas ranks 1st out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 28,124 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 26,635 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 0 wind workers.
1.1 Texas’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; Texas accounts for 28,124 of them.
1.3 Where Texas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 182,506 | #2 |
| Wind | 28,124 | #1 |
| Solar | 18,022 | #2 |
| Electric Vehicles | 9,490 | #2 |
| Storage & Grid | 9,455 | #3 |
| Nuclear | 3,159 | #6 |
| Hydropower | 2,788 | #6 |
| Clean Fuels | 1,188 | #4 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Texas
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Texas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Texas
Texas contributes 21.15% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Texas’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 11.0% of total clean-energy jobs (28,124 of 254,732 workers).
Cost-of-living in Texas is roughly 2.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Texas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Texas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $98,114 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $60,040 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Texas employers rate 19.6% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 29.9% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 49.5% of Texas’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 | 221,096 |
| Mining and Extraction | 198,839 |
| Manufacturing | 147,678 |
| Other Services | 117,127 |
| Professional Services | 93,706 |
| Trade | 85,200 |
| Utilities | 64,495 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 59,331 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 2,580 |
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.