Texas Solar Jobs Census 2015

2015
TEXAS
SOLAR JOBS
CENSUS
ABOUT THE SOLAR FOUNDATION

The Solar Foundation (TSF) is an independent 501(c)
(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase
understanding of solar energy through strategic research and
education that transforms markets. TSF is considered the
premier research organization on the solar labor workforce,
employer trends, and the economic impacts of solar. It has
provided expert advice to leading organizations such as
the National Academies, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the U.S. Department of Energy, and others during a
time of dynamic industry growth and policy and economic
uncertainty.
While TSF recognizes that solar energy is a key part of our
energy future, it is committed to excellence in its aim to help
people fairly and objectively gauge the value and importance
of solar technologies.
ABOUT BW RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP
BW Research is widely regarded as the national leader in
labor market research for emerging industries and clean
energy technologies. In addition to the Census series, BW
Research has conducted rigorous solar installation and
wind industry labor market analysis for the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, wind energy and energy
retrofit studies for the Natural Resources Defense Council,
a series of comprehensive clean energy workforce studies
for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Illinois, Vermont,
Florida, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and California, as well as
numerous skills and gap analyses for community colleges,
workforce investment boards, state agencies, and nonprofit
organizations.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Solar Foundation (TSF) is a national 501(c)
(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to
increase understanding of solar energy through
strategic research and education that transform
markets. In 2010, TSF conducted its first National
Solar Jobs Census report, establishing the first
credible solar jobs baseline and verifying that
the solar industry is having a positive impact
on the U.S. economy. Using the same rigorous,
peer-reviewed methodology, TSF has conducted
an annual Census in each of the last six years to
track changes and analyze trends.
This Texas Solar Jobs Census 2015 report is an
offshoot of TSFs National Solar Jobs Census 2015
effort. Research partners for the Census 2015
effort include the George Washington University
Solar Institute for providing assistance and
support in reviewing and validating report
results and analysis; the Solar Energy Industries
Association (SEIA) for use of its National Solar
Database and peer review; and GTM Research/

SEIA for providing survey respondents with the
U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2014 YIR report.
Sponsors of this years Census effort include:

Energy Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, Tilia Fund, George Washington
University Solar Institute, SEIA, Recurrent,
SolarCity, First Solar, Sol Systems, E.ON,
Trina Solar, State of Minnesota Department
of Commerce, State of New Mexico Energy
Minerals and Natural Resources Department,
Utah Governors Office of Energy Development,
sPower, Standard Solar, CALSEIA, All Earth
Renewables, and groSolar.
Finally, we want to thank all the Texas employers

that participated in the survey. Your responses
were critical in providing us with accurate and
timely data.
For questions or comments about this report, please contact either:

Andrea Luecke
President and Executive Director
The Solar Foundation
202-469-3750; aluecke@solarfound.org
www.TheSolarFoundation.org
Philip Jordan
Principal and Vice President
BW Research Partnership
508-384-2471; pjordan@bwresearch.com
www.bwresearch.com
Please cite this publication when referencing this material as Texas Solar Jobs Census 2015,
The Solar Foundation, available at: www.TSFcensus.org and SolarStates.org
INTRODUCTION
The U.S. solar industry experienced
yet another record-breaking year
in 2015, with more than 7,400
megawatts (MW) of domestic
photovoltaic (PV) capacity expected
to have been installed an 18.5%
increase over that of 2014 bringing
total U.S. solar capacity to nearly 27.5
gigawatts (GW).1
As the rate of capacity installation has
accelerated, employers across the country
have continued to expand the size of their
payrolls. This years sixth annual National

Solar Jobs Census found that the U.S. solar
industry employed 208,859 workers as of
November 2015, representing the addition
of 35,052 jobs, and a 20.2% increase in
employment over November 2014. Since The
Solar Foundation began tracking these numbers
in 2010, employment in the industry has more
than doubled, growing by 123% and adding over
115,000 jobs. Employers nationwide expect
this growth trend to continue through 2016,
projecting to add nearly 31,000 jobs to the solar
workforce over the course of the year.
U.S. PV Capacity Additions & Solar Jobs, 2010 - 2015E

8,000
208,859
Solar Jobs
200,000
173,807
100,000
6,000
142,698
150,000
93,502
105,145
7,000
5,000
119,016
4,000
3,000
2,000
50,000
Added Capacity (MW)
250,000
1,000
0
0
2010
2011
2012
PV Capacity Additions
2013
2014
2015E
Solar Jobs
Capacity Data Source: SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015
Texas Solar Jobs Census 2015
Texas Solar Capacity Additions, 2010 - 2015E
Added Capacity (MW)
250.0
200.0
150.0
100.0
50.0
0.0
2010
2011
Residential
2012
2013
Non-Residential
2014
2015E
Utility
Source: SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015
As of October 2015, Texas employs 7,030 solar

