Arkansas Electric Vehicles jobs: 688 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Arkansas employs 688 people in the electric vehicles sector — about 0.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Arkansas the 34th-largest state for electric vehicles jobs nationwide.
Electric Vehicles Jobs in Arkansas (2024)
National share: 0.46% of all U.S. electric vehicles jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Arkansas ranks 34th out of 51 U.S. states in electric vehicles employment. At 688 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Oregon’s tally by 425 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 48,278 electric vehicles workers.
1.1 Arkansas’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The electric vehicles sector nationwide employs roughly 148,277 workers; Arkansas accounts for 688 of them.
1.3 Where Arkansas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 16,129 | #32 |
| Wind | 1,006 | #34 |
| Nuclear | 978 | #21 |
| Solar | 947 | #44 |
| Electric Vehicles | 688 | #34 |
| Storage & Grid | 483 | #36 |
| Clean Fuels | 148 | #33 |
| Hydropower | 114 | #44 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Arkansas
Every electric vehicles-related sub-category reported for Arkansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Arkansas
Arkansas contributes 0.46% of the nation’s electric vehicles workforce. Within Arkansas’s own clean-energy economy, electric vehicles accounts for 3.4% of total clean-energy jobs (688 of 20,494 workers).
Cost-of-living in Arkansas is roughly 11.9% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for electric vehicles roles in Arkansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Arkansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering Technician (EV) | $66,940 | $58,974 | 3 |
| Automotive Service Technician (EV) | $47,770 | $42,085 | 3 |
See all 2 electric vehicles occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Arkansas employers rate 22.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 20.1% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 43.0% of Arkansas’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.
4.1 Employer hiring difficulty
4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 16,812 |
| Manufacturing | 13,294 |
| Other Services | 9,332 |
| Utilities | 8,099 |
| Trade | 7,504 |
| Professional Services | 4,895 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,198 |
| Mining and Extraction | 1,897 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,005 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.
Last updated: April 2026.