Ethanol Renewing the Heartland
Ethanol biorefineries offer skilled jobs and good wages in rural communities where attractive employment opportunities are often hard to find. The industry serves as an essential component of the agriculture sector, generating tens of billions of dollars in economic activity.
In 2025, 79,228 U.S. jobs were directly associated with the ethanol industry, with an additional 237,292 indirect and induced jobs supported across all sectors of the economy. The industry's impact was most pronounced in the agriculture sector, providing a vital source of demand in a year when crop growers faced margin pressure and evolving trade policy. In fact, two-thirds of the 320,000 jobs supported by the ethanol industry were tied to agriculture.