workers across 4,038 establishments, ranking it
6th in the nation in terms of solar jobs.2, 3 Texas
is projected to realize a 12.7% growth in jobs,
adding approximately 900 solar workers in
2016.4 The solar installation sector employs the
greatest number (4,547) and proportion (65%)
of solar workers in Texas. The manufacturing
sector is the second largest, with 1,424 solar
workers or 20% of all solar jobs.
As of September 2015, Texas boasts

approximately 403 MW of solar PV of cumulative
installed capacity. Through the first nine months
of 2015, approximately 73.4 MW of new capacity
was installed. Year-over-year projections
demonstrate that total new installed capacity
for 2015 nearly doubled the amount that came
online in 2014.5 Texas is the 10th ranked state in
terms of installed solar PV capacity nationally;
however, Texas saw a decline in its rank from 8th
place in 2014 to 10th in 2015. Within its region,
Texas far exceeds the second ranked state of
Louisiana with cumulative installed capacity
of 76.2 MW. Other states in the region, namely
Arkansas and Oklahoma, each have less than 10
MW of installed solar PV capacity.
Texas has over 8,000 MW of solar projects

planned or under development, driven primarily
by the increasing cost-competitiveness of solar
in the Texas electricity market.6 The bulk of
Texass solar capacity has been driven by utilityscale solar projects.7 Out of the cumulative 403
MW of solar installed capacity, approximately
289 MW is utility-scale followed by 62 MW of
residential PV and 53 MW of non-residential PV.
As the state with the largest technical potential
for solar energy8 as well as strong potential for
concentrated solar power (CSP),9 significant
utility-scale solar development is expected to
continue. Some notable past projects include
Alamo 4 Solar Farm, developed in 2014 by OCI
Solar Power with the capacity to generate 39
MW of electricity and Barilla Solar Project at a
capacity of 30 MW. Additionally, large retailers
in Texas have undertaken solar PV projects:
REI, Applied Materials, Kohls Campbells Soup,
Target, and IKEA.10
In addition to the utility-scale projects, Texas
has made large gains in the residential solar
market. This growth is due in part to utility
leaders like Oncor, CPS Energy, and Austin
Energy. Oncor currently offers financial
2
incentives of $538.53 per kW AC initially and

$0.2519 per kWh AC to help offset the cost
of a solar PV system.11 Likewise, CPS energy
provides financial rebates broken out by tiers to
suit the needs of its residential and commercial
customer classes.12 In 2015, CPS Energy launched
SolarHost, a program that allows homeowners
and commercial property owners13 to lease
their roofs to CPS Energy to install solar PV
systems in exchange for a cash incentive to the
owners.13 Austin Energy also offers rebates
to its customers for solar PV projects and has
signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with
Recurrent Energy for 150 MW of solar power
(for a reported price of approximately $.05 per
kWh) with approved plans for approximately
450 MW of additional solar capacity at even
lower prices.14 Data shows that the City of
Austin will get 13% of its electricity generation
from solar by 2017, making it one of the most
solar-powered cities in the nation.15
Despite all the growth in solar PV, Texas receives

an F grade from freeingthegrid.org for lacking
a statewide net-metering policy available to its
electric customers. However, several municipal
and co-op utilities provide compensation for
solar generation by customers and competitive

retail electric providers are offering increasingly
attractive buyback tariffs for solar customers
in deregulated markets. Similarly, Texas
receives a D grade for interconnection.16
Texas is projected to realize

a 12.7% growth in jobs,
adding approximately 900
solar workers in 2016.
This could be improved if Texas were to

remove the requirements for redundant
external disconnects and additional insurance
for interconnection. Texas has a Renewable
Portfolio Standard (RPS) in place which was
revised to a goal of 10,000 MW of renewable
energy through by 2025.17 Despite having one
of the best solar resources in the country, the
revised RPS goal has been met mostly through
wind energy. On the other hand, Texas does
enjoy other solar enabling policies such as
third-party financing and commercial PACE.
Texas laws prohibit neighborhood associations
from blocking rooftop solar.18
ABOUT THE TEXAS SOLAR JOBS CENSUS 2015
This report includes information about all types

of Texas companies engaged in the analysis,
research and development, production, sales,
installation, and use of all solar technologies
ranging from solar photovoltaics (PV), to
concentrating solar power (CSP), to solar water
heating systems for the residential, commercial,
industrial, and utility market segments.
The findings presented herein are based on
rigorous survey efforts throughout the months
of September, October, and November 2015 that
include telephone calls and emails to known
and potential solar establishments across Texas.
Unlike economic impact models that generate
employment estimates based on economic
data or jobs-per-megawatt (or jobs-per-dollar)
assumptions, The Solar Foundations Solar Jobs
Census series provides statistically valid and

current data gathered from actual employers.
This analysis also purposefully avoids artificially
inflating its results with questionable multiplier
effects often found in analyses of other
industries.
The number of establishments included in this

