Arkansas Clean Fuels jobs: 148 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Arkansas employs 148 people in the clean fuels sector — about 0.7% of the U.S. total. That makes Arkansas the 33rd-largest state for clean fuels jobs nationwide.
Clean Fuels Jobs in Arkansas (2024)
National share: 0.73% of all U.S. clean fuels jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Arkansas ranks 33rd out of 51 U.S. states in clean fuels employment. At 148 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Idaho’s tally by 81 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 4,224 clean fuels workers.
1.1 Arkansas’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; Arkansas accounts for 148 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 clean fuels-related sub-category reported for Arkansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Arkansas
Arkansas contributes 0.73% of the nation’s clean fuels workforce. Within Arkansas’s own clean-energy economy, clean fuels accounts for 0.7% of total clean-energy jobs (148 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 clean fuels roles in Arkansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Arkansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Engineer (Clean Fuels) | $100,090 | $88,179 | 4 |
| Biomass Plant Operator | $50,330 | $44,341 | 2 |
See all 2 clean fuels 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.