Learn about the types of people who become energy brokers. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.
Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2024
This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming an energy broker. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.
More men than women are interested in becoming energy brokers at a ratio of 3.86 to 1.
Actual Gender Mix, 2024
27% of energy brokers are female and 73% are male.
Gender Bias, 2024
This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being an energy broker and the actual gender mix of people in the career.
If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming an energy broker and those who end up becoming one.
In this case there are more men interested in becoming an energy broker than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.
Ethnic Mix, 2019
The largest ethnic group of energy brokers are White, making up 61% of the population. The next highest segments are East Asian and Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish, making up 17% and 11% respectively.