IRENA估計，2015年全球可再生能源就業(yè)增長5%，達到810萬。另有130萬人受雇于大型水電工程。盡管就業(yè)增長較前幾年有所放緩，但全球可再生能源行業(yè)的就業(yè)總?cè)藬?shù)仍在增長，與能源行業(yè)整體勞動力市場低迷形成了鮮明對比。可再生能源就業(yè)人數(shù)最多的國家是中國、巴西、美國、印度、日本和德國。就業(yè)崗位繼續(xù)向亞洲轉(zhuǎn)移，亞洲在全球就業(yè)中的比例上升到60%。太陽能光伏是全球最大的可再生能源雇主，擁有280萬個工作崗位，比2014年增長11%。日本和美國的太陽能光伏產(chǎn)業(yè)就業(yè)增長，中國企穩(wěn)，歐盟持續(xù)下降。

IRENA estimates that global renewable energy employment increased by 5%  in 2015 to reach 8.1 million. An additional 1.3 million people are employed in large hydropower. While the growth in jobs slowed down compared to previous years, the total number of jobs in renewables worldwide continued to rise, in stark contrast with depressed labour markets in the broader energy sector. Countries with the highest number of renewable energy jobs were China, Brazil, the United States, India, Japan and Germany. Jobs continued to shift towards Asia and the share of the continent in global employment increased to 60%. Solar PV was the largest renewable energy employer with 2.8 million jobs worldwide, an 11% increase over 2014. Solar PV employment grew in Japan and the United States, stabilised in China, and continued decreasing in the European Union.