Table 6. Occupational employment and wages for workers spending more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices 

( GTP employment), August 2011

SOC 

code Occupation title

GTP 

employment1

Percent of 

GTP 

employment

Hourly 

mean 

wage

Annual 

mean 

wage

Hourly 

median 

wage

00-0000 All occupations2

 .............................................................................. 854,700 100.0 $21.05 $43,790 $16.88

11-0000 Management occupations .................................................................................... 42,900 5.0 41.17 85,630 37.61

11-1021 General and operations managers ........................................................................ 8,600 1.0 49.89 103,780 45.12

11-3011 Administrative services managers ....................................................................... 4,100 .5 37.31 77,610 34.18

11-3021 Computer and information systems managers ..................................................... 200 (

3

) 60.84 126,560 64.85

11-3051 Industrial production managers ........................................................................... 800 .1 65.16 135,530 62.05

11-3071 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ............................................ 1,100 .1 37.93 78,900 33.08

11-9021 Construction managers ........................................................................................ 6,400 .7 40.13 83,480 35.35

11-9041 Architectural and engineering managers ............................................................. 4,500 .5 38.76 80,630 (

4

)

11-9111 Medical and health services managers ................................................................ 100 (

3

) 61.67 128,280 63.75

11-9121 Natural sciences managers .................................................................................. 1,400 .2 41.08 85,450 40.32

11-9199 Managers, all other .............................................................................................. 4,100 .5 49.82 103,630 49.65

13-0000 Business and financial operations occupations .................................................. 24,800 2.9 26.44 55,000 24.65

13-1023 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products .......................... 1,000 .1 23.15 48,150 24.13

13-1041 Compliance officers ............................................................................................ 3,800 .4 29.60 61,560 30.09

13-1111 Management analysts .......................................................................................... 300 (

3

) 26.75 55,650 21.09

13-1199 Business operations specialists, all other ............................................................ 11,700 1.4 25.17 52,350 22.32

15-0000 Computer and mathematical occupations .......................................................... 8,800 1.0 (

4

) (4) (4)

17-0000 Architecture and engineering occupations ........................................................ 53,200 6.2 30.88 64,220 29.81

17-2051 Civil engineers .................................................................................................... 6,000 .7 39.81 82,810 39.77

17-2111 Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ...... 300 (

3

) 50.46 104,950 44.30

17-2112 Industrial engineers ............................................................................................. 1,300 .1 40.97 85,220 37.22

17-2199 Engineers, all other ............................................................................................. 3,800 .4 37.09 77,140 38.82

19-0000 Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................................... 32,000 3.7 32.54 67,690 25.81

19-1031 Conservation scientists ........................................................................................ 2,400 .3 23.52 48,920 (

4

)

19-2041 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health .................................. 7,200 .8 29.40 61,160 27.18

19-3051 Urban and regional planners ............................................................................... 900 .1 31.63 65,780 29.64

19-4091 Environmental science and protection technicians, including health .................. 3,600 .4 22.81 47,450 21.17

19-4099 Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other ...................................... 100 (

3

) 27.68 57,560 22.00

25-0000 Education, training, and library occupations .................................................... 100 (

3

) 19.42 40,390 20.28

27-0000 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ............................ 800 .1 30.11 62,620 30.79

29-0000 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations ......................................... 21,300 2.5 23.84 49,580 17.50

29-9011 Occupational health and safety specialists .......................................................... 3,500 .4 32.86 68,350 36.06

35-0000 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................... 26,100 3.1 10.94 22,750 9.02

37-0000 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ......................... 123,600 14.5 14.29 29,730 12.70

37-1012 First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and 

 groundskeeping workers ........................................... ........................... 11,800 1.4 21.23 44,160 20.25

37-2011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ......................... 56,700 6.6 14.45 30,050 12.59

37-2012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners ....................................................................... 19,600 2.3 8.63 17,950 8.42

37-3011 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ......................................................... 22,000 2.6 14.41 29,980 13.50

