LED & Solar recruiters serving Louisville.
BLS counts 156 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 Louisville.
BLS counts about 4,540 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Louisville metro, the largest group being electricians (about 4,340). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the LED & Solar hub.
Solar PV Installer
Louisville: BLS does not publish a local figure for this occupation.
NABCEP-Certified Solar Technician
Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician
Louisville: 4,340 employed · $62,440 median, 57th-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
Louisville: 810 employed · $77,000 median, 66th-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)
Louisville: 3,240 employed · $79,190 median, 52nd-highest of 112 metros
Low-Voltage/Controls Technician
Louisville: 200 employed · $62,930 median, 84th-highest of 107 metros
What LED & Solar roles earn in Louisville.
BLS publishes no Louisville pay for solar photovoltaic installers; nationally the median is $53,140. Electricians in Louisville earn a median $62,440, level with the $63,190 national figure, and 57th of 112 metros. Pay runs $37,700 at the tenth percentile to $85,260 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment, at $62,930 against $74,090 nationally. BLS withholds Louisville pay for one occupation in the table.
| Role | Louisville 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) | $62,440 | $37,700–$85,260 | $63,190 | −1% | 4,340 |
| 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) | $77,000 | $49,920–$123,380 | $78,740 | −2% | 810 |
| Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty)First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $79,190 | $54,730–$100,980 | $79,920 | −1% | 3,240 |
| Low-Voltage/Controls TechnicianElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (49-2094) | $62,930 | $38,490–$84,140 | $74,090 | −15% | 200 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Louisville 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 Louisville's LED & solar market has changed since 2018.
Louisville lost nonresidential electrical contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 171 business locations to 156 (down 9%), behind the 6% growth nationally. Their combined payroll headcount barely moved, at about 3,141. Average annual pay there went from $59,266 to $71,204 (+20%), in step with the 21% national increase.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: business locations | 171 | 156 | −9% |
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: employment | 3,187 | 3,141 | −1% |
| Nonresidential electrical contractors: average annual pay | $59,266 | $71,204 | +20% |
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 Louisville's LED and solar market compares
What this means for hiring:Local LED and solar employers in Louisville are adding headcount, which means more employers competing for the same people.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Louisville metro. Employers are counted by business location.
LED & Solar licensing in Kentucky.
The department licenses electrical contractors, master electricians and electricians under state regulation (815 KAR 35:060). The Louisville metro crosses a state line, so check the rules in the neighboring state too for crews that work on both sides.
Licensing authority: Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, Division of Electrical. Confirm current rules with the agency.
We have not closed an LED & solar search in Louisville yet. Here is what we have closed.
These are other trades in the same market. We would rather show you the searches we have actually run in Louisville than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
- Journeyman HVAC Service TechnicianA technician who ran his own HVAC company for six years, bringing owner-level judgment to every service call.
Nearby markets competing for Louisville talent.
The closest metro we cover is Cincinnati, about 90 miles away. BLS does not publish Louisville figures for this occupation, so the nearby markets are the best guide: Indianapolis has the largest pool within reach, about 240, at a $39,690 median.
| Metro | Distance | Employed | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | – | – | – |
| Cincinnati | 90 mi | – | – |
| Indianapolis | 107 mi | 240 | $39,690 |
| Dayton | 134 mi | – | – |
| Nashville | 155 mi | – | – |
| Knoxville | 188 mi | – | – |
BLS OEWS, May 2025; straight-line miles.
What else is competing for Louisville crews.
Not LED & solar work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into Louisville in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- UPS Worldport expansion and modernization$750M–$1.5BMulti-year, ongoing
Expansion of sort and cargo facilities, new and reconfigured cargo buildings, ramp and aircraft parking expansions, and automation upgrades to support higher nightly package throughput at the world's largest package-handling facility.
- SDF Next Program (Louisville airport)$1B by 2030$335M+ invested through 2024; $280M+ more through 2026
A comprehensive capital improvement program at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, running concurrently with and adjacent to UPS's own Worldport buildout.
- UPS 747-8 hangar$220MOpened 2024, ongoing related work
A 275,000 sq ft hangar that can house two Boeing 747-8 cargo jets side by side - large-span structural and specialized aviation-facility construction.
Showing 3 of 4 projects tracked in this metro. The Louisville market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for LED & solar, and what kills offers in Louisville.
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 Louisville.
Which LED & solar roles pay the most in Louisville?
Of the roles we recruit for, Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty) pays the most in Louisville, a $79,190 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Low-Voltage/Controls Technician at $62,930, 21% below it. Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician is the lowest-paid field role at $62,440. Low-Voltage/Controls Technician trails national pay the most (15% below).
How many nonresidential electrical contractors operate in Louisville?
BLS counted 156 nonresidential electrical contractors in Louisville in 2023, employing about 3,141 people between them. Down from 171 in 2018, a 9% decline against 6% growth nationally. That averages 20 people per location. They pay an average of $71,204, 16% below the $84,633 national average for the same kind of employer. BLS counts commercial solar and LED retrofit firms under nonresidential electrical contractors.
Which nearby metros compete with Louisville for solar photovoltaic installers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Indianapolis (107 miles, about 240, $39,690 median).
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