Outlook
Opportunities in solar energy should be good in the next decade. According to The Solar Foundation, approximately 5,600 new jobs were added to the solar workforce from 2018 to 2019. Over the previous 10 years, solar-related jobs increased 167 percent, creating 156,000 new positions. The pace of growth between 2014 and 2019 totaled 44 percent, outpacing the U.S. economy's overall expansion by a factor of five.
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