Missouri Clean Energy Jobs: 53,016 Workers (2024)
Missouri supports 53,016 clean-energy workers across 8 sectors tracked by the USEER.
1. Employment Landscape — by sector
| Sector | Jobs (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 |
3. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Employer-reported hiring difficulty and the NAICS industry split for clean-energy jobs in Missouri.
3.1 Hiring difficulty breakdown
Did not hire
51.8%
Somewhat difficult hiring
28.4%
Very difficult hiring
15.3%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.6%
3.2 Jobs by NAICS industry group
| Industry (NAICS group) | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
4. Full USEER Metrics for Missouri
Every line-item reported in the public 2025 USEER workbook for Missouri: fuels, electricity generation, transmission/distribution/storage, efficiency, vehicles, and NAICS industry groups.
Fuels
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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
| Sub-category | Jobs (2024) |
|---|---|
| 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 |