Report Shows Thousands of New Clean Energy Jobs in Indiana

Clean energy businesses in Indiana added more than 5,600 jobs last year, according to a new report. That’s after Indiana lost nearly 3% of its clean energy workforce in 2020, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The annual Clean Jobs Midwest report – compiled by Environmental Entrepreneurs, a green business advocacy group – shows more than 86,215 Hoosiers working a clean energy job in 2021.

The new data indicates a nearly 7% jump in clean energy jobs across the state compared to 2020. The jobs are in sectors like energy efficiency, construction, transportation, renewables and clean fuels.

In 2021, clean energy jobs grew more than two times faster than the state’s overall economy for an overall number of 86,215 jobs. More than twice as many Hoosiers worked in clean energy than the number of lawyers, accountants and auditors, web developers, and real estate agents in the state combined, according to the report.

Much of the growth was driven by the advanced transportation sector, which includes manufacturing of hybrid and electric cars, according to the report. As more automakers and their suppliers continue to shift to electric vehicles, the advanced transportation sector saw an increase of 25% in Indiana. That translates to more than 4,150 new jobs added in the last year. Now, some 21,078 workers statewide are reported in the sector.

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