Massachusetts Clean Fuels jobs: 599 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 599 people in the clean fuels sector — about 3% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 8th-largest state for clean fuels jobs nationwide.
Clean Fuels Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)
National share: 2.96% of all U.S. clean fuels jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Massachusetts ranks 8th out of 51 U.S. states in clean fuels employment. At 599 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Idaho’s tally by 369 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 3,774 clean fuels workers.
1.1 Massachusetts’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; Massachusetts accounts for 599 of them.
1.3 Where Massachusetts sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 86,920 | #6 |
| Solar | 16,827 | #4 |
| Electric Vehicles | 5,533 | #6 |
| Storage & Grid | 5,446 | #4 |
| Wind | 2,816 | #13 |
| Hydropower | 1,630 | #9 |
| Nuclear | 919 | #23 |
| Clean Fuels | 599 | #8 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Massachusetts
Every clean fuels-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contributes 2.96% of the nation’s clean fuels workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, clean fuels accounts for 0.5% of total clean-energy jobs (599 of 120,689 workers).
Cost-of-living in Massachusetts is roughly 10.4% higher the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for clean fuels roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Massachusetts-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Engineer (Clean Fuels) | $100,090 | $110,499 | 4 |
| Biomass Plant Operator | $50,330 | $55,564 | 2 |
See all 2 clean fuels occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Massachusetts employers rate 20.4% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.6% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 47.9% of Massachusetts’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 | 48,798 |
| Professional Services | 47,573 |
| Trade | 30,832 |
| Other Services | 21,762 |
| Manufacturing | 15,295 |
| Utilities | 13,735 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 929 |
| Mining and Extraction | 51 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 32 |
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.