Missouri Nuclear jobs: 890 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Missouri employs 890 people in the nuclear sector — about 1.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Missouri the 24th-largest state for nuclear jobs nationwide.
Nuclear Jobs in Missouri (2024)
National share: 1.54% of all U.S. nuclear jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Missouri ranks 24th out of 51 U.S. states in nuclear employment. At 890 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arkansas’s tally by 88 jobs, and trails the national leader South Carolina by 3,416 nuclear workers.
1.1 Missouri’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; Missouri accounts for 890 of them.
1.3 Where Missouri sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 42,296 | #20 |
| Solar | 3,807 | #28 |
| Electric Vehicles | 2,661 | #15 |
| Wind | 1,597 | #24 |
| Storage & Grid | 1,065 | #25 |
| Nuclear | 890 | #24 |
| Hydropower | 462 | #19 |
| Clean Fuels | 238 | #24 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Missouri
Every nuclear-related sub-category reported for Missouri in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Missouri
Missouri contributes 1.54% of the nation’s nuclear workforce. Within Missouri’s own clean-energy economy, nuclear accounts for 1.7% of total clean-energy jobs (890 of 53,016 workers).
Cost-of-living in Missouri is roughly 8.2% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for nuclear roles in Missouri is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Missouri-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Engineer | $122,480 | $112,437 | 4 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operator | $120,350 | $110,481 | 3 |
See all 2 nuclear occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Missouri employers rate 15.3% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 28.4% as “somewhat difficult”) — easier than the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 43.6% of Missouri’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 | 41,465 |
| Construction | 39,205 |
| Other Services | 22,641 |
| Trade | 19,813 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 15,761 |
| Utilities | 12,472 |
| Professional Services | 11,896 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 586 |
| Mining and Extraction | 253 |
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.