As CNN, CleanTechnica, and others have reported, solar employment grew 17x faster than the whole US economy in 2016. Together, solar and wind energy jobs grew 12x faster than the economy as a whole.Approximately 260,000 people are employed in solar jobs in the US as of 2017, while over 100,000 work in the wind industry……..Jake Richardson Cleantechnica (1/11/18).
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/11/renewable-energy-benefits-people-environment/