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Energy Auditors

Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.

Wages

BLS doesn't publish wages for Energy Auditors separately. These are the figures for Construction and Building Inspectors (47-4011), its parent occupation.

Median annual wage, U.S.$74,690
Employment, U.S.146,720
Median hourly wage$35.91
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$47,140$58,860$74,690$94,710$114,200
By state (51)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama1,420$61,3000.71
Alaska270$102,4100.89
Arizona3,330$73,4401.09
Arkansas800$52,7000.65
California13,420$101,2900.78
Colorado3,700$79,9501.36
Connecticut1,430$98,6700.90
Delaware570$72,7001.25
District of Columbia370$86,2000.56
Florida13,860$68,1701.48
Georgia4,510$65,9800.98
Hawaii710$79,3201.19
Idaho1,000$63,5701.23
Illinois2,560$78,3400.44
Indiana2,110$62,8500.70
Iowa1,140$71,6300.77
Kansas840$63,1500.62
Kentucky1,380$60,2000.73
Louisiana1,440$68,2600.79
Maine710$74,6701.17
Maryland2,780$76,6401.07
Massachusetts4,290$83,2001.25
Michigan3,090$71,0400.74
Minnesota1,390$88,6700.50
Mississippi800$50,2500.72
Missouri1,640$62,9700.59
Montana290$75,7000.60
Nebraska570$65,0000.59
Nevada1,780$75,2901.22
New Hampshire420$65,6400.65
New Jersey5,950$81,7601.47
New Mexico800$65,4200.97
New York11,160$79,4601.22
North Carolina6,490$66,0801.39
North Dakota180$78,5700.44
Ohio3,490$74,4900.67
Oklahoma2,090$59,2801.29
Oregon1,780$84,5100.96
Pennsylvania5,320$65,8700.93
Rhode Island270$77,4200.57
South Carolina2,500$58,8401.15
South Dakota200$64,9400.46
Tennessee2,500$59,8700.81
Texas18,230$64,8101.37
Utah1,240$74,1300.76
Vermont120$66,5800.41
Virginia6,550$75,6601.69
Washington3,090$96,1400.92
West Virginia540$64,0000.81
Wisconsin1,270$75,6100.46
Wyoming370$61,8701.38

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Solar Energy Systems Engineers40.969
2Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians40.966
3Marine Engineers and Naval Architects40.962
4Non-Destructive Testing Specialists1-20.961
5Construction and Building Inspectors30.958
6Government Property Inspectors and Investigators30.958
7Solar Energy Installation Managers30.956
8Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health40.956
9First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers30.955
10Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians30.954

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Energy Auditors, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Government Property Inspectors and InvestigatorsMonitoring0.870.958
Solar Energy Installation ManagersManagement of Personnel Resources1.380.956
Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansTechnology Design1.500.947
Facilities ManagersManagement of Personnel Resources1.120.941

