Storage & Grid · Mississippi

Mississippi Storage & Grid jobs: 512 employed (2024)

As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Mississippi employs 512 people in the storage & grid sector — about 0.5% of the U.S. total. That makes Mississippi the 35th-largest state for storage & grid jobs nationwide.

Storage & Grid Jobs in Mississippi (2024)

512 Rank #35 of 51

National share: 0.52% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.

Typical Median Wage

$90,047
Sector-wide BLS OES median across 3 tracked occupations.

1. Employment Landscape

Mississippi ranks 35th out of 51 U.S. states in storage & grid employment. At 512 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Alabama’s tally by 539 jobs, and trails the national leader California by 18,797 storage & grid workers.

1.1 Mississippi’s position vs. the top 10 and median states

1st · California
19,309
25th · Alabama
1,051
35. Mississippi
512
51st · Delaware
86

1.2 Share of U.S. total

The storage & grid sector nationwide employs roughly 98,434 workers; Mississippi accounts for 512 of them.

1.3 Where Mississippi sits in its own mix

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

1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Mississippi

Every storage & grid-related sub-category reported for Mississippi in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.

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

2. Pay & Career Roles in Mississippi

Mississippi contributes 0.52% of the nation’s storage & grid workforce. Within Mississippi’s own clean-energy economy, storage & grid accounts for 2.6% of total clean-energy jobs (512 of 19,766 workers).

Cost-of-living in Mississippi is roughly 13.2% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for storage & grid roles in Mississippi is shown alongside the national BLS figure.

RoleNational medianMississippi-adjustedJob Zone
Electrical Engineer $107,890 $93,649 4
Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse $95,270 $82,694 3
Electrical & Electronics Repairer, Commercial $66,980 $58,139 3

See all 3 storage & grid occupations with national wages and skills →

4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix

Mississippi employers rate 22.6% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 27.2% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 49.8% of Mississippi’s clean-energy roles see some level of hiring friction.

4.1 Employer hiring difficulty

Did not hire
45.8%
Somewhat difficult hiring
27.2%
Very difficult hiring
22.6%
Not at all difficult hiring
4.5%

4.2 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

Frequently Asked Questions

How many storage & grid jobs are there in Mississippi?
As of 2024, Mississippi has approximately 512 storage & grid jobs — ranked 35th nationally.
What do these jobs pay?
Median wages across the tracked storage & grid occupations range from $66,980 to $107,890 according to BLS OES.
Is Mississippi a good place to take one of these jobs?
Mississippi is currently in line with national norms. Cost-of-living runs 13.2% below the U.S. average, which raises or lowers real take-home on a BLS national median by a similar amount.

Data source: U.S. Department of Energy — 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (reflecting 2024 employment); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics; O*NET Occupation Database 29.1.

Last updated: April 2026.