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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN GREEN GOODS AND SERVICES -- NOVEMBER 2011 [28 September 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ggsocc.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ggsocc.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

 

In November 2011, transportation and material moving occupations

accounted for 539,470 jobs, or approximately 28 percent of total

employment, in establishments that received all of their revenue from

green goods and services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

today. The production (208,180) and office and administrative support

(194,440) occupational groups were the second- and third-largest in

all-green establishments, representing about 11 and 10 percent of

employment, respectively. (See table 1.)

 

According to 2010 annual average data published by the Green Goods and

Services (GGS) survey, about three-fifths of the 3.1 million jobs

associated with green goods and services production were in establishments

that received all of their revenue from green goods and services. This

Occupational Employment and Wages in Green Goods and Services (GGS-OCC)

release presents November 2011 occupational employment and wage information

for 1.9 million jobs in these all-green establishments. (See Technical Note

for an explanation of the differences between the GGS and GGS-OCC data.)

 

The GGS-OCC data are based on a sample of approximately 93,000 business

establishments in 333 industries identified as potentially producing

green goods or providing green services. The data consist of occupational

employment and wage information categorized by the percent of the

establishments' revenue received from green goods and services (GGS).

The establishments covered in this release received 100 percent of their

revenue from green goods and services. Occupational employment and wage

data for in-scope establishments with no green revenue and with mixed

green and nongreen revenue are available from the GGS-OCC web site at

www.bls.gov/ggsocc/. More information about the GGS-OCC data is provided

in the Technical Note.

 

Occupations

 

   --Five of the 6 largest detailed occupations in all-green establishments

     were in the transportation and material moving occupational group.

     These 5 occupations were school or special client bus drivers (174,450);

     transit and intercity bus drivers (111,760); refuse and recyclable

     materials collectors (56,930); hand laborers and freight, stock, and

     material movers (54,890); and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

     (39,060). (See table 2.)

 

   --The largest occupations in all-green establishments outside of

     the transportation and material moving group included forest and

     conservation technicians, with employment of 56,620; general and

     operations managers (32,030); secretaries and administrative

     assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (30,470); and bus

     and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (29,570). (See

     table 2.)

 

   --Annual mean wages for the largest occupations in all-green

     establishments ranged from $26,270 for hand laborers and freight,

     stock, and material movers to $115,520 for general and operations

     managers. (See table 2.)

 

Occupational groups by industries

 

   --The transportation and warehousing industry had 454,710 jobs in

     all-green establishments, more than any other industry. About 73

     percent of these jobs were in transportation and material moving

     occupations. (See table 3.)

    

   --Other industries with large numbers of jobs in all-green

     establishments included public administration (276,020),

     administrative and waste services (274,700), and manufacturing

     (266,510). (See table 3.)

 

   --Nearly 41 percent of jobs in all-green public administration

     establishments were in life, physical, and social science occupations.

     Transportation and material moving occupations made up about 42

     percent of the jobs in all-green administrative and waste services

     establishments. Over half of the jobs in all-green manufacturing

     establishments were in production occupations. (See table 3.)

    

Detailed occupations in selected industries

 

Utilities, construction, and professional, scientific, and technical

services were among the industries with the highest percentage of

revenue from green goods and services in 2010, based on results from

the GGS survey. Selected data for these industries are shown in tables

4, 5, and 6 and highlighted below:

 

   --The utilities industry had 142,030 jobs in all-green establishments.

     About a quarter of these jobs were in production occupations,

     including water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

     (20,200), power plant operators (4,530), and nuclear power reactor 

     operators (4,380). Outside of the production group, the largest

     occupations in all-green utilities establishments included nuclear

     engineers (8,170), security guards (5,270), and industrial machinery

     mechanics (5,100). (See table 4.)

 

   --With an annual mean wage of $96,270, nuclear engineers was among

     the highest paying of the largest occupations in all-green utilities

     establishments. The lowest paying of these occupations included

     security guards ($43,580) and water and wastewater treatment plant

     and system operators ($44,560). (See table 4.)

 

   --The construction industry had 92,130 jobs in all-green establishments.

     Fifty-eight percent of these jobs were in construction and extraction

     occupations, including floor, ceiling, and wall insulation workers

     (8,210); carpenters (7,860); and construction laborers (7,680). These

     three occupations made up over one-quarter of employment in all-green

     construction establishments. Heating, air conditioning, and

     refrigeration mechanics and installers (5,190) was one of the largest

     occupations outside of the construction and extraction occupational

     group. (See table 5.)

 

   --Floor, ceiling, and wall insulation workers was one of the lowest

     paying occupations in all-green construction establishments, with

     an annual mean wage of $30,390. The highest paying of the largest

     occupations in all-green construction establishments included

     construction managers ($86,130) and first-line supervisors of

     construction trades and extraction workers ($62,870). (See table 5.)

 

   --Professional, scientific, and technical services had 138,360 jobs

     in all-green establishments. More than half of these jobs were in

     life, physical, and social science occupations or in architecture

     and engineering occupations. The largest occupation in all-green

     professional, scientific, and technical services establishments

     was environmental scientists and specialists, including health,

     with employment of 12,130. (See table 6.)

 

   --Several of the largest occupations in all-green professional,

     scientific, and technical services establishments had relatively

     high annual mean wages, including general and operations managers

     ($132,580), mechanical engineers ($88,750), and architects, except

     landscape and naval ($83,560). (See table 6.)

 

 

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