For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 19, 2013 USDL-13-0476

Technical information: (202) 691-5185 • GGSInfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ggs

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EMPLOYMENT IN GREEN GOODS AND SERVICES – 2011 

In 2011, the percentage of total employment associated with the production of Green Goods and Services 

(GGS) increased by 0.1 percentage point to 2.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 

today. The number of GGS jobs increased by 157,746 to 3,401,279. GGS employment accounted for 2.3 

percent of private sector jobs and 4.2 percent of public sector jobs in 2011. The private sector had 

2,515,200 GGS jobs, while the public sector had 886,080 GGS jobs. Among private sector industries, 

construction had the largest employment rate increase, from 7.0 to 8.9 percentage points, while 

manufacturing had the most GGS jobs (507,168). (See table 1.) GGS jobs are found in businesses that 

primarily produce goods and provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources. 

Chart 1. Green goods and services private sector employment, 2010–11 annual averages 

Employment

492,985

385,777

355,386

330,650

242,137

205,567

507,168 487,709

381,981

335,417

238,755 223,079

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

Manufacturing Construction Professional, 

scientific, and 

technical services

Administrative and 

waste services

Transportation and 

warehousing

Trade

2010

2011

Green Goods and Services Industry Employment Data are Discontinued

On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the-board spending cuts (commonly referred to as 

sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 

appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will 

eliminate two programs and all "measuring green jobs" products. These products include: data on employment by 

industry and occupation for businesses that produce green goods and services; data on the occupations and wages of jobs 

related to green technologies and practices; and green career information publications. This is the last scheduled release 

of new data on employment by industry for businesses that produce green goods and services.
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Among the states, California had the largest number of GGS jobs (360,245), accounting for 2.5 percent 

of employment in the state. The District of Columbia had the highest proportion of GGS employment, at 

5.1 percent; Oregon had the second highest proportion, at 4.3 percent. (See table 4.) 

GGS employment data are compiled through the Green Goods and Services survey under the Quarterly 

Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. The QCEW includes nearly all businesses with 

employees covered by state or federal unemployment insurance, which constitute approximately 95.7 

percent of civilian wage and salary employment in the U.S. The GGS survey includes approximately 

120,000 business and government establishments within 325 industries identified as potentially 

producing green goods or providing green services. Establishments in the survey report whether they 

produced green goods and services and the percentage of their revenue or employment associated with 

that output. Those percentages are multiplied by their employment to derive the number of GGS jobs for 

the establishment. More information about the survey is provided in the Technical Note.

Private Industry 

The private sector had 2,515,200 GGS jobs in 2011, or 2.3 percent of private sector employment. (See 

tables A and 1.) Manufacturing had the largest number of GGS jobs (507,168) among all private industry 

sectors. These GGS jobs accounted for 4.3 percent of manufacturing employment. Examples of green 

goods and services produced by manufacturing industries include iron and steel from recycled inputs, air 

conditioning and refrigeration equipment meeting selected standards, hybrid cars and parts, and pollution 

mitigation equipment. (See table 3.) 

Table A. GGS employment by private industry sector, 2010–11 annual averages 

NAICS Industry 2010 GGS 

employment

2011 GGS 

employment

Change in GGS 

employment, 

2010-11

Total, all private industries 2,342,562 2,515,200 172,638

11,21 Natural resources and mining 63,344 64,689 1,345

22 Utilities 69,031 71,129 2,098

23 Construction 385,777 487,709 101,932

31-33 Manufacturing 492,985 507,168 14,183

42,44-45 Trade 205,567 223,079 17,512

48-49 Transportation and warehousing 242,137 238,755 -3,382

51 Information 33,321 29,412 -3,909

52,53 Financial activities 462 475 13

54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 355,386 381,981 26,595

55 Management of companies and enterprises 62,630 69,310 6,680

56 Administrative and waste services 330,650 335,417 4,767

61,62 Education and health services 28,789 26,123 -2,666

71,72 Leisure and hospitality 20,642 23,696 3,054

81 Other services, except public administration 51,841 56,257 4,416

NOTE: Data may not add to total due to rounding. 
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Construction had 487,709 GGS jobs in 2011, comprising 8.9 percent of the sector's employment. The 

sector had the largest increase in GGS employment from 2010 to 2011, up 101,932, or 26.4 percent. 

