The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released its latest National Solar Jobs Census, which reported a 3.5 percent increase in solar jobs in the U.S. last year, according to the Renewable Energy World website.IREC, an independent nonprofit organization, releases the U.S. National Solar Jobs Census annually and provides an analysis of solar job growth and workforce development. analysis. This year's report also includes data on employment in storage and other clean energy sectors.

A total of 263,883 solar industry workers in the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico by the end of 2022, an increase of 8,846 since 2021. Clean energy storage jobs, including battery storage, grew 4.6 percent from 2021 and 28 percent since 2017.

Of these, jobs in the residential solar market sector increased by 11 percent, or about 9,500 jobs, as a result of record residential solar installations in 2022. Meanwhile, there has been a slowdown in the construction of utility-scale solar plants, with the loss of about 6,000 jobs - something IREC attributes to tariff threats and supply chain issues.

About two-thirds of solar jobs (171,558) were at installation and project development companies.IREC said solar manufacturing jobs totaled 33,473. With the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. solar manufacturing jobs could increase significantly in 2023 and beyond.

In addition to the 263,883 workers who spend the majority of their work time on solar, there are other workers who spend a portion of their time on solar-related jobs. By both counts, a total of 346,143 workers will spend all or part of their time in solar-related jobs.

Additionally, wind-related jobs in the U.S. total 125,580 in 2022, a 4.5 percent increase from 120,164 in 2021. Among states, Texas leads the nation with approximately 26,000 wind energy jobs. Overall, there are 546,630 workers in the renewable energy generation industry, which includes solar, wind, conventional hydropower, low-impact hydropower, and geothermal energy.

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