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Table 2. Employment, percent of employment, and annual mean wages for all-green establishments, by selected occupational groups and detailed occupations, November 2011

Table 2. Employment, percent of employment, and annual mean wages for all-green
establishments, by selected occupational groups and detailed occupations,
November 2011

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                                                    |            |          |        
                                                    |            |Percent of|        
                                                    |            |employment|        
                                                    | Employment |    in    | Annual 
                  Occupation (1)                    |            |all-green |  mean  
                                                    |            |establish-|wage (2)
                                                    |            |   ments  |        
                                                    |            |          |        
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                                                    |            |          |        
All occupations ....................................| 1,949,520  |   100.0  | $48,210
Management occupations .............................|    95,360  |     4.9  | 110,220
 General and operations managers ...................|    32,030  |     1.6  | 115,520
 Administrative services managers ..................|     6,050  |     0.3  |  79,610
 Architectural and engineering managers ............|     7,720  |      .4  | 128,700
 Natural sciences managers .........................|     7,630  |      .4  |  98,820
 Managers, all other ...............................|     7,240  |      .4  | 104,860
Business and financial operations occupations ......|    83,740  |     4.3  |  71,250
 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and   |            |          |        
  farm products ....................................|     8,950  |      .5  |  63,330
 Compliance officers ...............................|     6,580  |      .3  |  67,670
 Management analysts ...............................|     8,530  |      .4  |  87,420
 Business operations specialists, all other* .......|    22,720  |     1.2  |  73,000
 Accountants and auditors ..........................|    12,480  |      .6  |  71,380
Computer and mathematical occupations ..............|    25,540  |     1.3  |  77,270
 Software developers, applications .................|     6,260  |      .3  |  91,250
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........|   105,670  |     5.4  |  77,130
 Architects, except landscape and naval ............|     6,050  |      .3  |  83,390
 Civil engineers ...................................|     9,600  |      .5  |  80,550
 Electrical engineers ..............................|     7,250  |      .4  |  86,290
 Environmental engineers ...........................|    16,620  |      .9  |  87,030
 Mechanical engineers ..............................|     9,030  |      .5  |  86,340
 Nuclear engineers .................................|     9,050  |      .5  |  97,590
 Engineers, all other ..............................|     5,460  |      .3  |  87,590
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....|   174,930  |     9.0  |  57,660
 Zoologists and wildlife biologists ................|     5,810  |      .3  |  64,500
 Biological scientists, all other ..................|     8,840  |      .5  |  63,780
 Conservation scientists ...........................|    10,860  |      .6  |  65,280
 Foresters .........................................|     5,090  |      .3  |  57,100
 Chemists ..........................................|     7,990  |      .4  |  62,960
 Environmental scientists and specialists,          |            |          |        
  including health .................................|    25,540  |     1.3  |  78,070
 Geoscientists, except hydrologists and             |            |          |        
   geographers .....................................|     5,740  |      .3  |  68,850
 Physical scientists, all other ....................|     7,490  |      .4  | 101,550
 Biological technicians ............................|     6,070  |      .3  |  35,760
 Chemical technicians ..............................|     5,380  |      .3  |  41,500
 Environmental science and protection technicians,  |            |          |        
   including health.................................|    11,550  |      .6  |  45,860
 Forest and conservation technicians ...............|    56,620  |     2.9  |  40,110
Legal occupations ..................................|     6,670  |      .3  | 115,150
 Lawyers............................................|     5,600  |      .3  | 125,570
Education, training, and library occupations .......|    13,090  |      .7  |  53,440
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media      |            |          |        
   occupations .....................................|    22,200  |     1.1  |  50,750
 Public relations specialists ......................|     5,630  |      .3  |  65,180
Healthcare practitioners and technical              |            |          |        
   occupations .....................................|     7,900  |      .4  |  66,640
Protective service occupations .....................|    26,320  |     1.4  |  44,090
 Security guards ...................................|     7,810  |      .4  |  42,190
 Protective service workers, all other* ............|     9,370  |      .5  |  33,600
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance       |            |          |        
   occupations......................................|    35,620  |     1.8  |  29,080
 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and            |            |          |        
   housekeeping cleaners ...........................|     7,520  |      .4  |  30,260
 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ............|    22,560  |     1.2  |  26,580
Personal care and service occupations ..............|    18,780  |     1.0  |  24,320
 Childcare workers .................................|    10,620  |      .5  |  20,780
Sales and related occupations ......................|    84,560  |     4.3  |  38,020
 First-line supervisors of retail sales workers ....|     5,660  |      .3  |  33,630
 Cashiers ..........................................|    20,900  |     1.1  |  24,530
 Retail salespersons ...............................|    27,650  |     1.4  |  20,440
 Sales representatives, services, all other ........|     8,000  |      .4  |  53,960
 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,|            |          |        
   except technical scientific products ............|    10,600  |      .5  |  65,200
Office and administrative support occupations ......|   194,440  |    10.0  |  37,260
 First-line supervisors of office and administrative|            |          |        
   support workers .................................|    12,210  |      .6  |  54,920
 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ......|    18,040  |      .9  |  38,630