Among the GGS activities performed within the sector are the construction of plants that produce energy 

from renewable sources and weatherizing and retrofitting projects that reduce household energy 

consumption. 

The trade sector had 223,079 GGS jobs in 2011, accounting for 1.1 percent of the industry’s 

employment. This sector's increase of 17,512 GGS jobs, or 8.5 percent over the year, was the second 

largest significant change in the private sector. Industries within the trade sector that have GGS output 

include recyclable material merchant wholesalers and used merchandise stores. 

Leisure and hospitality services had 23,696 GGS jobs in 2011. GGS employment in leisure and 

hospitality grew by 3,054, or 14.8 percent over the year. Nature parks and botanical gardens are examples 

of GGS services within leisure and hospitality services. 

In the transportation and warehousing sector, the number of GGS jobs decreased by 3,382 to 238,755, a 

decline of about 1.4 percent. Commuter rail systems and charter bus services are examples of GGS 

services within transportation and warehousing. 

Utilities 

Utilities had 71,129 GGS jobs in 2011, or 12.9 percent of total private utilities employment. The private 

utilities sector added 2,098 GGS jobs in 2011, a 3.0 percent increase. Among the industries involved in 

private sector electric power generation, nuclear electric power generation had the highest GGS 

employment, with 44,054 jobs in 2011. Hydroelectric power generation had the second largest GGS 

employment, with 3,780 GGS jobs. Wind electric power generation was third with 2,724 GGS jobs, 

followed by biomass electric power generation (1,166), geothermal electric power generation (1,017), 

and solar electric power generation (522). Other electric power generation had 525 GGS jobs in 2011. 

(See table 2 for public sector utilities data and table 3 for private sector utilities data.) 

Government 

The public sector had 886,080 GGS jobs in 2011, accounting for 4.2 percent of employment in the sector. 

Over the year, government GGS employment decreased by 14,890 (-1.7 percent). Local government had 

424,201 GGS jobs in 2011, the most in the public sector, representing 3.1 percent of local government 

employment. The transportation and warehousing sector had the largest GGS employment in local 

government with 209,063 jobs. (See table 2.) 

In 2011, state government had 248,539 GGS jobs, or 5.5 percent of state government employment. Public 

administration led GGS employment in state government with 164,952 GGS jobs. The enforcement of 

environmental regulations and the administration of environmental programs are examples of GGS 

services within public administration. 

The federal government had 213,340 GGS jobs representing 7.5 percent of federal government 

employment in 2011. The public administration sector had 139,884 GGS jobs, the most within federal 

government. The professional, scientific, and technical services sector followed with 39,714 GGS jobs.
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Geographic Detail 

Ten states had over 100,000 GGS jobs in 2011: California (360,245), New York (266,308), Texas 

(227,532), Pennsylvania (167,397), Ohio (137,143), Illinois (136,447), Florida (117,433), North Carolina 

(108,094), Virginia (107,773), and Washington (101,593). (See table 4.)

The District of Columbia had the highest percentage of GGS total employment of any jurisdiction (5.1

percent) in 2011. Oregon had the next highest proportion of its employment in GGS jobs (4.3 percent).

California experienced the largest increase in GGS employment, with an additional 17,366 GGS jobs, or 

5.1 percent added, over the year. Maryland had the second largest increase in GGS employment, with 

14,143 GGS jobs, or 18.3 percent added between 2010 and 2011.

GGS employment by percentage of revenue or employment from green goods and services 

GGS employment is determined based on the percentage of revenue (or percentage of employment, in the 

absence of revenue) associated with the production of green goods and services. The GGS survey scope 

is defined as 325 6-digit NAICS industries that potentially produce green goods and services. Any 

establishment within that scope could fall into one of three categories: no revenue or employment from 

green goods or services, some revenue or employment from green goods or services, or all revenue or 

employment from green goods and services. 