39-0000 Personal care and service occupations ............................................................... 3,900 .5 16.89 35,130 16.29

41-0000 Sales and related occupations ............................................................................. 30,200 3.5 23.20 48,260 19.86

41-1011 First-line supervisors of retail sales workers ....................................................... 3,500 .4 16.33 33,970 16.29
Table 6. Occupational employment and wages for workers spending more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices 

(GTP employment), August 2011 — Continued

SOC 

code Occupation title

GTP 

employment1

Percent of 

GTP 

employment

Hourly 

mean 

wage

Annual 

mean 

wage

Hourly 

median 

wage

43-0000 Office and administrative support occupations ................................................. 31,700 3.7 17.76 36,950 14.44

43-1011 First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers .................... 9,700 1.1 20.15 41,920 18.51

43-5071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ................................................................ 1,300 .2 12.30 25,580 11.87

43-6014 Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, 

 and executive ................................. ......................................................... 4,000 .5 16.71 34,750 (

4

)

43-9061 Office clerks, general .......................................................................................... 4,500 .5 18.01 37,460 13.58

45-0000 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ....................................................... 17,100 2.0 12.58 26,170 10.65

45-2092 Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse .................................. 11,600 1.4 10.40 21,630 10.16

47-0000 Construction and extraction occupations ........................................................... 79,600 9.3 19.33 40,200 17.45

47-1011 First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction 

 workers ............................................................................................................... 13,100 1.5 25.38 52,800 24.97

47-2111 Electricians ......................................................................................................... 2,700 .3 28.32 58,910 26.71

47-4011 Construction and building inspectors .................................................................. 400 .1 28.17 58,600 25.08

49-0000 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................... 103,500 12.1 20.64 42,940 17.48

49-1011 First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................. 10,000 1.2 25.41 52,860 23.36

49-3023 Automotive service technicians and mechanics .................................................. 13,300 1.6 24.72 51,420 20.77

49-9021 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and 

 installers ......................................................................... ........... 37,300 4.4 18.75 39,000 16.34

49-9043 Maintenance workers, machinery ........................................................................ 500 .1 19.70 40,980 18.02

49-9071 Maintenance and repair workers, general ............................................................ 26,000 3.0 21.32 44,350 17.65

49-9099 Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other ...................................... 200 (

3

) 15.71 32,670 16.49

51-0000 Production occupations ....................................................................................... 60,800 7.1 18.13 37,710 16.15

51-1011 First-line supervisors of production and operating workers ................................ 9,100 1.1 22.93 47,700 23.46

51-8013 Power plant operators .......................................................................................... 1,600 .2 29.82 62,020 30.65

51-8021 Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................................................... 1,500 .2 23.42 48,720 22.02

51-8031 Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators .............................. 10,600 1.2 22.39 46,570 22.77

51-9111 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......................................... 1,300 .1 13.10 27,250 11.97

51-9121 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, 

 and tenders ....................................................................................................... 1,800 .2 19.27 40,090 (

4

)

51-9199 Production workers, all other .............................................................................. 10,400 1.2 13.55 28,180 13.36

53-0000 Transportation and material moving occupations ............................................ 59,800 7.0 15.38 31,990 13.30

53-1021 First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material

 movers, hand ..................................................................................................... 1,900 .2 22.77 47,360 21.25

53-1031 First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving

 machine and vehicle operators .......................................................................... 7,100 .8 20.61 42,860 16.71

53-7051 Industrial truck and tractor operators .................................................................. 3,300 .4 22.02 45,810 (

4

)

53-7062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ...................................... 23,000 2.7 11.44 23,800 11.02

99-9999 Occupation not reported ..................................................................................... 102,300 12.0 (

4

) (4) (4)

 2 Occupational data will not sum to the major group and all-occupations totals because the totals include occupations for which data were not 

 published separately.

 3Less than 0.05 percent.

 4Estimates not released.

 1Defined as employees who spend more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices.