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Being environmentally friendly is no longer limited to carpooling and recycling. With the rise of ‘green jobs’, eco-conscious individuals can now make sure that earning a paycheck isn’t costing the environment anything. According to a recent report from the State Employment Department, Oregon green jobs accounted for 3 percent of total employment in the state during 2008.
The report showed that the state had 51,402 green jobs last year. These positions were provided by 5,025 different employers and existed in the private, state government and local government sectors.
The Employment Department considered a ‘green job’ any position that provided a service or produced a product that: 1.) Produced renewable energy, 2.) Prevented, reduced or mitigated environmental degradation, 3.) Cleaned up and restored the natural environment, 4.) Provided education, consulted, promoted policy, handled accreditation or trading, or 5.) Offsets or supports a positions that fell under one of the first four categories.
The Employment Department found that green jobs were not only in just a few of the occupations in the state. The largest concentration occurred in construction, wholesale and retail industry, and administrative and waste services. Altogether these areas of employment had 47 percent of all of the green jobs in Oregon.
The state’s environmentally friendly positions existed in 226 occupations. The top 5 occurring jobs were carpenters, farmworkers, truck drivers, hazardous materials removal workers and landscaping and groundskeeping workers. Combined, these positions made up 27 percent of all the green jobs in the state.
Another interesting thing that the report found was that the wages for these positions tend to be fairly good. The average hourly pay for such a job was $22.61. According to the Employment Department individuals who held these positions tended to make more, on average, than other jobs in the state. Two-thirds of those with green jobs made $15.00 or more an hour.
Despite the often higher than average pay, wages depended on the occupation in question. Green jobs that required a higher minimum level of education tended to offer better pay, which is usually the case. The less education a job required a worker to have, the less money the received.
According to the report, the minimum education requirements for green jobs was in line with the levels expected by employers throughout Oregon’s total economy. The largest percent of positions, 33 percent, required that a worker have at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. Another 32 percent had no minimum education requirement. Only 18 percent required a bachelor’s or graduate degree. Positions that asked workers to have some college and jobs that call for an associate or vocational technology degree both made up 7 percent of total employment opportunities. Another 4 percent fell under the category of “other education”. As far a pay goes, more than half of the positions that required no more than a high school degree paid over $15 an hour.
A survey of employers found that green jobs are expected to grow by 14 percent between 2008 and 2010. They expect that the majority of the these job gains will take place in the farming, fishing and forestry sector, transportation and material moving, and areas of employment involved in production.
The report showed that the state had 51,402 green jobs last year. These positions were provided by 5,025 different employers and existed in the private, state government and local government sectors.
The Employment Department considered a ‘green job’ any position that provided a service or produced a product that: 1.) Produced renewable energy, 2.) Prevented, reduced or mitigated environmental degradation, 3.) Cleaned up and restored the natural environment, 4.) Provided education, consulted, promoted policy, handled accreditation or trading, or 5.) Offsets or supports a positions that fell under one of the first four categories.
The Employment Department found that green jobs were not only in just a few of the occupations in the state. The largest concentration occurred in construction, wholesale and retail industry, and administrative and waste services. Altogether these areas of employment had 47 percent of all of the green jobs in Oregon.
The state’s environmentally friendly positions existed in 226 occupations. The top 5 occurring jobs were carpenters, farmworkers, truck drivers, hazardous materials removal workers and landscaping and groundskeeping workers. Combined, these positions made up 27 percent of all the green jobs in the state.
Another interesting thing that the report found was that the wages for these positions tend to be fairly good. The average hourly pay for such a job was $22.61. According to the Employment Department individuals who held these positions tended to make more, on average, than other jobs in the state. Two-thirds of those with green jobs made $15.00 or more an hour.
Despite the often higher than average pay, wages depended on the occupation in question. Green jobs that required a higher minimum level of education tended to offer better pay, which is usually the case. The less education a job required a worker to have, the less money the received.
According to the report, the minimum education requirements for green jobs was in line with the levels expected by employers throughout Oregon’s total economy. The largest percent of positions, 33 percent, required that a worker have at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. Another 32 percent had no minimum education requirement. Only 18 percent required a bachelor’s or graduate degree. Positions that asked workers to have some college and jobs that call for an associate or vocational technology degree both made up 7 percent of total employment opportunities. Another 4 percent fell under the category of “other education”. As far a pay goes, more than half of the positions that required no more than a high school degree paid over $15 an hour.
A survey of employers found that green jobs are expected to grow by 14 percent between 2008 and 2010. They expect that the majority of the these job gains will take place in the farming, fishing and forestry sector, transportation and material moving, and areas of employment involved in production.
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