Table B. GGS employment level by green activity, 2010–11 annual averages

Revenue or 

employment from GGS

2010 2011

GGS in-scope 

employment1

GGS 

employment

Percent of 

GGS 

employment

GGS in-scope 

employment1

GGS 

employment

Percent of 

GGS 

employment

0% 17,696,984 0 0 17,497,369 0 0

0% < GGS < 100% 6,207,622 1,416,620 43.7 6,637,244 1,478,029 43.5

100% 1,826,913 1,826,913 56.3 1,923,251 1,923,251 56.5

Total 25,731,519 3,243,533 100.0 26,057,864 3,401,279 100.0

1GGS in-scope employment is the total employment within industries that potentially produce green goods or provide green services, based 

on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. 

NOTE: GGS data for 2010 have been revised to incorporate methodological changes as explained in the Technical Note. Please also note 

data may not add to total due to rounding. 

In 2011, the majority (56.5 percent) of GGS employment was found in establishments that exclusively 

produced green goods and services; these establishments had 1,923,251 GGS jobs. Establishments that 

produced a mix of green and non-green goods and services had 1,478,029 GGS jobs in the same time 

period. Establishments that produced no green goods or services (i.e., no revenue or employment was 

associated with green goods and services in those establishments) accounted for 67.1 percent of 

employment within the GGS scope. (See table B.) 

For More Information 

The tables and charts included in this release contain data for the nation and for the 50 states and the 

District of Columbia. Data for 2011 green employment levels and percents for all states are provided in 

tables 4, 5, and 6 of this release. For additional information about the Green Goods and Services data, 

please read the Technical Note. Further information about the GGS data may be obtained by calling (202) 

691-5185 or by accessing the GGS webpage at www.bls.gov/ggs. 
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Revisions to the Green Goods and Services Data

Effective with this release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics made improvements to the Green Goods 

and Services (GGS) estimation procedures. The estimates for 2010 have been revised to include 

these improvements. In addition, the 2010 GGS data have been revised to reflect the 2012 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These revisions enable 

comparisons between GGS series from 2010 to those for 2011. For more information, please see 

the Technical Note and http://www.bls.gov/ggs/ggsoverview.htm#technote.
Technical Note

This release presents statistics from the Green Goods 

and Services program (GGS). GGS employment level 

and rate estimates are published by state, ownership, 

and industry. Data for GGS are collected and compiled 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from a sample of 

business and government establishments in selected 

industries with workers covered by state and federal 

unemployment insurance (UI) legislation provided by 

State Workforce Agencies (SWAs).

Collection

In an annual survey of business establishments, data 

are collected for employment, fiscal year, and the share 

of revenue or employment associated with production 

of green goods or services at the establishment level. 

Data collection methods include mail, computerassisted telephone interviewing, web, and fax.

Coverage

BLS sampled from 325 North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) industries identified as 

potential producers or providers of green goods and 

services. The GGS survey covers all private establishments in these industries, such as factories, offices, and 

stores, as well as federal, state, and local government 

entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

Concepts

Green Goods and Services. Green goods and services are defined as goods and services produced by an 

establishment that benefit the environment or conserve 

natural resources. Green goods and services fall into 

one or more of the following five groups: (1) production of energy from renewable sources; (2) energy efficiency; (3) pollution reduction and removal, greenhouse 

gas reduction, and recycling and reuse; (4) natural resources conservation; and (5) environmental compliance, education and training, and public awareness.

Industry classification. The industry classifications 

in this release are in accordance with the 2012 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System 

(NAICS). Only the 325 industries identified by BLS as 

producing green goods and providing green services are 

included in the scope of the GGS survey. To ensure the 

highest possible quality of data, the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program verifies 

with employers and updates, if necessary, the NAICS 

code, location, and ownership classification of all establishments on a 3-year cycle. Changes in establishment 

characteristics resulting from the verification process 

are annually introduced into the GGS sampling frame.

