Utilities and power jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Electric, gas and water utilities and power producers: grid, generation, engineering, regulatory and customer operations. 2,405 open jobs at 368 employers, with a median stated pay of $134k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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2,405
open utility and power jobs
368
employers hiring
$134k
median stated pay (206 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
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Employers with the most open utility and power jobs
Nextera Energy, Constellation Energy and American Electric Power lead the utility and power employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 37% of the 2,405 open utility and power jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nextera EnergyFL | 141 open |
| 2 | Constellation EnergyIL · Median pay $123k | 124 open |
| 3 | American Electric PowerOH · Median pay $125k | 117 open |
| 4 | Pacific Gas & ElectricCA | 114 open |
| 5 | EntergyLA | 103 open |
| 6 | Southern California EdisonCA | 66 open |
| 7 | Baltimore Gas and ElectricIL | 60 open |
| 8 | PPLPA | 58 open |
| 9 | Xcel EnergyMN | 58 open |
| 10 | ExelonIL | 50 open |
Highest-paying utility and power roles
Among utility and power jobs that state yearly pay, Solar Energy Systems Engineers, Electrical Engineers and Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers pay the most at the median, against $134k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Energy Systems Engineers55 open · With pay 16 | $177k |
| 2 | Electrical Engineers318 open · With pay 33 | $138k |
| 3 | Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers45 open · With pay 24 | $130k |
Skills employers ask for
project management, excel and procurement are the skills most often named in utility and power job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the utility and power jobs are
CA, TX and FL have the most open utility and power jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaMedian pay $163k | 285 open |
| 2 | TexasMedian pay $144k | 246 open |
| 3 | Florida | 208 open |
| 4 | IllinoisMedian pay $123k | 176 open |
| 5 | New YorkMedian pay $123k | 140 open |
| 6 | OhioMedian pay $125k | 124 open |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 114 open |
| 8 | Washington | 81 open |
New utility and power jobs this week
25 utility and power jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Director, People Business Partner
AVANGRID · Boston, MA
Nov 2
- Senior Paralegal
Oncor Electric Delivery · Fort Worth, TX
$90k–$120k · Nov 2
- Senior Manager (Transmission Project Services)
Xcel Energy · Denver, CO
Nov 2
- AI Governance Senior Manager
Xcel Energy · Denver, CO
Nov 2
- Project Mgr
American Electric Power · Corpus Christi, TX
Nov 2
- Real Estate Transaction Manager (TX)
American Electric Power · Corpus Christi, TX
Nov 2
- Manager, Project Controls
Xcel Energy · Denver, CO
Nov 2
- Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst
Xcel Energy · Minneapolis, MN
Nov 2
Laid off in utility and power? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
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- Restaurants953
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- Mining and natural resources884
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- Music663
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in utility and power when its employer is on our list of utility and power employers, or its title names utility and power work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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