The recently released 2023 Solar Jobs Census published by the independent nonprofit organization Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), found that full-time jobs in the US solar industry grew nearly 6% in 2023. Solar jobs increased in 47 states. More people are working in the solar industry than ever before. In the clean storage industry, which mainly includes battery storage firms, there were an additional 89,592 workers, for a total of about 454,000 people who worked in either solar energy or storage in 2023.