SHADES OF GREEN
Growing Green Jobs for Florida
2010 Florida Green Jobs Survey
February 24, 2012
Tallahassee, FL
Agenda
 Introduction to the Department of Economic
Opportunity
 Green jobs in Florida
 Green jobs in Hillsborough County
 Comparison of green jobs in the region
(Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Sarasota,
and Manatee)
 Green jobs web portal
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Department of Economic Opportunity
(DEO)
 DEO
• Combines the state’s economic, workforce, and community
development professionals under one roof
• Mission is to help grow our economy, create jobs, and put Floridians
back to work
 Labor Market Statistics Center
• Part of DEO’s Workforce Services Division
• Mission is to produce, analyze, and deliver labor statistics to improve
economic decision-making
• Employment data are the state’s most important economic indicator
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Florida’s Green Jobs Definition
“A green job increases the conservation and
sustainability of natural resources for the benefit of
Floridians. This includes jobs that reduce energy
usage or lower carbon emissions, and protect
Florida’s natural resources...”
Source: Workforce Florida, Inc., Sustainability/Infrastructure Committee, Defining
Green Jobs for Florida, June 2009.
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Survey Definition of Green Jobs
A green job is one that directly produces green
products or directly provides green services in
any of the following five green sectors:
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Produce or manufacture renewable energy
Increase energy efficiency
Conserve natural resources
Prevent, reduce, and clean up pollution
Produce clean transportation and fuels
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Survey Definition of Green Jobs, continued
 The definition attempted to include only green
“production” and exclude green “practices” (e.g.
recycling facility vs. paper recycling by office workers)
 Florida’s definition of green jobs attempted to exclude
indirect and support green jobs
• An accountant at a wind turbine manufacturer is not counted as
a green job because the accountant does not directly produce a
green product or a service and does not need to possess any
special green skills (therefore does not need any special new
green training)
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Survey Design
 Surveyed just under 60,000 Florida business
locations (establishments)
 Selected a stratified random probability sample by
22 industries by seven employment size classes
 Achieved a response rate of 83.2 percent
(excluding out-of-business and unreachable
establishments)
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Florida Survey Results
 Approximately 9,000 establishments are green (1.5
percent)
 There are just under 45,000 green jobs in Florida
(0.6 percent of total employment)
 Employers expect to add approximately 4,000 green
jobs from 2010 to 2011
 Estimated growth is 8 percent (in comparison, the
Florida economy is estimated to grow by 1 percent)
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Prevent, reduce, and clean up pollution is the largest
of the five green sectors (37 percent of green jobs)
Florida Green Jobs by Green Sector
Prevent,
Reduce, Clean
up Pollution
37%
Produce Clean
Transportation
and Fuels
5%
Produce
Renewable
Energy
7%
Conserve
Natural
Resources
21%
Increase
Energy
Efficiency
30%
Note: Job estimates across green sectors are not mutually exclusive since employers could mark more than one sector.
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Produce renewable energy has the fastest growth
rate in Florida (16.3 percent from 2010 to 2011)
Growth Rate (Percent)
Growth Rate by Green Sector
2010-2011
18.0
16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
16.3
14.4
11.4
6.3
3.8
Produce
Renewable
Energy
Increase Energy
Efficiency
Conserve
Natural
Resources
Prevent,
Produce Clean
Reduce, Clean Transportation
up Pollution
and Fuels
Green Sector
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Recycling is the activity Florida green
businesses are most frequently engaged in
Number of Establishments by Selected Green Activities
Recycling
2,359
Green construction
2,026
Building retrofitting
1,976
Water conservation
1,741
Sustainability planning
1,097
Wetlands restoration
939
Hazardous waste clean up
882
Pollution abatement
707
Land reclamation
571
Carbon emissions monitoring & trading
509
Solar energy
479
Waste to energy
314
Organic farming
228
Alternative fuels
120
Geothermal energy
63
Biomass
58
Biofuels
48
Wind energy
9
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
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Construction has the largest number of green jobs and
the highest expected growth rate, while utilities has the
highest share of green jobs of any industry
3.0
Utilities
857
Construction
10,438
Number of Green Jobs by Industry Sector, Growth and Share
Green Share of Industry Employment (%)
2.5
Mining, quarrying, & oil & gas
extraction
75
2.0
1.5
Arts, entertainment,
& recreat.
2,100
1.0
Management
of companies
526
Real estate
& rental
873
Manufacturing
3,202
Wholesale
trade
3,029
0.5
0.0
Agriculture &
Educational forestry
Health care &
241
services
social assist.
620
Finance &
1,432
insurance
346
0.0
Professional, scientific & techn.
4,878
Administrative, waste &
remediation
5,243
4.0
Transportation &
warehous.
1,456
Public administration
2,338
Information
529
Other services
587
Accommod &
food service
1,187
Retail trade
2,463
8.0
12.0
Green Jobs Growth Rate, 2010-2011 (%)
16.0
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Construction has the largest number of green
jobs of any industry sector
Florida Green Jobs by Selected Industry Sector
12,032
Construction
10,438
5,553
5,243
Administrative and waste and remediation
5,390
4,878
Professional, scientific and technical services
3,327
3,202
Manufacturing
3,197
3,029
Wholesale trade
2011
2,643
2,463
Retail trade
2010
2,454
2,338
Public administration
2,152
2,100
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
Transportation and warehousing
1,527
1,456
Health care and social assistance
1,486
1,432
1,245
1,187
Accommodation and food services
Real estate and rental and leasing
885
873
Utilities
884
857
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
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Workforce regions in North and in Central Florida have
higher concentrations of green jobs
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The top green occupation
by number of jobs is HVAC mechanics and installers
Florida Green Occupations by Number of Jobs and Shades of Green
Occupational Title
2010
2011
Level
Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics and Installers
Environmental Scientists and Specialists
First-Line Supervisors/Manag. of Constr. and Extr. Workers
Production Workers, All Other
Electricians
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Janitors and Cleaners, except Maids and Houskp.
Packers and Packagers, Hand
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
3,676
1,650
1,519
1,297
1,215
1,065
1,059
1,041
1,033
1,018
4,045
1,654
1,810
1,306
1,470
1,115
1,518
1,164
1,033
1,050
Share of
Occupational
Percent Employment
Growth 2010-2011
369
4
291
9
256
50
459
123
0
32
10
0.3
19.1
0.7
21
4.7
43.3
11.8
0
3.1
16.3
25.5
3.5
30.0
4.0
1.5
100.0
0.9
3.6
100.0
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The greening of an occupation requires acquisition of an extra layer of
new green knowledge, skills, or abilities, while basic educational
requirements are little changed
Educational Requirements for Green Jobs and All Jobs
Green Economy
Less than high
school
21.2%
High School
diploma
6.5 %
Post
Secondary
Adult
Vocational
certificate,
36.8%
Master's and
above
2.0 %
Bachelor's
degree
13.3%
Associate's
degree
14.6%
Less than high
school
17.4%
High School
diploma
19.2%
Post
Secondary
Adult
Vocational
certificate
36.5%
Total Economy
Master's and
above
3.2%
Bachelor's
degree
10.1%
Associate's
degree
13.5%
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Contact Information
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Caldwell Building
107 E. Madison Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4111
Vesselka McAlarney
Economist
Phone: (850) 245-7258
E-mail: [email protected]
Florida Green Jobs reports: http://www.floridajobs.org/lmsc/pubs
Florida Green Jobs Portal: http://greenjobs.employflorida.com
www.floridajobs.org
www.floridawages.com
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