Solar Jobs Nationwide 260,077 Solar Jobs 2016 Data
Top Ten Metros Solar Jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA – 21,263
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA – 15,631
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA – 12,081
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH – 10,096
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA – 8,402
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV – 7,644
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA – 6,642
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ – 5,895
Riverside-San Bernardino -Ontario, CA – 5,534
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO – 3,974
Top Ten Counties Solar Jobs
Los Angeles – 15,142
San Diego- – 8,336
Clark- – 7,644
Santa Clara – 6,757
Orange – 6,129
Maricopa -5,728
Alameda – 4,619
Middlesex – 4,212
San Francisco – 3,686
Riverside – 75,59
Massachusetts- – 15,095
Nevada – 8,764
New York – 8,250
New Jersey – 7,071
Texas – 7,030
Arizona – 6,922
Florida – 6,560
North Carolina – 5,950
Colorado – 4,998
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Nationwide
208,859 Solar jobs 2015 Data
119,931 Installation jobs
30,282 – Manufacturing jobs
24,377 – Sales and distribution jobs
22,422 – Project development jobs
11,848 – Other solar jobs
57.4% – Installation
14.5% – Manufacturing
11.7% -m Sales and Distribution
10.7% – Project Development
5.7% – Other
9,929 Total solar companies
2,095 Solar patents (2010 – 2015)
5,311,791 Homes powered by solar
10.51 cents/ kWhAverage electricity price
Solar Worker Demographics Out of 260,000 working in solar industry nationally
Women – 23.8%