report include all businesses that conduct any
solar activity. This includes many businesses
that play a very small part in a solar project,
or provide financing, legal services, or other
support services to solar firms. Employment,
however, is only counted for workers that spend
at least 50% of their time on solar.
A full explanation of this methodology can be
found on page 15 of this report.
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TEXAS
SOLAR JOBS
Key Data Points
Total Solar Jobs, 2015
7,030
Cumulative Installed
Capacity thru Q3 2015 (MW)19
403.4
Projected Solar
Jobs Growth, 2016
894
(12.7%)
Capacity Installed in
2015 thru Q3 (MW)20
73.4
Detailed employment and demographic data for Texass legislative districts, counties, and metropolitan statistical areas can
be found in the appendix of this report and on The Solar Foundations interactive jobs map at SolarStates.org.
Installation Jobs
WORKFORCE
OVERVIEW
4,547
Manufacturing Jobs
1,424
Sales & Distribution Jobs
163
Project Development Jobs
404
The Texas solar industry currently employs

7,030 solar workers at 4,038 establishments,
ranking it 6th in the nation in terms of solar jobs
and 33rd in solar jobs as a share of the states
total employment. Texas is expected to realize
12.7% growth in solar jobs in 2016, adding
approximately 900 solar workers. This is
significantly higher than Texas 2016 projected
overall job growth rate of 2.1%.21 The vast
majority of Texas solar firms more than 63%
report working primarily on utility-scale solar
projects compared to 29% for the residential
and 7.8% for the non-residential segments.
Installation firms employ the largest portion
more than 65% of the Texas solar workforce,
which is higher than the 57.4% employed in the
solar industry nationally. On the other hand,
sales and distribution firms employ a very small
portion, at only 2.3% of the solar workforce,
which is significantly lower than the national
average of 11.7%.
TX Solar Jobs, 2013 - 2016E

8,000
7,924
7,000
6,000
6,965
7,030
2014
2015
5,000
4,000
Other Jobs
3,000
493
1,000
4,136
2,000
0
2013
2016E
Manufacturing is the second largest sector of the

Texas solar industry, employing 1,424 workers,
representing 20% of the state solar jobs. There
are currently more than 19 solar manufacturing
companies in Texas.22 Cities such as San Antonio
Women
African-American
Asian or Pacific Islander
Latino or Hispanic
Older Workers (55+)
Union Members
Veterans of the U.S. Armed
Forces
Texas Solar
Workforce
Texas Overall
Employment25
U.S. Solar
Workforce
19.7%
44.5%
23.8%
10.5%
4.6%
8.6%
4.8%
11.8%
5.1%
20.6%
37.5%
11.3%
14.9%
18.6%
18.6%
8.6%
7.1%
8.1%
0.4%
The Texas solar workforce is generally less diverse than the states workforce as a whole with
women (19.7%), African-Americans (4.8%),
Latinos (20.6%) and older workers (14.9%) all
relatively under-represented. Asian or Pacific
Islanders, however, surpass the states workforce average accounting for10.5% of the Texas solar jobs compared to 4.6% of the states
overall workforce. On a macro scale, women,
African-American, and older workers are also
represented at lower rates in the states solar
workforce compared to their counterparts in the
solar industry nationwide. In contrast, Asian or
Pacific Islanders and Latino or Hispanic workers are represented in the state solar workforce
at higher rates than their counterparts nationwide.
are establishing Texas as the national leader in

solar manufacturing by attracting companies
such as Mission Solar Energy. The company
created 400 permanent jobs and invested $115
million in the local economy.23,24
5.5%
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces represent a

uniquely valuable source of human capital for
solar employers. With a proven work ethic and
practiced discipline, veterans bring a wealth of
readily transferable skills and leadership acumen to the industry. Through the Solar Ready
Vets program, the U.S. Department of Energy is
helping the industry capitalize on this resource
by facilitating the transition from military service to employment in the civilian solar workforce.26 Texas solar firms clearly understand
this value proposition, with veterans comprising 8.6% of the states solar workforce,
compared to just 7.1% of the states total
workforce and 8.1% of the solar workforce
nationally.
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Difficulty Hiring in Texas
Texas
35.6%
West South Central
40.0%
31.1%
National
41.0%
24.2%
0%
24.4%
27.9%
51.7%
20%
Not Difficult
24.2%
40%
60%
Somewhat Difficult
Solar employers in Texas experience roughly

the same level of difficulty in finding qualified
candidates to fill openings on their payrolls as
other solar firms across the West South Central
region. About 64% of solar firms in Texas indicate it being somewhat difficult to very difficult in hiring solar workers compared to 69%
in the West South Central region and 76% nationally.
80%
100%
Very Difficult
Approximately 45% of Texas solar firms report

that they receive all of their revenues from solar activities, which is lower than the national
average of 48.2%, while just over 32% report
that they receive less than half of their revenues
from solar activities compared to 28.5% nationally. About 73% of Texass solar firms primarily
work with in-state customers which is higher
than the national average of 66%.
Texas Solar Firms - % Revenues from Solar
Texas
23.9%
National
19.7%
0%
9.0%
8.8%
20%
1-24%
22.4%
Pure Plays, 44.8%
23.3%
Pure Plays, 48.2%
40%
25-49%
60%
50-99%
80%
100%
Pure Plays
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As part of the 2015 Census effort, employers

