Mississippi Wind jobs: 306 employed (2024)
As of the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report, Mississippi employs 306 people in the wind sector — about 0.2% of the U.S. total. That makes Mississippi the 45th-largest state for wind jobs nationwide.
Wind Jobs in Mississippi (2024)
National share: 0.23% of all U.S. wind jobs.
Typical Median Wage
1. Employment Landscape
Mississippi ranks 45th out of 51 U.S. states in wind employment. At 306 workers, the state sits below the 25th-ranked Arizona’s tally by 1,183 jobs, and trails the national leader Texas by 27,818 wind workers.
1.1 Mississippi’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; Mississippi accounts for 306 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 wind-related sub-category reported for Mississippi in the USEER workbook, ranked by employment.
2. Pay & Career Roles in Mississippi
Mississippi contributes 0.23% of the nation’s wind workforce. Within Mississippi’s own clean-energy economy, wind accounts for 1.5% of total clean-energy jobs (306 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 wind roles in Mississippi is shown alongside the national BLS figure.
| Role | National median | Mississippi-adjusted | Job Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy Engineer | $100,940 | $87,616 | 4 |
| Wind Turbine Service Technician | $61,770 | $53,616 | 3 |
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.