Arkansas Wind jobs: 1,006 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Arkansas employs 1,006 people in the wind sector — about 0.8% of the U.S. total. That makes Arkansas the 34th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Arkansas (2024)
National share: 0.76% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Arkansas ranks 34th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 1,006 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 483 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,117 wind workers.
1.1 Arkansas’s position vs. the top 10 and median states
1.2 Share of U.S. total
The wind sector nationwide employs roughly 132,984 workers; Arkansas accounts for 1,006 of them.
1.3 Where Arkansas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 16,129 | #32 |
| Wind | 1,006 | #34 |
| Nuclear | 978 | #21 |
| Solar | 947 | #44 |
| Electric Vehicles | 688 | #34 |
| Storage & Grid | 483 | #36 |
| Clean Fuels | 148 | #33 |
| Hydropower | 114 | #44 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Arkansas
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Arkansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Arkansas
Arkansas contributes 0.76% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Arkansas’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 4.9% of total clean-energy jobs (1,006 of 20,494 workers).
Cost-of-living in Arkansas is roughly 11.9% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Arkansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Arkansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $88,928 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $54,419 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Arkansas employers rate 22.9% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 20.1% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 43.0% of Arkansas’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) |
|---|---|
| Construction | 16,812 |
| Manufacturing | 13,294 |
| Other Services | 9,332 |
| Utilities | 8,099 |
| Trade | 7,504 |
| Professional Services | 4,895 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 4,198 |
| Mining and Extraction | 1,897 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 1,005 |
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.