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Green Jobs Now, with WorkingNation

Creating A Sustainable Labor Market

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Green means growth.


And the green economy is bigger than you might think. Green jobs represented just 1% of all US jobs in 1970—but by 2030, they're expected to reach 14%, representing 24 million workers.

Lightcast and WorkingNation have produced a research initiative project called Green Jobs Now, where we use our data to help show what kinds of green jobs are available in different states, and how those patterns are likely to develop in the future.

This provides insight on projected growth (5.5% over five years), the top green skills requested by employers (renewable energy knowledge, listed in over 40,000 postings and offering an annual salary premium of about $5,600) and total jobs in the green economy (1.4 million).

Each individual report provides a deep dive into local green economies and real opportunities for real workers throughout the country—dive in below.

Green and Growing, State by State