were asked about the impacts of specific existing, pending and proposed policies on their business prospects. Texas employers overwhelmingly cite the federal investment tax credit (ITC) as
substantially contributing to their firms success
with 46% of respondents referring to it directly. The second most commonly cited policy, by
18% of respondents, is the Renewable Portfolio
Standard/Energy Efficiency Resource Standard
(RPS/EERS). This is interesting to note because
Texas RPS has exceedingly been met, mostly
through wind energy; therefore, signifying that
some of these firms are engaged in business in
states whose markets do benefit from such policies. The EPAs Clean Power Plan is anticipated to be a strong factor contributing to firms'
success by approximately 15% of respondents.
Equally important, 32% of respondents included no policies or programs that have contributed to their firms success.
Solar firms were also specifically asked their
views on ITC and EPAs Clean Power Plan. Al-
most 60% Texas solar employers indicated

that the ITC has considerably increased and
somewhat increased their business prospects
while 37% indicated that it has had no impact
on their business prospects. The national opinion on ITC is much more favorable at 52%. On
the same note, 63% of Texas solar employers
feel that EPAs Clean Power Plan has considerably increased (29%) or somewhat increased
(35%) their business prospects compared to
30% who indicated that it has no bearing on
their business prospects. This parallels the general opinions held by solar firms nationally of
the Clean Power Plan.
The following pages include detailed breakdown of workforce data by sector. While there
are a number of Texas solar firms focusing on
manufacturing, sales and distribution, and other
activities, an insufficient number of these firms
responded to the survey to provide statistically
significant data for each individual sector.
Business Citing Policies Contributing to Success
Investment Tax Credit (ITC)

State Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
EPA Clean Power Plan
Other Tax Exemptions, Credits, & Rebates
Utility Rebates
0%
Texas
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
National
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Sector Jobs
4,547
INSTALLATION
Projected 2016 Growth
The installation sector is

the largest sector of the
U.S. solar industry and is
composed of companies that
primarily install PV, solar
water heating, and other
solar energy technologies.
1,041
Projected 2016 Growth Rate
22.9%
The installation sector is responsible for 65% of

all solar employment in Texas, employing 4,547
workers. Firms in the sector expect to grow their
payroll by 22.9% or 1,041 jobs over the course of
2016. A little over half of these installation jobs
fall under the category of installation/repair
and 31% are categorized as administrative or
management/professional."
TX Installation Jobs, 2014 2016E
Establishments
2,329
6,000
5,588
5,000
4,000
4,378
4,547
2014
2015
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
2016E
Installation Sector - Difficulty Hiring
TX Installation
90.0%
U.S. Installation
19.7%
0%
10.0%
54.2%
20%
Not Difficult
40%
60%
Somewhat Difficult
In terms of hiring difficulty, 90% of Texas

installation firms indicated some level of difficulty
in hiring qualified solar workers and 10%
indicated that it is very difficult to find qualified
workers. The hiring difficulty for installation
workers is significantly greater than that in other
solar industry sectors, as well as for other firms
in the installation sector nationwide.
26.0%
80%
100%
Very Difficult
Approximately 77% of Texas installation firms work

primarily with in-state customers which is slightly
lower than their counterparts nationwide (81.5%).
About 24% of these installation firms primarily serve
customers outside its bordering states. A majority
of the installation firms (82%) also cite the ITC as a
major contributor to their firms success.
Installation Sector - % Revenues from Solar
6.3%
TX Installation
11.7%
0%
7.2%
U.S. Installation
22.1%
20%
1-24%
Pure Plays, 62.5%
31.3%
Pure Plays, 59.0%
40%
25-49%
60%
50-99%
80%
100%
Pure Plays
10
Sector Jobs
404
Projected 2016 Growth
83
Projected 2016 Growth Rate
20.5%
PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT
The project development
sector includes companies
that plan, design and build
large
commercialand
utility-scale solar projects.
The project development sector is responsible for
6% of all solar employment in Texas, employing
404 workers. Over the course of 2016, employers
expect to add another 83 positions to the payroll,
growing by 21%. About 39% of these project
development jobs fall under the category of
installation/repair and 32% are categorized as
administrative or management/professional.
TX Project Development Jobs,

