2/14/2023 0 Comments Planswift 8.7![]() Industry workers accounted for 14% of all US manufacturing employment, while sales and distribution and operation and maintenance accounted for 11% and 4% of all jobs, respectively. Of all installation work: 55% was residential 18% were commercial 8% solar in the community and 19% were on a utility scale. Installation and construction-related employment remained the largest segment in the industry, accounting for 67% of all jobs. However, the pandemic took its toll on residential jobs in the summer, and those jobs had not fully recovered by the end of the year. Less labor-intensive installations on a utility scale contributed to a record amount of solar capacity added in 2020. Labor productivity also increased in all three market segments, with 19% in the residential sector, 2% in non-residential construction and 32% in the non-residential scale. The decline in the number of jobs has been largely evenly distributed across the states, as many companies have not yet achieved pre-pandemic employment. Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA), The Solar Foundation, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and BW research. The US solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020, a 6.7% decline from 2019 due to pandemic constraints and increased labor productivity, according to the “National Solar Jobs Census 2020” released by the National Solar Jobs Census on Thursday.
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