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title: "Energy Auditor"
description: "Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-auditor"
last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# Energy Auditor

**Category:** Construction and Extraction · **SOC code:** 47-4011 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 47-4011.01

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

Also advertised as: Building Performance Consultant; Building Science and Energy Specialist; Building Scientist; Energy Advisor; Energy and Building Systems Specialist; Energy Auditor; Energy Consultant; Energy Rater.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $74,690 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $35.91/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $47,140 to $114,200, with the middle half between $58,860 and $94,710
- **Total US employment:** 146,720
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** -0.8% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 14,800 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 45/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 146,720 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $47,140 |
| 25th | $58,860 |
| 50th (median) | $74,690 |
| 75th | $94,710 |
| 90th | $114,200 |
| Mean (average) | $77,730 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AK | $102,410 | $100,050 | 270 |
| CA | $101,290 | $91,483 | 13,420 |
| CT | $98,670 | $95,232 | 1,430 |
| WA | $96,140 | $89,840 | 3,090 |
| MN | $88,670 | $89,910 | 1,390 |
| DC | $86,200 | $78,434 | 370 |
| OR | $84,510 | $81,762 | 1,780 |
| MA | $83,200 | $78,671 | 4,290 |
| NJ | $81,760 | $75,144 | 5,950 |
| CO | $79,950 | $77,582 | 3,700 |
| NY | $79,460 | $73,628 | 11,160 |
| HI | $79,320 | $72,141 | 710 |
| ND | $78,570 | $88,322 | 180 |
| IL | $78,340 | $78,373 | 2,560 |
| RI | $77,420 | $75,694 | 270 |

38 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 53 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-auditor/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/energy-auditor.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 147,600 in the 2024–2034 base year to 146,500 by the end of the cycle — a loss of 1,200 jobs, or -0.8%. Declining: -0.8% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 14,800 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** 5 years or more.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Moderate-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma | 34.5% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 31.0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 20.7% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 6.9% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 3.5% |
| Master's Degree | 3.5% |

## What the work involves

- Identify and prioritize energy-saving measures.
- Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.
- Calculate potential for energy savings.
- Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.
- Analyze technical feasibility of energy-saving measures, using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.
- Recommend energy-efficient technologies or alternate energy sources.
- Measure energy usage with devices such as data loggers, universal data recorders, light meters, sling psychrometers, psychrometric charts, flue gas analyzers, amp probes, watt meters, volt meters, thermometers, or utility meters.
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Evaluation — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Building and Construction — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Engineering and Technology — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mechanical — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Physics — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Inductive Reasoning — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Realistic (R), Investigative (I).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 5.93 |
| R — Realistic | 4.53 |
| I — Investigative | 4.17 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.34 |
| S — Social | 1.89 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 91.1 |
| ESTJ | 80.3 |
| ISTP | 73.6 |
| ISFJ | 72.3 |
| INTJ | 66.4 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Energy Engineer, Except Wind and Solar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-engineer) — median $122,930
- [Solar Energy Systems Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/solar-energy-systems-engineer) — median $122,930
- [Solar Energy Installation Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/solar-energy-installation-manager) — median $79,920
- [Wind Energy Development Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wind-energy-development-manager) — median $141,900
- [Solar Sales Representative and Assessor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/solar-sales-representative-and-assessor) — median $104,920
- [Sustainability Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sustainability-specialist) — median $83,050
- [Geothermal Production Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/geothermal-production-manager) — median $126,060
- [Wind Energy Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wind-energy-engineer) — median $122,930
- [Industrial Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-engineer) — median $102,440
- [Construction and Building Inspector](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-and-building-inspector) — median $74,690

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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