Kansas Electric Vehicles jobs: 824 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Kansas employs 824 people in the electric vehicles sector — about 0.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Kansas the 31st-largest state for electric vehicles jobs nationwide.
Electric Vehicles Jobs in Kansas (2024)
National share: 0.56% of all U.S. electric vehicles jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Kansas ranks 31st out of 51 U.S. states in electric vehicles employment. At 824 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Oregon’s tally by 288 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 48,141 electric vehicles workers.
1.1 Kansas’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; Kansas accounts for 824 of them.
1.3 Where Kansas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 18,476 | #31 |
| Wind | 2,098 | #15 |
| Solar | 1,435 | #39 |
| Nuclear | 1,082 | #20 |
| Electric Vehicles | 824 | #31 |
| Storage & Grid | 706 | #33 |
| Hydropower | 201 | #35 |
| Clean Fuels | 160 | #31 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Kansas
Every electric vehicles-related sub-category reported for Kansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Kansas
Kansas contributes 0.56% of the nation’s electric vehicles workforce. Within Kansas’s own clean-energy economy, electric vehicles accounts for 3.3% of total clean-energy jobs (824 of 24,982 workers).
Cost-of-living in Kansas is roughly 9.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for electric vehicles roles in Kansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Kansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering Technician (EV) | $66,940 | $60,380 | 3 |
| Automotive Service Technician (EV) | $47,770 | $43,089 | 3 |
See all 2 electric vehicles occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Kansas employers rate 19.5% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 26.5% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 46.0% of Kansas’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) |
|---|---|
| Professional Services | 25,847 |
| Construction | 12,251 |
| Manufacturing | 11,416 |
| Other Services | 9,366 |
| Trade | 7,338 |
| Utilities | 6,522 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,521 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,852 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 679 |
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.