Green Jobs or Brown Jobs

Survey Shows Green Jobs Grow Faster than Brown Jobs

Jan 20, 2011 - A San Francisco nonprofit has released a study showing that green jobs are growing as fast as tech jobs, and at a rate three times that of older, less ecologically sound industries.

Green employment includes a wide variety of industries and professions, such as recyclers, architects, and technicians, according to Grist. All told, green employment accounts for around 174,000 jobs in the state.

It also includes manufacturing, which is good news for the state. For decades, the state's manufacturing industries faced a slow decline, but the surge in demand for newer, cleaner technology has revived factories.

Those new jobs are being amplified throughout various industries, with more employment translating into more revenue, which in turn provides for additional jobs. {continued}