Labor Market Research

The U.S. labor market is still recovering from the economic downturn that began in late 2007, and yet the growth in solar jobs remains strong. The National Solar Jobs Census 2011 report, we produced alongside Green LMI and Cornell University, shows that solar industry employed nearly 100,000 U.S. workers as of August 2011. Based on survey responses, solar employers expect to add an additional 24,000 jobs by August 2012, signifying that solar jobs are growing at a rate many times higher than almost every other sector and that the solar industry is having a positive effect on the overall U.S. economy.

Read more about our award winning National Solar Jobs Census 2010, National Solar Jobs Census 2011, or our work in support of the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Instructor Training Network (through IREC).