LED & Solar recruiters serving Huntsville.
BLS counts 70 business locations of nonresidential electrical contractors across the metro. Below: local pay for every role we staff, the state licensing rules that apply and the nearby markets competing for the same people.
Positions we recruit for in Huntsville.
BLS counts about 1,140 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Huntsville metro, the largest group being electricians (about 1,030). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the LED & Solar hub.
Solar PV Installer
Huntsville: BLS does not publish a local figure for this occupation.
NABCEP-Certified Solar Technician
Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician
Huntsville: 1,030 employed · $58,500 median, 88th-highest of 112 metros
Solar Electrician
Solar Project Manager
O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group
Solar Estimator/Designer
Huntsville: 350 employed · $78,670 median, 50th-highest of 111 metros
Energy Auditor/Efficiency Consultant
O*NET 47-4011.01 - Energy Auditors; building energy assessments that often lead into LED retrofit and solar scoping
Solar O&M Technician
Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty)
Huntsville: 1,330 employed · $62,650 median, 109th-highest of 112 metros
Low-Voltage/Controls Technician
Huntsville: 110 employed · $57,740 median, 100th-highest of 107 metros
What LED & Solar roles earn in Huntsville.
BLS publishes no Huntsville pay for solar photovoltaic installers; nationally the median is $53,140. Electricians in Huntsville earn a median $58,500, 7% under the $63,190 national figure, and 88th of 112 metros. Pay runs $38,280 at the tenth percentile to $77,050 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment, at $57,740 against $74,090 nationally. BLS withholds Huntsville pay for one occupation in the table.
| Role | Huntsville median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar PV Installer · NABCEP-Certified Solar Technician · Energy Auditor/Efficiency Consultant O*NET 47-4011.01 - Energy Auditors; building energy assessments that often lead into LED retrofit and solar scoping Solar O&M TechnicianSolar Photovoltaic Installers (47-2231) | – | – | $53,140 | – | – |
| Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician · Solar ElectricianElectricians (47-2111) | $58,500 | $38,280–$77,050 | $63,190 | −7% | 1,030 |
| Solar Project Manager O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group Solar Estimator/DesignerCost Estimators (13-1051) | $78,670 | $43,550–$126,450 | $78,740 | 0% | 350 |
| Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty)First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $62,650 | $43,090–$96,500 | $79,920 | −22% | 1,330 |
| Low-Voltage/Controls TechnicianElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (49-2094) | $57,740 | $38,230–$93,110 | $74,090 | −22% | 110 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Huntsville metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile; management and office roles are metro-wide. A metro ranking counts only the metros where BLS publishes that occupation.
How Huntsville's LED & solar market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential electrical contractors in Huntsville rose from 57 in 2018 to 70 in 2023, up 23%, ahead of the 6% national rise. Headcount and pay for those firms are withheld in Huntsville, so the occupation figures above are the better guide to what hiring costs.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: business locations | 57 | 70 | +23% |
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: employment | 833 | – | – |
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: average annual pay | $52,050 | – | – |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Free LED & Solar hiring resources.
Definitive Guide to LED & Solar · 2026 LED & Solar Salary Guide · 3-Step Interview Guide for LED & Solar
How Huntsville's LED and solar market compares
| Metro | Commercial employers |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | 233 |
| Huntsville | 70 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Huntsville metro. Employers are counted by business location.
LED & Solar licensing in Alabama.
The state board issues electrical contractor and journeyman electrician licenses. Its site does not list a solar-specific license. The same state rules apply in Birmingham, so candidates licensed there can work in Huntsville without re-qualifying.
Licensing authority: Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors. Confirm current rules with the agency.
Nearby markets competing for Huntsville talent.
The closest metro we cover is Chattanooga, about 75 miles away.
| Metro | Distance | Employed | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | – | – | – |
| Chattanooga | 76 mi | – | – |
| Birmingham | 84 mi | – | – |
| Nashville | 100 mi | – | – |
| Atlanta | 143 mi | – | – |
| Knoxville | 173 mi | – | – |
BLS OEWS, May 2025; straight-line miles.
What else is competing for Huntsville crews.
Not LED & solar work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into Huntsville in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- U.S. Space Command permanent headquarters (Redstone Arsenal)$565M federal ($115M design + $450M construction, proposed - advanced by the House Appropriations Committee as of April 2026, not yet passed Senate or signed) + $45M localPersonnel relocation underway; up to 200 on-site by end of 2026
A permanent federal headquarters campus, with Huntsville separately funding senior leader housing and critical site infrastructure. Separately, the Pentagon's FY2027 budget request for the full relocation is $951M - a larger, different figure than the $565M facility appropriation above.
- Eli Lilly active pharmaceutical ingredient facility$6B (part of a $27B, 4-facility US investment)Construction starting 2026
One of four new pharmaceutical production facilities Eli Lilly is building nationwide - cleanroom-grade manufacturing at genuinely enormous scale for this market.
- Huntsville Hospital Madison Street Tower expansion$150MOpening 2027
A 5-story, 154,000 sq ft addition with a cardiothoracic ICU, neuro ICU, three floors of acute medical space, 120 private patient rooms, and a new ED vehicle entrance.
Showing 3 of 4 projects tracked in this metro. The Huntsville market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for LED & solar, and what kills offers in Huntsville.
The 4 credentials that gate the work and the 4 things that most often end an LED & solar offer are the same in every market, kept in one place: LED & Solar credentials and offer risks, each linked to the body that issues it. What is local is the licensing rule above and the pay further up this page.
Frequently asked - LED & Solar hiring in Huntsville.
Which LED & solar roles pay the most in Huntsville?
Of the roles we recruit for, Solar Project Manager O*NET 47-1011.03 - Solar Energy Installation Managers, a Bright Outlook occupation; wage data rolls up to the parent 47-1011 group Solar Estimator/Designer pays the most in Huntsville, a $78,670 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician at $58,500, 26% below it. Low-Voltage/Controls Technician is the lowest-paid field role at $57,740. Low-Voltage/Controls Technician trails national pay the most (22% below).
How many nonresidential electrical contractors operate in Huntsville?
BLS counted 70 nonresidential electrical contractors in Huntsville in 2023. Up from 57 in 2018, a 23% increase against 6% growth nationally. BLS withholds their combined headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers. BLS counts commercial solar and LED retrofit firms under nonresidential electrical contractors.
Can Huntsville employers recruit solar photovoltaic installers from nearby metros?
Not easily. None of the other metros we cover within 300 miles of Huntsville has published BLS figures for solar photovoltaic installers, so a search here mostly has to be won locally or by relocating someone from farther away.
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