Kansas Solar jobs: 1,435 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Kansas employs 1,435 people in the solar sector — about 0.4% of the U.S. total. That makes Kansas the 39th-largest state for solar jobs nationwide.
Solar Jobs in Kansas (2024)
National share: 0.39% of all U.S. solar jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Kansas ranks 39th out of 51 U.S. states in solar employment. At 1,435 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Hawaii’s tally by 2,648 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 114,945 solar workers.
1.1 Kansas’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; Kansas accounts for 1,435 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 solar-related sub-category reported for Kansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Kansas
Kansas contributes 0.39% of the nation’s solar workforce. Within Kansas’s own clean-energy economy, solar accounts for 5.7% of total clean-energy jobs (1,435 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 solar roles in Kansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Kansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician | $61,590 | $55,554 | 3 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installer | $51,860 | $46,778 | 2 |
See all 2 solar 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.