Kansas Nuclear jobs: 1,082 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Kansas employs 1,082 people in the nuclear sector — about 1.9% of the U.S. total. That makes Kansas the 20th-largest state for nuclear jobs nationwide.
Nuclear Jobs in Kansas (2024)
National share: 1.87% of all U.S. nuclear jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Kansas ranks 20th out of 51 U.S. states in nuclear employment. At 1,082 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Arkansas’s tally by 104 jobs, and trails the national leader South Carolina by 3,224 nuclear workers.
1.1 Kansas’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The nuclear sector nationwide employs roughly 57,942 workers; Kansas accounts for 1,082 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 nuclear-related sub-category reported for Kansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Kansas
Kansas contributes 1.87% of the nation’s nuclear workforce. Within Kansas’s own clean-energy economy, nuclear accounts for 4.3% of total clean-energy jobs (1,082 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 nuclear roles in Kansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Kansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Engineer | $122,480 | $110,477 | 4 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operator | $120,350 | $108,556 | 3 |
See all 2 nuclear 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.