2014 - 2016E
Establishments
484
600
500
592
487
400
404
300
200
100
0
2014
2015
2016E
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Project Development Sector - Difficulty Hiring
TX Project Development
20.0%
U.S. Project Development
21.4%
0%
66.7%
54.1%
20%
Not Difficult
13.3%
40%
Somewhat Difficult
In terms of hiring difficulty for project

development positions, 67% of Texas solar
firms indicated some level of difficulty in hiring
qualified solar workers and 13% indicated that
it is very difficult to find qualified workers. The
hiring difficulty for this sector is greater than
the hiring difficulty for project development
sector nationwide.
Approximately 74% of Texas project
development firms work primarily with in-
24.5%
60%
80%
100%
Very Difficult
state customers which is roughly the same as

their counterparts nationwide (75%). About
26% of these firms serve customers outside its
bordering states compared to 17% nationally.
Approximately 78% of the project development
firms cite the ITC as a major contributor to their
firms success which is higher than the national
average of 60%.
Project Development Sector - % Revenues from Solar
18.2%
14.5%
0%
20%
1-24%
7.8%
U.S. Project Development
4.5%
TX Project Development
25-49%
27.3%
23.1%
Pure Plays, 50.0%
Pure Plays, 54.6%
40%
60%
50-99%
Pure Plays
80%
100%
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CONCLUSION
Texas has many of the key elements to make
it a top solar energy state. Its abundant solar
resource, strong manufacturing base, existing
technical infrastructure, and high energy
demand make it an ideal state for prioritizing
increased installed solar capacity. Based on this
research, investments in solar will not only help
the state switch to clean energy, but also create
many jobs.
Texas is one of the leading states for utility-scale
solar PV. Municipal utilities such as CPS Energy
and Austin Energy have aggressively added costcompetitive solar to their generation portfolios
and others are rapidly following suit. Significant
utility-scale and commercial solar PV projects
will continue to increase the cumulative installed
solar capacity in Texas. The recent extension of
the ITC should further increase solar PV activity
in the state. Residential solar will continue to
grow steadily based on attractive economics
and has the potential for rapid acceleration
with new innovations driving growth in both
the public power territories and competitive
retail choice areas.
In order to sustain this future growth, it is

essential that Texas employers have ready
access to quality talent and skilled labor or
enhance their on-the-job training offerings. To
achieve this, more focused and comprehensive
solar training efforts in-house, in-state,
and across the country must be sufficiently
emphasized. These efforts would reduce the
industrys talent acquisition, training, and
retention costs, increasing efficiency across the
solar value chain, and ultimately reducing costs
for Arizona solar customers.
This research shows that the Texas solar
industry is a source of economic opportunity,
with the potential to create jobs that pay living
wages and are largely available to individuals
of different backgrounds from across the state.
Only regular reexaminations of the states solar
industry, its workforce, and the employment
opportunities presented herein will confirm
this potential is realized in years to come.
Photo courtesy of OnyxSolar
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APPENDIX
STATE CENSUS METHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCES
The Solar Jobs Census methodology is the most
closely aligned with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) methodology for its Quarterly Census
of Employment and Wages (QCEW) and Current Employment Statistics (CES). Like BLS, this
study uses survey questionnaires and employer-reported data, though ours are administered
by phone and web, as opposed to mail.
Also like BLS, we develop a hierarchy of various categories that represent solar value chain
activities (within their broader NAICS framework), develop representative sample frames,
and use statistical analysis and extrapolation in
a very similar manner to BLS. We also constrain
our universe of establishments by relying on
the most recent data from the BLS or the state
departments of labor, depending on which is
collected most recently. We believe that the categories that we have developed could be readily adopted by BLS should it choose to begin to
quantify solar employment in its QCEW and CES
series.
The results from the overall 2015 Census effort
are based on rigorous survey efforts that include
287,962 telephone calls and over 44,220 emails
to known and potential energy establishments
across the United States, resulting in a total of
2,350 full completions for solar establishments
in the U.S. Unlike economic impact models that
generate employment estimates based on economic data or jobs-per-megawatt (or jobs-perdollar) assumptions, the Solar Jobs Census series provides statistically valid and current data
gathered from actual employers.
The survey was administered to a known universe of energy employers that includes 68,494
establishments and is derived from the Solar
Energy Industry Associations National Solar
Database, as well as other public and private
sources. Of these establishments, 2,118 identified as solar and completed full or substantially
completed surveys.
The survey was also administered to a stratified, clustered, random sampling from various
industries that are potentially energy-related
(unknown universe) that include a total of approximately 314,000 establishments nationwide. After an extensive cleaning and de-duplication process, a sampling plan was developed
that gathered information on the level of solar
activity (including none) from 12,765 establishments. Of these, 327 establishments qualified
as solar establishments and completed full surveys. The sampling rigor in the known and unknown universes provides a margin of error for
establishment counts at +/-0.85% and employment at +/-1.99% at a 95% confidence interval.
This level of national sampling rigor is mirrored at the state level. In addition to the known
Census, the clustered sampling in the unknown
universe is representative relative to establishment totals by size in each of the 50 states and
the District of Columbia. This ensures that each
states employment estimates are accurate with
a maximum margin of error under +/-5% at a
95% confidence interval.
Due to the number of qualifying responses,

some smaller states have higher margins of error for non-employment related questions, such
as workforce and policy related questions, due
to the small universe of solar establishments in
each state. As a result, some state-level, non-employment data is reported using regional averages or have footnotes denoting small response
sizes.
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GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF DATA

