Arkansas Solar jobs: 947 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Arkansas employs 947 people in the solar sector — about 0.3% of the U.S. total. That makes Arkansas the 44th-largest state for solar jobs nationwide.
Solar Jobs in Arkansas (2024)
National share: 0.26% of all U.S. solar jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Arkansas ranks 44th out of 51 U.S. states in solar employment. At 947 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Hawaii’s tally by 3,135 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 115,432 solar workers.
1.1 Arkansas’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The solar sector nationwide employs roughly 370,556 workers; Arkansas accounts for 947 of them.
1.3 Where Arkansas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 16,129 | #32 |
| Wind | 1,006 | #34 |
| Nuclear | 978 | #21 |
| Solar | 947 | #44 |
| Electric Vehicles | 688 | #34 |
| Storage & Grid | 483 | #36 |
| Clean Fuels | 148 | #33 |
| Hydropower | 114 | #44 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Arkansas
Every solar-related sub-category reported for Arkansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Arkansas
Arkansas contributes 0.26% of the nation’s solar workforce. Within Arkansas’s own clean-energy economy, solar accounts for 4.6% of total clean-energy jobs (947 of 20,494 workers).
Cost-of-living in Arkansas is roughly 11.9% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for solar roles in Arkansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Arkansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician | $61,590 | $54,261 | 3 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installer | $51,860 | $45,689 | 2 |
See all 2 solar occupations with national wages and skills →
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Arkansas employers rate 22.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 20.1% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 43.0% of Arkansas’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 | 16,812 |
| Manufacturing | 13,294 |
| Other Services | 9,332 |
| Utilities | 8,099 |
| Trade | 7,504 |
| Professional Services | 4,895 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,198 |
| Mining and Extraction | 1,897 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,005 |
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.