In 2023, the European Union's solar market had employed a total of 826,272 full-time equivalents (FTEs), including both direct and indirect jobs. The deployment segment had the largest workforce that year, at over 714,000 FTEs. This was followed by the operations and maintenance segment, but by a wide margin, with employment figures amounting to some 61,246 FTEs in 2023.
Number of jobs in the European Union's solar market in 2023, by segment
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