In addition to the statewide results detailed
herein, the Solar Jobs Census 2015 effort
compiled comprehensive information about the
distribution of solar workers across each state.
The Solar Jobs Census 2015 companion website,
SolarStates.org, houses solar jobs data for each
state and the District of Columbia. Here, the
employment data have been broken out and
represented in map form at the state, federal

congressional district, state legislative district,
metropolitan statistical area, and county
levels. What follows are tables presenting
the employment counts and demographic
breakdowns of the workforce at each specified
level of granularity previously mentioned.
TEXAS FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

District
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
226
45
11
24
24
13
549
108
171
34
212
124
189
281
42
37
27
10
8
9
55
14
656
129
32
290
57
14
145
85
409
287
150
188
153
139
160
161
170
316
103
127
440
105
105
182
Asian or
Pacific
Islanders
29
17
81
57
30
37
30
27
32
32
34
7
4
20
14
7
9
7
7
8
8
8
62
15
87
21
36
20
25
21
21
5
6
5
5
Older
Veterans of
Latino or
Union
Workers
the US Armed
Hispanic
Members
(55+)
Forces
47
34
20
25
18
11
58
113
18
35
22
20
30
15
9
44
39
58
30
17
69
135
31
60
43
30
16
20
16
15
17
17
18
33
11
13
46
11
11
19
84
59
31
39
31
29
33
33
35
65
21
26
91
22
22
38
82
32
25
28
42
22
13
98
61
43
43
22
28
23
21
24
24
25
47
15
19
66
16
16
27
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
47
18
15
16
24
12
7
57
35
25
25
13
16
13
12
14
14
15
27
9
11
38
9
9
16
15
District
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
District
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
73
14
62
12
36
187
102
8
47
281
112
37
20
2
9
55
22
Asian or
Pacific
Islanders
8
15
11
13
20
5
2
14
5
Older
Veterans of
Latino or
Union
Workers
the US Armed
Hispanic
Members
(55+)
Forces
11
5
30
12
39
21
2
10
58
23
TEXAS STATE SENATE
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
28
15
1
7
42
17
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Islanders
(55+)
6
3
16
0
0
5
9
4
24
Union
Members
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
10
226
549
212
124
171
189
281
145
85
45
108
42
24
34
37
55
29
17
11
27
10
6
8
9
14
7
4
24
58
22
13
18
20
30
15
9
47
113
44
25
35
39
58
30
17
34
82
32
18
25
28
42
22
13
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
20
47
18
11
15
16
24
12
7
166
33
18
34
25
14
182
125
244
36
25
12
88
22
143
139
27
448
174
490
120
131
141
79
207
203
43
48
727
75
15
34
35
4
7
8
97
24
28
24
26
16
41
40
8
6
6
4
10
10
2
19
13
26
37
26
50
27
19
36
77
150
108
15
29
21
47
18
16
92
36
52
101
15
29
13
14
8
22
21
4
25
27
16
43
42
9
11
67
26
73
18
19
21
12
31
30
6
1
1
1
3
0
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
16
11
21
63
6
39
12
15
42
10
11
12
7
18
18
4
16
District
27
28
29
30
District
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
47
270
172
43
30
31
8
8
10
18
35
28
16
17
47
30
44
52
10
30
47
48
33
10
6
69
14
53
10
53
9
12
61
30
39
11
2
2
12
6
8
2
4
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
0
3
1
3
1
2
32
26
40
23
1
1
3
3
1
6
3
4
10
13
2
3
5
5
10
11
18
50
89
10
10
11
14
12
10
12
10
11
2
2
13
6
8
15
13
14
13
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
18
71
12
10
23
Union
Members
13
52
65
64
56
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Islanders
(55+)
86
35
29
34
13
Union
Members
TEXAS STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
37
25
28
31
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
16
27
53
156
24
26
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Islanders
(55+)
8
1
2
9
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
6
5
1
5
1
5
3
3
13
10
15
11
2
18
13
0
0
3
8
5
1
1
1
5
7
11
2
3
7
2
2
10
13
8
2
2
2
8
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
4
1
6
1
1
1
4
6
17
District
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
72
14
44
92
15
22
19
0
2
7
0
36
15
18
3
4
4
0
0
1
0
7
3
71
14
132
26
48
468
64
81
12
7
5
10
2
1
1
5
5
5
65
13
50
84
51
38
67
88
60
17
23
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
4
2
13
5
10
17
10
8
13
17
12
3
5
6
3
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
3
1
3
3
1
2
4
2
2
3
4
3
1
1
19
3
5
4
0
0
1
0
7
3
14
2
3
3
0
0
1
0
5
2
15
11
14
27
20
12
27
59
68
16
13
29
49
20
26
23
12
23
11
10
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
15
4
1
Union
Members
92
61
26
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Islanders
(55+)
7
1
1
1
10
96
13
17
2
1
1
13
3
2
3
5
5
5
12
13
3
7
3
5
9
5
4
7
9
6
2
2
14
5
10
70
10
12
2
1
1
9
4
3
3
4
9
4
10
10
4
7
17
13
14
10
10
8
18
12
5
8
6
13
9
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
2
2
0
0
1
0
3
1
6
4
40
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
6
1
1
0
5
2
2
2
2
5
3
6
6
2
4
7
4
3
6
8
5
1
2
18
District
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Islanders
(55+)
Union
Members
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
66
13
14
10
23
30
36
6
7
83
16
37
4
18
7
1
4
82
16
13
162
72
17
32
14
3
60
12
59
61
176
56
66
29
36
7
2
20
0
2
12
12
35
11
13
6
7
1
0
4
0
0
173
34
222
11
120
3
22
4
28
2
0
0
1
4
17
12
4
0
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
6
6
15
12
1
2
33
19
9
3
12
17
1
3
17
8
3
6
7
4
1
0
2
0
0
12
12
24
11
3
9
9
9
1
36
26
12
14
7
1
0
4
0
0
10
5
1
0
3
0
0
35
26
44
11
23
46
33
24
1
4
5
18
21
108
19
4
1
1
6
0
1
1
13
0
2
0
3
25
1
5
1
6
18
0
3
1
4
11
22
16
1
0
2
0
4
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
7
3
0
0
2
7
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
5
5
5
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
3
1
0
2
0
0
15
19
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
2
0
2
9
2
0
1
19
District
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Islanders
(55+)
Union
Members
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
24
0
5
71
14
215
42
19
26
109
104
0
5
0
4
5
21
21
0
1
0
106
21
39
33
49
4
10
1
64
13
265
52
36
223
60
0
6
19
29
10
23
44
32
1
1
5
5
0
0
0
2
3
11
11
0
1
0
2
5
2
4
5
22
21
0
1
0
3
4
16
16
0
1
0
11
22
16
2
2
0
3
2
3
5
0
13
3
0
1
1
3
0
1
1
1
10
1
5
7
1
13
10
28
54
39
11
15
12
24
20
12
11
10
25
44
53
9
6
1
2
3
46
12
0
1
4
6
11
1
3
1
2
5
2
33
9
0
1
3
4
8
1
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
2
2
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
9
0
0
0
9
3
4
3
0
6
3
19
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
5
1
2
3
5
1
2
2
1
20
TEXAS METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS

