Mississippi Nuclear jobs: 629 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Mississippi employs 629 people in the nuclear sector — about 1.1% of the U.S. total. That makes Mississippi the 26th-largest state for nuclear jobs nationwide.
Nuclear Jobs in Mississippi (2024)
National share: 1.09% of all U.S. nuclear jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Mississippi ranks 26th out of 51 U.S. states in nuclear employment. At 629 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arkansas’s tally by 349 jobs, and trails the national leader South Carolina by 3,677 nuclear workers.
1.1 Mississippi’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; Mississippi accounts for 629 of them.
1.3 Where Mississippi sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 15,607 | #34 |
| Solar | 1,451 | #38 |
| Electric Vehicles | 984 | #30 |
| Nuclear | 629 | #26 |
| Storage & Grid | 512 | #35 |
| Wind | 306 | #45 |
| Clean Fuels | 153 | #32 |
| Hydropower | 124 | #41 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Mississippi
Every nuclear-related sub-category reported for Mississippi in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Mississippi
Mississippi contributes 1.09% of the nation’s nuclear workforce. Within Mississippi’s own clean-energy economy, nuclear accounts for 3.2% of total clean-energy jobs (629 of 19,766 workers).
Cost-of-living in Mississippi is roughly 13.2% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for nuclear roles in Mississippi is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Mississippi-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Engineer | $122,480 | $106,313 | 4 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operator | $120,350 | $104,464 | 3 |
See all 2 nuclear occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Mississippi employers rate 22.6% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.2% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 49.8% of Mississippi’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) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 22,314 |
| Construction | 19,208 |
| Other Services | 8,422 |
| Utilities | 7,611 |
| Trade | 5,491 |
| Professional Services | 4,284 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2,762 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,677 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,232 |
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.