25 Oct 2026

Where Does EV Charging Talent In The US Work Today? Our Candidate Data

Our candidate pool of 468 EV charging and eMobility professionals in the US shows no single employer dominating: 12 companies account for just 25 candidates, led by Amazon with three; the named employers range from Amazon, Verizon and Walmart to Mitra EV and EnviroSpark Energy Solutions. Project management is the most common title, held by 16 people.

Which employers show up most in our pool?

Twelve companies appear with two or more candidates currently working there, out of 468 total. Amazon leads with three. Eleven more employers sit at two candidates each: HCL Tech, Mitra EV, Employbridge, POWR2, Booz Allen Hamilton, EnviroSpark Energy Solutions, MN8 Energy, Stellantis, Verizon, Walmart and May Mobility. Together that is 25 candidates across twelve named employers.

That tells you something useful on its own: no single employer holds more than three people in our pool. The named employers include logistics, defense, energy, telecoms, retail and automotive businesses as well as charging companies.

How does our pool break down by specialism?

We classify candidates into four buckets that map to the EV charging work we recruit for. Of 468 candidates, 92 fall into one of these:

Engineering is the largest of our four buckets, followed by sales, then operations, with executive search the smallest by count. That ordering reflects the shape of our own classified pool, not a claim about the wider US charging labor market.

What job titles recur most often?

Looking across the full 468-candidate pool, a handful of titles recur often enough to be worth naming. Project Manager appears most, with 16 candidates holding that title. After that: Business Development Manager (4), Senior Project Manager (4), Program Manager (3), Field Service Engineer (3), Operations Manager (3), Construction Manager (2), Founder & CEO (2), Account Executive (2) and Senior Design Lead (2).

Project management, in some form, is the single most common title in our pool. That is worth knowing if you are writing a brief and assuming the market is mostly made up of specialist engineers or installers. There is depth there too, but project and program delivery titles recur more often than any single technical title.

Where are these candidates located?

We have a recorded location for 60 of the 468 candidates in our pool. Atlanta, Georgia accounts for 20 of those, by far the largest single cluster. Chicago, Illinois follows with 10. Smaller clusters include Jackson, Michigan (4), Houston, Texas (4), Los Angeles, California (4), Lansing, Michigan (3), Charlotte, North Carolina (3), Marietta, Georgia (3) and Fort Worth, Texas (3). A further 6 candidates are recorded only as "United States," with no city attached.

That leaves 54 candidates with a specific city recorded and 6 with country-level only, out of 60 total with any location data, against 468 candidates in the pool overall. Where we do have it, it is a recorded location, nothing more; we are reporting what sits in the field, not drawing a map of where people are willing to work.

What does pay look like in this market?

Two separate figures matter here, and they come from two different parts of our data.

Across the four historical placements with salary data, the median salary is $145,000.

Separately, among candidates currently active in our live pool, 30 have a stated salary expectation. The median across those 30 is $177,500. The middle half of that group sits between $131,250 and $218,550, and the full range runs from $30,000 to $312,500.

These two figures answer different questions. One is what we have actually placed people at, from a small sample of 4 completed fills. The other is what candidates in our live pool say they want, from a larger sample of 30. Neither number is a market rate, and we are not comparing either one against the job titles or specialisms above. They are reported here as two separate facts, each with its own sample size, because an employer building a budget needs to know both exist and needs to know how thin the placement sample is. For broader context on pay across the sector, see our US EV Charging Salary Guide.

What should an EV charging employer do with this?

Start by defining the actual work before you define the source pool. A brief that says "find me someone from a charging company" narrows the search before it starts: the twelve most common employers in our pool include Amazon, Verizon, Walmart and Booz Allen Hamilton alongside Mitra EV and EnviroSpark Energy Solutions.

Next, decide what is genuinely non-negotiable in the role and what can come from an adjacent background. If the job is project delivery, our data suggests there is real depth in that title across the pool, so the search can afford to be more selective on sector. If the job needs someone who has already worked inside a charge point operator, the named-employer list above is a reasonable starting point, but it covers only 25 of 468 candidates, so expect to widen the net. We set this kind of ground out before a brief is even signed through EV Talent Mapping.

Use the location data as a starting point for conversation, not as a filter. Among the 60 candidates with a recorded location, Atlanta and Chicago are the clearest clusters. For everyone else in the pool, location is simply something we do not have recorded, not something we know to be absent.

On pay, budget against the live expectation figures ($177,500 median, on 30 candidates) rather than the placement history alone, since the placement sample is only 4. Treat both numbers as a starting range for negotiation, not a fixed rate, and be ready to test where a specific candidate's number sits against the rest of that distribution.

Finally, bring us the actual scope of the role: the technical ground it has to cover, the delivery environment, who it reports to, and where it needs to sit. That is what lets us tell you which part of this 468-candidate pool is worth your time, rather than which part merely carries the right label.

FAQ

### How many candidates are in our EV charging talent pool? We hold 468 candidates in our pool across the US EV charging and eMobility space. Twelve employers appear with two or more candidates each, totalling 25 people. We classify 92 of the 468 into four specialisms we recruit for directly: Engineering, Sales, Operations and Executive Search.

### Do most EV charging candidates currently work at charging companies? No single employer holds more than three candidates in our pool, and the twelve most-represented employers together account for just 25 of 468 candidates. The named employers include logistics, energy, telecoms, automotive, defense and retail businesses alongside charging companies.

### What is the most common job title among EV charging candidates? Project Manager is the single most common title in our pool, held by 16 of 468 candidates. Senior Project Manager and Program Manager add further depth in project and program delivery, alongside smaller clusters in business development, field service engineering and operations management.

### Where are EV charging candidates located? We have a specific location recorded for 60 of our 468 candidates. Atlanta, Georgia is the largest cluster with 20 candidates, followed by Chicago, Illinois with 10. Smaller clusters appear in Jackson, Houston, Los Angeles, Lansing, Charlotte, Marietta and Fort Worth. This reflects the locations we have on file, not a complete geographic picture.

### What salary should employers expect to pay for EV charging talent? Two figures apply here, from two different parts of our data. Across our last 4 placements with salary data, the median salary was $145,000. Separately, among 30 candidates currently active in our live pool with a stated salary expectation, the median is $177,500, with the middle half falling between $131,250 and $218,550. Neither figure is a market-wide rate, and the placement figure in particular comes from a small sample of 4.