Metropolitan
Statistical Area
Abilene, TX
Amarillo, TX
Austin-Round
Rock, TX
Beaumont-Port
Arthur, TX
BrownsvilleHarlingen, TX
College
Station-Bryan,
TX
Corpus Christi,
TX
Dallas-Fort
WorthArlington, TX
El Paso, TX
Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown,
TX
Killeen-TempleFort Hood, TX
Laredo, TX
Longview, TX
Lubbock, TX
McAllenEdinburgMission, TX
Midland, TX
Odessa, TX
San Angelo, TX
San Antonio, TX
ShermanDenison, TX
Texarkana,
TX-Texarkana,
AR
TX NONMETROPOLITAN AREA
Tyler, TX
Victoria, TX
Waco, TX
Wichita Falls, TX
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
50
83
10
16
Asian or
Latino
Older
Veterans of
Union
Pacific
or
Workers
the US Armed
Members
Islanders Hispanic
(55+)
Forces
5
10
17
12
923
182
45
97
190
137
80
33
22
10
82
60
113
16
12
12
17
12
23
12
161
141
17
369
91
197
385
279
1,638
323
79
173
337
244
41
61
87
32
12
17
70
14
58
11
72
157
40
14
31
8
17
13
18
14
12
17
33
1,870
161
24
14
13
15
11
32
23
14
10
9
718
142
35
76
148
107
62
19
14
10
13
10
23
450
89
22
47
38
67
49
66
13
10
13
2
3
5
7
93
8
10
67
6
39
4
6
21
TEXAS COUNTIES
County
Anderson
Andrews
Angelina
Aransas
Archer
Armstrong
Atascosa
Austin
Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee
Bell
Bexar
Blanco
Bosque
Bowie
Brazoria
Brazos
Brewster
Briscoe
Brooks
Brown
Burleson
Burnet
Caldwell
Calhoun
Callahan
Cameron
Camp
Carson
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Childress
Clay
Cochran
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
12
10
18
3
1
12
7
2
3
10
1
9
47
2
3
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
2
9
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
2
4
1
0
3
1
0
1
2
0
2
10
2
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
7
572
113
28
60
118
85
18
3
2
1
0
48
10
47
3
2
6
5
14
8
6
4
31
4
3
6
3
16
9
2
1
2
9
1
0
1
1
3
2
1
1
6
1
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10
5
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
10
1
0
1
1
3
2
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
5
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
4
49
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
22
County
Coke
Coleman
Collin
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comal
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallam
Dallas
Dawson
De Witt
Deaf Smith
Delta
Denton
Dickens
Dimmit
Donley
Duval
Eastland
Ector
Edwards
El Paso
Ellis
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Foard
Fort Bend
Franklin
Freestone
Frio
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
3
2
157
31
29
1
5
3
3
12
6
4
6
3
0
3
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
0
0
1
0
17
32
23
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
823
162
40
87
169
123
7
6
1
1
1
0
170
33
1
5
6
7
0
1
1
1
54
11
26
153
9
2
7
8
1
1
30
2
0
1
1
0
0
90
18
2
8
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
18
35
25
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
11
16
7
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
8
0
31
23
2
1
2
0
0
4
1
1
1
0
0
10
19
13
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
0
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
71
0
0
0
1
1
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
5
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
8
0
1
0
23
County
Gaines
Galveston
Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Goliad
Gonzales
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Grimes
Guadalupe
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Hardin
Harris
Harrison
Hartley
Haskell
Hays
Hemphill
Henderson
Hidalgo
Hill
Hockley
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hunt
Hutchinson
Irion
Jack
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
9
61
12
3
7
1
6
14
21
0
0
1
3
4
62
12
50
1
4
3
1
9
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
10
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
3
4
13
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
10
0
1
1
0
2
9
0
0
0
1
2
3
9
1
8
1
0
1
1
0
1
1,158
228
56
122
238
172
16
0
3
0
61
12
65
13
14
17
7
9
6
5
13
2
12
13
3
6
4
8
52
1
3
1
2
1
1
3
0
2
3
0
1
1
2
10
1
0
3
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
3
0
2
0
13
13
10
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
5
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
1
4
1
2
1
1
3
0
3
3
1
1
1
2
11
9
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
1
1
2
5
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
1
1
6
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
4
24
County
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Johnson
Jones
Karnes
Kaufman
Kendall
Kenedy
Kerr
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
La Salle
Lamar
Lamb
Lampasas
Lavaca
Lee
Leon
Liberty
