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Delving Into The Numbers: Latest Solar Jobs Census Shows Strong Growth

Monday, Nov 19 2012

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The National Solar Jobs Census, which was just released in its full form by The Solar Foundation (TSF), reveals positive growth once again in solar employment. Several of the business subsectors analyzed posted increases in their job numbers, and all indicators point to further good news in 2013.

Produced in collaboration with BW and Cornell University, TSF's census showed that the solar sector employs workers in all 50 U.S. states. From the array of (mostly) encouraging findings, here are some of the most important numbers:

119,016: The total number of solar workers in the U.S., up from 105,145 (per TSF's revised numbers) last year.