LED & Solar recruiters serving Philadelphia.
A standing, credential-verified LED & Solar pipeline for Philadelphia contractors - built around the roles that actually matter in this market, real wage data, and the free resources below.
Positions we recruit for in Philadelphia.
The same standing pipeline we maintain nationally for LED & Solar, sourced against Philadelphia-based and Philadelphia-adjacent candidates.
Solar PV Installer
BLS 47-2231 - Solar Photovoltaic Installers; commercial rooftop and ground-mount system installation, mounting, and wiring
NABCEP-Certified Solar Technician
BLS 47-2231 - Solar Photovoltaic Installers (same base code; NABCEP PV Installation Professional is a certification layered on this occupation)
Commercial LED Retrofit Electrician
BLS 47-2111 - Electricians (LED lighting-retrofit specialty; no dedicated BLS code exists for retrofit work specifically)
Solar Electrician
BLS 47-2111 - Electricians (solar interconnection, wiring, and inverter tie-in specialty)
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
BLS 13-1051 - Cost Estimators; PV system sizing, design takeoffs, and bid pricing
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
BLS 47-2231 - Solar Photovoltaic Installers (routine PV system maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting under this same installer code)
Electrical Foreman (LED/Solar specialty)
BLS 47-1011 - First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Low-Voltage/Controls Technician
BLS 49-2094 - Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment; nearest real match for lighting-control systems
What LED & Solar roles earn.
National BLS-sourced medians: Solar Photovoltaic Installers (SOC 47-2231) $53,140/yr ($25.55/hr); Electricians (SOC 47-2111, the nearest match for LED-retrofit and solar-electrician specialties) $63,190/yr ($30.38/hr). Solar PV installer employment is projected to grow +7% or higher through 2034 per BLS/O*NET - much faster than average, one of the fastest-growing trades we recruit for. Roles like Solar Project Manager and Energy Auditor are O*NET-tracked occupations without full standalone BLS wage detail - we say so directly. These are national figures; the free Salary Guide below has the full breakdown.
Philadelphia sits at about the national rate for LED and solar — neither unusually deep nor unusually thin.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 , Solar Photovoltaic Installers (nearest published occupation for this trade). Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
Frequently asked - LED & Solar hiring in Philadelphia.
What does it cost to hire commercial LED and solar staff in Philadelphia?
Median pay for solar photovoltaic installers in Philadelphia is $58,350 a year, per BLS. That is the midpoint for the metro, so half the market is paid above it — an offer at or below the median asks someone to move for no raise. Specialty and supervisory roles sit well above it, and the wage table on this page breaks those out by role.
How hard is it to hire commercial LED and solar staff in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia sits at about the national rate for solar photovoltaic installers, so the local pool is neither unusually deep nor unusually thin. Philadelphia employs about 580 of them. Difficulty here comes from the specific role rather than the market: field positions fill faster than supervisory ones everywhere, and the specialties named on this page are the ones that take longest.
What LED & Solar positions does My Trade Talent recruit for in Philadelphia?
We maintain a standing pipeline across 10 LED & Solar roles in the Philadelphia market - from Solar PV Installer through Low-Voltage/Controls Technician. See the full breakdown above.
What do LED & Solar roles pay in Philadelphia?
National BLS-sourced medians: Solar Photovoltaic Installers (SOC 47-2231) $53,140/yr ($25.55/hr); Electricians (SOC 47-2111, the nearest match for LED-retrofit and solar-electrician specialties) $63,190/yr ($30.38/hr). Solar PV installer employment is projected to grow +7% or higher through 2034 per BLS/O*NET - much faster than average, one of the fastest-growing trades we recruit for. Roles like Solar Project Manager and Energy Auditor are O*NET-tracked occupations without full standalone BLS wage detail - we say so directly. These are national figures; the free Salary Guide below has the full breakdown.
Do you place solar project managers?
Yes - Solar Project Managers, an O*NET-tracked Bright Outlook occupation, are part of our bench alongside field installers.
How fast can My Trade Talent fill a LED & Solar role in Philadelphia?
Time to fill depends on the specific role and how credential-scarce it is locally, but our standing LED & Solar pipeline means most Philadelphia searches start with a first slate of vetted candidates within 48 hours rather than a cold posting.
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