Mississippi Clean Energy Jobs: 19,766 Workers (2024)
Mississippi supports 19,766 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 15,607 | #34 |
| Solar | 1,451 | #38 |
| Electric Vehicles | 984 | #30 |
| Nuclear | 629 | #26 |
| Storage & Grid | 512 | #35 |
| Wind | 306 | #45 |
| Clean Fuels | 153 | #32 |
| Hydropower | 124 | #41 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Mississippi.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
45.8%
Somewhat difficult hiring
27.2%
Very difficult hiring
22.6%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.5%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 22,314 |
| Construction | 19,208 |
| Other Services | 8,422 |
| Utilities | 7,611 |
| Trade | 5,491 |
| Professional Services | 4,284 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2,762 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,677 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,232 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Mississippi
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Mississippi: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Fuels total | 10,022 |
| Oil (petroleum and other fossil fuels) | 5,955 |
| Natural gas fuels | 1,503 |
| Woody biomass | 914 |
| Other fuels | 427 |
| Other ethanol and non-woody biomass | 406 |
| Coal fuels | 295 |
| Corn ethanol | 280 |
| Other biofuels | 153 |
| Nuclear fuels | 89 |
Electric Power Generation
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Electric power generation total | 5,442 |
| Natural gas electricity | 1,844 |
| Solar | 1,451 |
| Nuclear electricity | 629 |
| Coal electricity | 623 |
| Wind | 306 |
| Other electricity | 200 |
| Traditional hydropower | 124 |
| Bioenergy/Combined heat and power | 121 |
| Low impact hydropower, marine, and hydrokinetics | 76 |
| Geothermal electricity | 45 |
| Oil and other fossil fuel electricity | 23 |
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Transmission, distribution, and storage total | 15,927 |
| Traditional transmission and distribution | 12,891 |
| Other (including commodity flows) | 2,058 |
| Storage | 512 |
| Other grid modernization | 174 |
| Smart grid | 156 |
| Micro grid | 136 |
Energy Efficiency
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Energy efficiency total | 15,607 |
| Other | 4,449 |
| Traditional HVAC with an efficiency component | 4,100 |
| High efficiency HVAC and renewable heating and cooling | 3,217 |
| Advanced materials | 1,963 |
| Certified and efficient lighting | 1,879 |
Motor Vehicles
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle total | 27,002 |
| Gasoline and diesel vehicles | 21,642 |
| Hybrid electric vehicles | 1,504 |
| Other vehicles | 1,175 |
| Battery electric vehicles | 984 |
| Motor vehicle commodity flows | 706 |
| Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles | 673 |
| Hydrogen/fuel cell vehicles | 169 |
| Natural gas vehicles | 150 |
By NAICS Industry
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 22,314 |
| Construction | 19,208 |
| Other Services | 8,422 |
| Utilities | 7,611 |
| Trade | 5,491 |
| Professional Services | 4,284 |
| Mining and Extraction | 2,762 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,677 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,232 |