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Energy Auditors, excluding software Energy Auditors already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D7 of 2010.8x
Bentley MicroStation8 of 207.7x
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD6 of 2012.6x
Microsoft Project13 of 203.0x
Geographic information system GIS systems7 of 205.4x
Autodesk Revit6 of 206.9x
ESRI ArcView6 of 206.9x
National Instruments LabVIEW7 of 205.2x
Oracle Primavera Systems4 of 2014.2x
Procore software3 of 2023.1x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 3.88 3.88
SpeakingEssential skill 3.88 3.62
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.75 3.88
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 3.75 3.88
WritingEssential skill 3.62 3.88
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.62 3.75
MathematicsEssential skill 3.38 3.38
MonitoringEssential skill 3.38 3.25
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.25 3.38
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.12 3.75
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.12 3.38
Active LearningEssential skill 3.12 3.25
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.00 3.00
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
PersuasionTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Service OrientationTransferable skill 3.00 2.88
InstructingTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
ScienceEssential skill 2.75 2.88
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 2.62 2.50
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.50 2.50
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 2.25 2.12
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 2.00 1.75
Technology DesignTransferable skill 2.00 1.75
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 1.88 1.88
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 1.75 1.50
ProgrammingTransferable skill 1.50 0.75
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.50 0.62
InstallationTransferable skill 1.50 0.50
RepairingTransferable skill 1.25not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Customer and Personal Service 4.17 4.79
Building and Construction 4.00 4.45
Mathematics 4.00 4.31
Engineering and Technology 3.79 4.07
Mechanical 3.71 3.93
Physics 3.64 3.97
English Language 3.38 3.31
Sales and Marketing 3.28 3.93
Design 3.21 3.90
Computers and Electronics 3.17 4.00
Education and Training 3.17 3.55
Administrative 2.97 3.83
Public Safety and Security 2.93 3.10
Administration and Management 2.90 3.62
Economics and Accounting 2.83 3.03
Law and Government 2.59 2.82
Production and Processing 2.57 2.76
Chemistry 2.39 2.72
Transportation 2.36 2.00
Communications and Media 2.34 2.03
Telecommunications 2.29 1.82
Psychology 2.18 2.17
Geography 2.14 2.07
Personnel and Human Resources 2.07 2.14
Biology 1.86 1.52
Sociology and Anthropology 1.71 1.34
Foreign Language 1.59 1.07
Medicine and Dentistry 1.52 1.07
History and Archeology 1.50 1.00
Therapy and Counseling 1.43 0.82
Fine Arts 1.38not rated
Philosophy and Theology 1.38not rated
Food Production 1.18not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Comprehension 4.00 4.00
Oral Expression 4.00 4.00
Written Comprehension 4.00 4.00
Written Expression 4.00 4.00
Deductive Reasoning 3.75 3.88
Inductive Reasoning 3.75 3.88
Problem Sensitivity 3.62 3.88
Near Vision 3.62 3.75
Mathematical Reasoning 3.62 3.62
Number Facility 3.50 3.62
Information Ordering 3.38 3.62
Fluency of Ideas 3.38 3.50
Flexibility of Closure 3.25 3.50
Category Flexibility 3.25 3.25
Speech Clarity 3.25 3.12
Speech Recognition 3.25 3.12
Control Precision 3.00 3.00
Far Vision 3.00 3.00
Originality 3.00 3.00
Perceptual Speed 3.00 3.00
Visualization 3.00 3.00
Speed of Closure 3.00 2.88
Selective Attention 2.88 3.00
Finger Dexterity 2.88 2.88
Manual Dexterity 2.88 2.88
Time Sharing 2.88 2.88
Arm-Hand Steadiness 2.75 2.88
Memorization 2.75 2.75
Visual Color Discrimination 2.62 2.88
Multilimb Coordination 2.62 2.75
Extent Flexibility 2.50 2.75
Trunk Strength 2.38 2.25
Auditory Attention 2.25 2.12
Hearing Sensitivity 2.25 2.12
Static Strength 2.12 2.12
Spatial Orientation 2.12 2.00
Depth Perception 2.00 2.12
Gross Body Equilibrium 2.00 1.88
Wrist-Finger Speed 2.00 1.88
Gross Body Coordination 2.00 1.62
Sound Localization 2.00 1.50
Glare Sensitivity 1.88 1.75
Peripheral Vision 1.88 1.62
Response Orientation 1.88 1.62
Dynamic Strength 1.88 1.50
Stamina 1.88 1.38
Rate Control 1.75 1.50
Reaction Time 1.75 1.50
Night Vision 1.75 1.38
Explosive Strength 1.50 0.50
Speed of Limb Movement 1.25not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

All 61
  • Elite Software Energy Audit
  • Enercom Energy Depot for Business
  • Enercom Energy Depot for Homes
  • Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor
  • EnergyPlus
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Facility Energy Decision Systems FEDS
  • Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant FRESA
  • Fielding Data Labs OptoMizer
  • Fundamental Objects foAudits
  • Good Steward Software EnergyCAP
  • Home Energy Efficient Design HEED
  • InterEnergy Software Building Energy Analyzer PRO
  • Itron Enterprise Energy Management EEM Suite
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro
  • MotorMaster+
  • Onset Computer Corporation HOBOware
  • Performance Systems Development TREAT
  • Program for Energy Analysis of Residences PEAR
  • Psychrometric chart software
  • REScheck
  • Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model RESEM
  • Snugg Home Snugg Pro
  • The Weatherization Assistant
  • Trane TRACE
  • Web browser software
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • dBASE

Where it concentrates

BLS doesn't publish wages for Energy Auditors separately. These are the figures for Construction and Building Inspectors (47-4011), its parent occupation.

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Odessa, TX2303.01$49,610
Trenton-Princeton, NJ6602.90$82,660
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL2102.51$67,650
Raleigh-Cary, NC1,7602.51$67,840
Wildwood-The Villages, FL1002.48$63,410
Punta Gorda, FL1202.25$60,510
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL2301.99$71,230
Dover, DE1201.94$67,890
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL4501.94$64,390
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL5501.93$74,930

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