Kansas Clean Fuels jobs: 160 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Kansas employs 160 people in the clean fuels sector — about 0.8% of the U.S. total. That makes Kansas the 31st-largest state for clean fuels jobs nationwide.
Clean Fuels Jobs in Kansas (2024)
National share: 0.79% of all U.S. clean fuels jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Kansas ranks 31st out of 51 U.S. states in clean fuels employment. At 160 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Idaho’s tally by 69 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 4,213 clean fuels workers.
1.1 Kansas’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; Kansas accounts for 160 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 clean fuels-related sub-category reported for Kansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Kansas
Kansas contributes 0.79% of the nation’s clean fuels workforce. Within Kansas’s own clean-energy economy, clean fuels accounts for 0.6% of total clean-energy jobs (160 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 clean fuels roles in Kansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Kansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Engineer (Clean Fuels) | $100,090 | $90,281 | 4 |
| Biomass Plant Operator | $50,330 | $45,398 | 2 |
See all 2 clean fuels 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.