Massachusetts Nuclear jobs: 919 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Massachusetts employs 919 people in the nuclear sector — about 1.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Massachusetts the 23rd-largest state for nuclear jobs nationwide.
Nuclear Jobs in Massachusetts (2024)
National share: 1.59% of all U.S. nuclear jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Massachusetts ranks 23rd out of 51 U.S. states in nuclear employment. At 919 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arkansas’s tally by 59 jobs, and trails the national leader South Carolina by 3,387 nuclear workers.
1.1 Massachusetts’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; Massachusetts accounts for 919 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 nuclear-related sub-category reported for Massachusetts in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Massachusetts
Massachusetts contributes 1.59% of the nation’s nuclear workforce. Within Massachusetts’s own clean-energy economy, nuclear accounts for 0.8% of total clean-energy jobs (919 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 nuclear roles in Massachusetts is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Massachusetts-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Engineer | $122,480 | $135,218 | 4 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operator | $120,350 | $132,866 | 3 |
See all 2 nuclear 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.