Arizona Clean Fuels jobs: 318 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Arizona employs 318 people in the clean fuels sector — about 1.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Arizona the 18th-largest state for clean fuels jobs nationwide.
Clean Fuels Jobs in Arizona (2024)
National share: 1.57% of all U.S. clean fuels jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Arizona ranks 18th out of 51 U.S. states in clean fuels employment. At 318 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Idaho’s tally by 89 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 4,055 clean fuels workers.
1.1 Arizona’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The clean fuels sector nationwide employs roughly 20,220 workers; Arizona accounts for 318 of them.
1.3 Where Arizona sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 46,313 | #18 |
| Solar | 10,253 | #6 |
| Nuclear | 2,586 | #9 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,706 | #17 |
| Wind | 1,489 | #26 |
| Electric Vehicles | 1,288 | #24 |
| Hydropower | 443 | #21 |
| Clean Fuels | 318 | #18 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Arizona
Every clean fuels-related sub-category reported for Arizona in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Arizona
Arizona contributes 1.57% of the nation’s clean fuels workforce. Within Arizona’s own clean-energy economy, clean fuels accounts for 0.5% of total clean-energy jobs (318 of 64,396 workers).
Cost-of-living in Arizona is roughly 2.0% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for clean fuels roles in Arizona is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Arizona-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Engineer (Clean Fuels) | $100,090 | $102,092 | 4 |
| Biomass Plant Operator | $50,330 | $51,337 | 2 |
See all 2 clean fuels occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Arizona employers rate 21.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 35.2% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 57.1% of Arizona’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 | 46,142 |
| Other Services | 24,295 |
| Professional Services | 22,286 |
| Utilities | 19,593 |
| Manufacturing | 12,141 |
| Trade | 9,841 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,012 |
| Mining and Extraction | 573 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 124 |
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.