 Customer service representatives ..................|    15,310  |      .8  |  36,240
 Receptionists and information clerks ..............|     5,250  |      .3  |  30,840
 Information and record clerks, all other ..........|     6,210  |      .3  |  44,820
 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ...|     9,610  |      .5  |  45,730
 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........|     7,800  |      .4  |  33,440
 Stock clerks and order fillers ....................|    12,990  |      .7  |  26,960
 Executive secretaries and executive administrative |            |          |        
   assistants ......................................|    10,980  |      .6  |  47,720
 Secretaries and administrative assistants, except  |            |          |        
   legal, medical, and executive ...................|    30,470  |     1.6  |  35,610
 Office clerks, general ............................|    29,090  |     1.5  |  30,740
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .........|    29,260  |     1.5  |  25,670
 Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and       |            |          |        
   greenhouse ......................................|    14,350  |      .7  |  21,580
Construction and extraction occupations ............|   137,060  |     7.0  |  44,910
 First-line supervisors of construction trades and  |            |          |        
   extraction workers ..............................|    14,190  |      .7  |  61,960
 Carpenters.........................................|    10,340  |      .5  |  40,920
 Construction laborers .............................|    15,040  |      .8  |  38,030
 Operating engineers and other construction         |            |          |        
   equipment operators .............................|    15,760  |      .8  |  46,570
 Electricians ......................................|    11,600  |      .6  |  56,420
 Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall ......|     8,210  |      .4  |  30,390
 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........|     8,810  |      .5  |  44,850
 Hazardous materials removal workers ...............|    21,980  |     1.1  |  42,820
 Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners .....|     7,230  |      .4  |  35,500
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ..|   135,470  |     6.9  |  49,140
 First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers,   |            |          |        
   and repairers ...................................|    13,550  |      .7  |  67,090
 Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......|     6,390  |      .3  |  35,610
 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine          |            |          |        
   specialists .....................................|    29,570  |     1.5  |  46,130
 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration       |            |          |        
   mechanics and installers ........................|     6,710  |      .3  |  45,250
 Industrial machinery mechanics ....................|    13,140  |      .7  |  53,820
 Maintenance and repair workers, general ...........|    25,700  |     1.3  |  43,800
 Helpers-installation, maintenance, and repair      |            |          |        
   workers .........................................|     5,240  |      .3  |  32,930
Production occupations .............................|   208,180  |    10.7  |  39,240
 First-line supervisors of production and operating |            |          |        
   workers .........................................|    17,980  |      .9  |  60,700
 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ....|     5,220  |      .3  |  32,090
 Team assemblers ...................................|    29,350  |     1.5  |  29,430
 Welders, cutters, soldiers, and brazers ...........|     9,240  |      .5  |  36,180
 Power plant operators .............................|     5,500  |      .3  |  56,440
 Water and wastewater treatment plant and system    |            |          |        
   operators........................................|    26,260  |     1.3  |  44,090
 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and        |            |          |        
   weighers ........................................|    14,130  |      .7  |  35,510
 Helpers-production workers ........................|     7,320  |      .4  |  28,370
Transportation and material moving occupations .....|   539,470  |    27.7  |  35,390
 First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and   |            |          |        
   material  movers, hand...........................|     5,010  |      .3  |  50,910
 First-line supervisors of transportation and       |            |          |        
   material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...|    16,300  |      .8  |  57,090
 Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................|   111,760  |     5.7  |  41,580
 Bus drivers, school or special client .............|   174,450  |     8.9  |  30,460
 Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ...........|    39,060  |     2.0  |  37,470
 Light truck or delivery services drivers ..........|     7,020  |      .4  |  30,910
 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................|     6,640  |      .3  |  25,900
 Subway and streetcar operators ....................|     7,720  |      .4  |  58,920
 Transportation attendants, except flight           |            |          |        
   attendants ......................................|     8,770  |      .4  |  21,810
 Industrial truck and tractor operators ............|    11,780  |      .6  |  31,980
 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ................|     9,420  |      .5  |  36,150
 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,  |            |          |        
   hand ............................................|    54,890  |     2.8  |  26,270
 Refuse and recyclable material collectors .........|    56,930  |     2.9  |  34,670
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   1 Includes only occupations and occupational groups with employment of more than
5,000 in establishments receiving all their revenue from green goods and services.
Occupational data will not sum to the major group and all-occupations totals because
totals include occupations for which data are not shown separately.

   2 Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a
"year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where an
hourly mean wage is not published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from
the reported survey data.

   * Occupation titles followed by an asterisk (*) have similar titles, but not
necessarily the same content, as 2010 SOC occupations.

   NOTE: Data represent occupational employment and wages for establishments that
received all of their revenue from green goods and services. Establishments that did
not generate revenue, such as government  establishments, nonprofits, or startups
without positive  revenue, reported all of their employment associated with the
production of green goods or provision of green services.



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Last Modified Date: September 28, 2012