U.S. clean energy employment loss due to COVID-19 by key state 2020

Published by Lucía Fernández, Jun 12, 2023
Under the restrictions placed due to coronavirus (COVID-19), 2020 has experienced one of the largest historic job losses in the United States. Likewise, the clean energy industry experienced a significant drop with over 300,000 people losing their jobs in this industry by the end of 2020. California recorded the greatest number of job losses, at 52,000. This was followed by Texas, where 17,882 clean energy jobs were cut.

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Number of clean energy jobs lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020, by select state

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April 2021

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2020

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