Energy Analyst
Impact: Energy transition and efficiency through expert energy analysis
Analyse energy consumption, production, and market data to support energy planning, policy development, and investment decisions. Build energy models, evaluate energy efficiency opportunities, assess renewable energy projects, and provide insights that help organisations and governments optimise their energy use and transition to clean energy.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 5 to 10% for site visits and industry events
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 38 to 50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $135,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000 - $95,000
- Senior
- $225,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 22% (faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 55
Soft skills
- 45
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 1 to 3 years
- Years to senior
- 4 to 7 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Energy Analyst > Senior Energy Analyst > Principal Energy Analyst > Head of Energy Analysis > VP of Energy Strategy
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 20% moderate risk as AI automates some energy modelling tasks
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High