Missouri clean-energy jobs: 53,016 workers (2024)

Largest sector in Missouri: Energy Efficiency with 42,296 workers (national rank #20).

Where Missouri’s clean-energy jobs sit across 8 sectors

SectorJobs (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

Employer-reported hiring difficulty in Missouri

Did not hire
51.8%
Somewhat difficult hiring
28.4%
Very difficult hiring
15.3%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.6%

NAICS industry mix for Missouri clean-energy jobs

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

Missouri’s electric-power generation workforce by fuel type

Solar
3,807
Coal electricity
1,848
Wind
1,597
Natural gas electricity
1,081
Nuclear electricity
890
Bioenergy/Combined heat and power
741
Other electricity
544
Traditional hydropower
462
Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics
230
Geothermal electricity
132
Oil and other fossil fuel electricity
106

Full USEER workbook line items for Missouri

Fuels

Fuels total 7,564
Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) 3,513
Corn ethanol 1,661
Other ethanol and non-woody biomass 693
Natural gas fuels 468
Other fuels 421
Woody biomass 307
Other biofuels 238
Nuclear fuels 142
Coal fuels 120

Electric Power Generation

Electric power generation total 11,437
Solar 3,807
Coal electricity 1,848
Wind 1,597
Natural gas electricity 1,081
Nuclear electricity 890
Bioenergy/Combined heat and power 741
Other electricity 544
Traditional hydropower 462
Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics 230
Geothermal electricity 132
Oil and other fossil fuel electricity 106

Transmission, Distribution & Storage

Transmission, distribution, and storage total 25,190
Traditional transmission and distribution 21,387
Other (including commodity flows) 1,450
Storage 1,065
Smart grid 472
Other grid modernization 442
Micro grid 374

Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency total 42,296
Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component 20,771
High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling 10,877
Certified and efficient lighting 6,403
Advanced materials 2,434
Other 1,811

Motor Vehicles

Motor vehicle total 77,605
Gasoline and diesel vehicles 51,334
Motor vehicle commodity flows 15,060
Hybrid electric vehicles 4,070
Battery electric vehicles 2,661
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles 1,833
Other vehicles 1,781
Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles 459
Natural gas vehicles 408

By NAICS Industry

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