Dive Summary:

• The nonprofit Solar Foundation has reported that the United States solar power industry increased its employment numbers by 13.2 percent in the year between September of 2011 and September of 2012.
• The total number of domestic solar workers is now 119,016, which shows job growth despite the manufacturing sector’s woes.
• The data for the Solar Foundation’s survey was collected from more than 1,000 solar companies and postulates that that the renewable energy market is “putting Americans back to work.”

From the article:

In a year rife with strife, the solar power industry in the United States continued to chug along. The nonprofit Solar Foundation reported on Friday that the U.S. industry added 13,872 employees in the year ended in September, a 13.2 percent increase that brought total domestic employment to 119,016. ...