In 2010, 2.3 million jobs in the United States were associated with the production of green goods and services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its just released report on “EMPLOYMENT IN GREEN GOODS AND SERVICES – 2010.”
What defines Green Goods and Services? GGS jobs are found in businesses that produce goods and provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources.
GGS jobs accounted for 2.4 percent of total employment in 2010. The private sector had 2.3 million GGS jobs and the public sector had 860,300. Manufacturing had 461,800 GGS jobs, the most among any private sector industry.
The GGS employment data are compiled through the Green Goods and Services survey under the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
Of the 2.3 million total jobs, 372,100 of them were in construction comprising 6.8 percent of construction employment. The construction of projects that produce energy from renewable sources and weatherizing and retrofitting accounted for the biggest portion. Professional, scientific, and technical services had 349,000 GGS jobs, accounting for 4.7 percent of the industry’s employment. Administrative and waste services accounted for 319,900 GGS jobs, 4.3 percent of industry employment.
For more detail visit: www.bls.gov/ggs