Solar jobs report 2014!

SOLAR INDUSTRY JOBS 2014 THE U.S. SOLAR INDUSTRY HAD A GREAT YEAR, AND 2015 LOOKS EQUALLY BRIGHT! 2014 JOB GROWTH One out of every 78 new jobs was created by the solar industry U.S. OVERALL SOLAR INDUSTRY 1.1% 21.8% U.S. businesses added nearly 1.8 million jobs over 2014, a growth rate of 1.1%. U.S. solar firms added more than 31,000 jobs over that same period. Solar employment grew 20x faster than the overall economy 2011 2014 200K PROJECTED 2015 GROWTH: 174,000 SOLAR JOBS 20.9% 150K 100K SOLAR EMPLOYERS 80,000 solar jobs added JOB GROWTH OVER exceeded their predictions In each of the last two years by 2.7% and 6.2% FOUR YEARS 186% 50K since 2010 RESPECTIVELY TOTAL JOBS BY TYPE. BY COMPARISON... SOLAR COAL ALL OTHER 2015 Solar Jobs Growth Forecast PROJECT DEVS SALES& DIST 8x GREATER MANUFACTURING than Oil, Gas & Coal COMBINE D INSTALLATION COAL MINING (97,000) (93,000) The Full details in The Solar Foundation's SOLAR FOUNDATION National Solar Job Census 2014 at: www.tsfcensus.org NESEARCH 6EDUCATION TD ADWNCE SOLAENICY Copyright 2015 The Solar Foundation. All rights reserved. 505 9th Street, NW, Sulte 800, Washington, DC 20004 | [email protected] zToz OTOZ-