Arkansas Clean Energy Jobs: 20,494 Workers (2024)
Arkansas supports 20,494 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| 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 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Arkansas.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
48.1%
Very difficult hiring
22.9%
Somewhat difficult hiring
20.1%
Not at all difficult hiring
8.9%
3.2 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 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Arkansas
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Arkansas: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 7,540 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 3,723 |
| Natural gas fuels | 1,617 |
| Woody biomass | 771 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 445 |
| Corn ethanol | 347 |
| Other fuels | 314 |
| Nuclear fuels | 150 |
| Other biofuels | 148 |
| Coal fuels | 23 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 5,277 |
| Natural gas electricity | 1,165 |
| Wind | 1,006 |
| Nuclear electricity | 978 |
| Solar | 947 |
| Other electricity | 342 |
| Coal electricity | 294 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 260 |
| Traditional hydropower | 114 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 77 |
| Geothermal electricity | 70 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 24 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 14,895 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 11,537 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 2,329 |
| Storage | 483 |
| Other grid modernization | 208 |
| Smart grid | 178 |
| Micro grid | 160 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 16,129 |
| Other | 5,860 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 3,391 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 3,174 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 2,532 |
| Advanced materials | 1,173 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 23,194 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 16,890 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 2,512 |
| Other vehicles | 1,348 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 1,055 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 688 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 476 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 119 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 106 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | 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 |