Kansas Wind jobs: 2,098 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Kansas employs 2,098 people in the wind sector — about 1.6% of the U.S. total. That makes Kansas the 15th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Kansas (2024)
National share: 1.58% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Kansas ranks 15th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 2,098 workers, the state sits above the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 609 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 26,026 wind workers.
1.1 Kansas’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; Kansas accounts for 2,098 of them.
1.3 Where Kansas sits in its own mix
| Sector | Jobs (2024) | National rank |
|---|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | 18,476 | #31 |
| Wind | 2,098 | #15 |
| Solar | 1,435 | #39 |
| Nuclear | 1,082 | #20 |
| Electric Vehicles | 824 | #31 |
| Storage & Grid | 706 | #33 |
| Hydropower | 201 | #35 |
| Clean Fuels | 160 | #31 |
1.4 Sub-sector breakdown in Kansas
Every wind-related sub-category reported for Kansas in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Kansas
Kansas contributes 1.58% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Kansas’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 8.4% of total clean-energy jobs (2,098 of 24,982 workers).
Cost-of-living in Kansas is roughly 9.8% lower the U.S. average, so the state-adjusted median wage for wind roles in Kansas is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Kansas-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $91,048 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $55,717 | 3 |
4. Hiring Difficulty & Industry Mix
Kansas employers rate 19.5% of clean-energy hires as “very difficult” (plus 26.5% as “somewhat difficult”) — on par with the ~22% national baseline. Combined, 46.0% of Kansas’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) |
|---|---|
| Professional Services | 25,847 |
| Construction | 12,251 |
| Manufacturing | 11,416 |
| Other Services | 9,366 |
| Trade | 7,338 |
| Utilities | 6,522 |
| Mining and Extraction | 5,521 |
| Pipeline Transport & Commodity Flows | 2,852 |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 679 |
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.