Clean Jobs Midwest is a report based on survey data on clean energy employment in 12 Midwestern states.

These states include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In 2023, the region employed more than 760,000 people in sectors including renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, clean vehicles, grid and storage, and clean fuels.

Evergreen Climate Innovations partners with Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) to publish this comprehensive report of clean energy jobs throughout the Midwest.

The Clean Jobs Midwest report includes people employed in the following sectors:

• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energy generation
• Clean vehicles
• Grid and storage
• Clean fuels

Learn more about the jobs in these sectors here.

No, this survey serves as a point-in-time count of employees directly employed in the clean energy industry; it does not attempt to estimate or model indirect or induced jobs, nor does it make predictions of economic impact.

No; while this survey doesn’t collect wage data, there is evidence from the market that many of the jobs in this industry are well paying jobs being added to communities across the region and country. For example, as of 2019, wind turbine technician was the fastest growing job in the country and had an average salary above $50,000. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has additional information on wage data for certain sub-sectors as well, in particular wind and solar energy generation.

The methodology for the Clean Jobs Midwest and Clean Jobs America reports are identical.