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Solar Employment Jumped 25% in 2016

Solar Employment Growth by Industry

Drive down almost any neighborhood and you’ll see solar on one of the roofs. Since the creation of the Solar Investment Tax Credit in 2006, solar has grown at a compound annual rate of over 60% every year. Low-cost equipment, competition, and government incentives have created a rapidly growing industry. An industry that is putting America to work: 1 in 5 of the new jobs in 2016 were in solar.

In January, the Department of Energy released their second annual report that analyzes employment trends in the energy industry. The DOE’s “2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER)” collects information by surveying over 30,000 employees in the energy sector and uses data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Here are some of the most significant highlights.

 

 

 

 

Here is a link to the report if you’d like to take a look.

Also, the U.S. solar industry was responsible for creating ‘one out of every 50 new jobs in the U.S.’ according to a report by The Solar Foundation.

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