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Lubbock
Lynn
Madison
Marion
Martin
Mason
Matagorda
Maverick
McCulloch
Mclennan
McLennan
Medina
Menard
Midland
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
33
8
17
10
1
16
2
0
1
4
5
3
7
3
4
8
9
5
15
3
3
7
6
2
7
2
3
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
64
13
1
3
4
1
9
6
2
1
44
7
1
145
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
9
1
0
29
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
7
1
3
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
7
2
3
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
13
10
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
5
1
0
15
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
9
1
0
30
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
7
1
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
0
13
25
County
Milam
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
Montgomery
Moore
Morris
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Newton
Nolan
Nueces
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
Palo Pinto
Panola
Parker
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Potter
Presidio
Rains
Randall
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Robertson
Rockwall
Runnels
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
10
1
3
0
1
109
21
16
9
2
9
1
8
2
0
2
0
2
87
17
15
8
2
7
10
35
3
9
10
41
1
1
32
4
1
2
7
6
1
5
20
6
13
2
2
4
11
1
1
0
1
2
7
1
2
2
8
0
0
6
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
4
1
3
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
11
22
16
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
18
13
1
0
1
1
4
0
1
1
4
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
7
1
2
2
8
0
0
7
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
4
1
3
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
2
5
1
1
2
6
0
0
5
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
3
1
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
1
0
1
1
0
1
8
1
0
1
1
1
3
0
1
1
4
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
26
County
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
Shelby
Sherman
Smith
Somervell
Starr
Stephens
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Tarrant
Taylor
Terrell
Terry
Throckmorton
Titus
Tom Green
Travis
Trinity
Tyler
Upshur
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
Victoria
Walker
Waller
Ward
Washington
Webb
Wharton
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger
Willacy
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
11
11
3
1
2
0
0
59
12
2
4
2
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
9
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
418
82
20
44
86
62
38
2
1
5
34
8
0
0
1
7
2
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
1
4
8
0
0
1
7
6
0
0
1
5
750
148
36
79
154
112
2
3
7
4
4
7
27
10
5
8
9
38
12
8
56
3
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
5
2
1
2
2
7
2
1
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
1
1
4
1
1
6
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
6
2
1
2
2
8
3
2
12
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
1
1
1
6
2
1
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
36
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
65
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
3
1
1
5
0
0
27
County
Williamson
Wilson
Winkler
Wise
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala
Total
AfricanWomen
Employment
American
Asian or
Older
Latino or
Union
Pacific
Workers
Hispanic
Members
Islanders
(55+)
Veterans of
the US Armed
Forces
59
12
12
24
4
9
9
8
14
4
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
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24.
SEIA/GTM Research Solar Market Insight Q3 2015

To be counted as a solar job, the individual has to work more than 50% of their time in solar energy. Based on
this definition, there was only a 1% growth in jobs from 2014 to 2015. However, there are an estimated 3,900
solar related jobs in Texas where individuals work less than 50% of their time on solar related activities.
The Texas Solar Jobs Census 2014 can be found at www.TSFCensus.org.
It is important to note that these projections were based on employer-reported hiring plans for 2016 that may
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the electricity their systems generate, though they can generally be used interchangeably with small-scale (i.e.
single-family household rooftop systems, no more than a handful of kilowatts), medium-scale (i.e. multi-unit,
commercial, or government rooftop system), and large-scale (i.e. ground-mounted or very large rooftop systems
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