Clean Fuels · Georgia

Georgia Clean Fuels jobs: 404 employed (2024)

As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Georgia employs 404 people in the clean fuels sector — about 2% of the U.S. total. That makes Georgia the 13th-largest state for clean fuels jobs nationwide.

Clean Fuels Jobs in Georgia (2024)

404 Rank #13 of 51

National share: 2.00% of all U.S. clean fuels jobs.

Typical Median Wage

$75,210
Sector-wide BLS OES median across 2 tracked occupations.

1. Employment Landscape

Georgia ranks 13th out of 51 U.S. states in clean fuels employment. At 404 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Idaho’s tally by 174 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 3,969 clean fuels workers.

1.1 Georgia’s position vs. the top 10 and median states

1st · California
4,373
13. Georgia
404
25th · Idaho
229
51st · District of Columbia
27

1.2 Share of U.S. total

The clean fuels sector nationwide employs roughly 20,220 workers; Georgia accounts for 404 of them.

1.3 Where Georgia sits in its own mix

Sector Jobs (2024) National rank
Energy Efficiency 61,036 #14
Solar 8,354 #12
Nuclear 2,805 #8
Electric Vehicles 2,303 #17
Storage & Grid 2,266 #11
Wind 1,450 #27
Hydropower 909 #14
Clean Fuels 404 #13

1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Georgia

Every clean fuels-related sub-category reported for Georgia in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.

Fuels total
9,347
Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels)
5,066
Woody biomass
1,309
Natural gas fuels
894
Other fuels
606
Corn ethanol
491
Other biofuels
404
Other ethanol and non-woody biomass
150
Coal fuels
40

2. Pay & Career Roles in Georgia

Georgia contributes 2.00% of the nation’s clean fuels workforce. Within Georgia’s own clean-energy economy, clean fuels accounts for 0.5% of total clean-energy jobs (404 of 79,527 workers).

Cost-of-living in Georgia is roughly 3.9% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for clean fuels roles in Georgia is shown alongside the national BLS figure.

RoleNational medianGeorgia-adjustedJob Zone
Environmental Engineer (Clean Fuels) $100,090 $96,186 4
Biomass Plant Operator $50,330 $48,367 2

See all 2 clean fuels occupations with national wages and skills →

4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix

Georgia employers rate 17.0% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 33.7% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 50.7% of Georgia’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.

4.1 Employer hiring difficulty

Did not hire
44.3%
Somewhat difficult hiring
33.7%
Very difficult hiring
17.0%
Not at all difficult hiring
5.0%

4.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group

Industry (NAICS group)Jobs (2024)
Construction 60,651
Manufacturing 45,848
Other Services 37,072
Trade 31,091
Utilities 18,884
Professional Services 18,624
Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows 7,506
Agriculture and Forestry 1,199
Mining and Extraction 304

Frequently Asked Questions

How many clean fuels jobs are there in Georgia?
As of 2024, Georgia has approximately 404 clean fuels jobs — ranked 13th nationally.
What do these jobs pay?
Median wages across the tracked clean fuels occupations range from $50,330 to $100,090 according to BLS OES.
Is Georgia a good place to take one of these jobs?
Georgia is currently relatively loose. Cost-of-living runs 3.9% below the U.S. average, which raises or lowers real take-home on a BLS national median by a similar amount.

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.