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)
National share: 0.52% of all U.S. storage & grid jobs.
Typical Median Wage
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
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.
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.
| Role | National median | Mississippi-adjusted | Job 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
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
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.