Number of Jobs in the Clean Energy Economy per State
In 2007, there were more than 770,000 jobs in the clean energy economy across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. While large states like California, Texas and Pennsylvania had the most jobs, each state had a piece of the clean energy economy. Some of the smallest states have been growing their share fastest; South Dakota went from 846 jobs in the clean energy economy in 1998 to 1,636 in 2007 and Wyoming went from 907 to 1,419.
This statistic measures the number of jobs in the clean energy economy in each state in 2007. These values are derived from the National Establishment Time Series (NETS) database, an annual survey of all business establishments. Using the NETS data as a starting point, the Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics Inc. used a combination of approaches to identify businesses in America’s clean energy economy, then counted the jobs in these establishments. For more details, please consult the methodology section of the Clean Energy Economy report, located here: http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Clean_Economy_Report_Web.pdf.
Collaborative Economics Inc. provided consulting support for collecting and analyzing these data.
