Kansas Clean Energy Jobs: 24,982 Workers (2024)
Kansas supports 24,982 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| 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 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Kansas.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
49.8%
Somewhat difficult hiring
26.5%
Very difficult hiring
19.5%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.1%
3.2 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 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Kansas
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Kansas: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 12,877 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 8,484 |
| Natural gas fuels | 1,986 |
| Corn ethanol | 1,284 |
| Other fuels | 545 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 161 |
| Other biofuels | 160 |
| Nuclear fuels | 156 |
| Woody biomass | 55 |
| Coal fuels | 47 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 13,628 |
| Natural gas electricity | 4,468 |
| Wind | 2,098 |
| Coal electricity | 1,602 |
| Solar | 1,435 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 1,350 |
| Nuclear electricity | 1,082 |
| Other electricity | 780 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 449 |
| Traditional hydropower | 201 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 99 |
| Geothermal electricity | 66 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 15,793 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 13,341 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 1,167 |
| Storage | 706 |
| Smart grid | 213 |
| Other grid modernization | 195 |
| Micro grid | 170 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 18,476 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 4,181 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 3,965 |
| Other | 3,928 |
| Advanced materials | 3,304 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 3,098 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 21,018 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 16,313 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 1,261 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 1,084 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 824 |
| Other vehicles | 697 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 569 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 143 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 127 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | 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 |