Green Goods and Services jobs. GGS jobs are those 

associated with producing green goods or providing 

green services. Some businesses produce multiple 

products and services where one or more may be included in the BLS definition. For these cases, BLS determined from prior research that businesses often have 

difficulty providing employment associated with the 

production of green goods and services, while information on the revenue from the sale of the green goods or 

services is more readily available and less burdensome 

for the respondent to provide. The percentage of the 

establishment’s revenue related to sale of green goods 

and services is used to estimate GGS jobs, which are 

defined as employment related to the production of 

green goods and services at the establishment level. 

Sampled establishments that do not generate revenue 

are asked to report the share of their employment involved with the production of green goods and services. 

For example, employment related to research and development, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and new businesses may provide green goods and 

services without generating income.

Employment. Employment includes persons on the 

payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period 

that includes the twelfth day of the reference month. 

Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, 

salaried, and hourly employees are included, as are employees on paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners of unincorporated businesses, unpaid 

family workers, or persons on leave without pay or on 

strike for the entire pay period, are not counted as employed. Employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their employer of record, not by 

the establishment where they are working. The monthly 

employment figure provided by respondents will be 

compared to employment data BLS has on file as part 

of the QCEW program, which comprise BLS’ business 

register, in order to verify that data are being collected 

for the correct establishment.

Estimates. Estimates of GGS employment and GGS 

percent of total QCEW employment are released with 

the annual GGS news release.

Sample and estimation methodology

Sample. BLS selects approximately 120,000 GGS 

establishments per year from the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. This program includes all employers subject to state Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws and federal agencies subject to Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE). Most of these establishments are se-
lected from the second quarter QCEW sample frame, 

while a small sample of new business establishments is 

selected from the fourth quarters. The sample is designed to estimate GGS employment at both national 

industry and state industry sector levels of detail.

The GGS sample is divided into three panels, each 

containing approximately 40,000 sample units. Two of 

the three panel samples overlap with the previous year’s 

sample to produce estimates of change in green employment. A new sample is allocated and selected from 

the panel that does not overlap. 

Estimation. A Horvitz-Thompson estimator is used 

to estimate GGS employment, based on an establishment’s 12-month average employment over the reference period, percent of revenue or employment associated with green goods and services, and sampling 

weight. The 12-month average employment is obtained 

from corresponding QCEW files and is known for each 

sampled establishments.

GGS percentage estimates are relative to the QCEW 

employment of all industries contained within a particular estimation cell’s NAICS code, not only the 325 industries included in the GGS scope. For GGS employment percentages, the estimate of GGS employment is 

divided by the 12-month average of QCEW employment over the reference period. 

Reliability. GGS estimates are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error arises 

from selecting a sample of establishments rather than 

the entire business population. To measure this error, 

GGS uses a balanced repeated replication technique to 

calculate standard errors. Given the standard error for

an estimate, an approximate 90 percent confidence interval can be constructed by adding and subtracting 

1.645 times the standard error from the estimate.

The standard error of the estimated total GGS employment is approximately 34,000. The standard error 

of over the year change in total GGS employment is 

about 36,000.

The standard error of the estimated rate of GGS employment is approximately 0.03 percent. The standard 

error of over the year change in rate of GGS employment is about 0.03 percent.

Nonsampling error arises from various sources, such

as establishments failing to respond or misreporting 

data, coding and data processing errors, and population

coverage. Since GGS only samples establishments in 

325 industries predetermined to potentially have GGS 

employment, any green goods and services produced or 

provided in other industries is not captured. GGS is also 

subject to errors in the sampling frame, in which some 

establishments’ industry codes may be misclassified.

Specialized Procedures. GGS sampling methodology is coordinated with the Occupational Employment 

Statistics survey. Sampling overlap between the two 

surveys is maximized for additional inference to be 

made about green staffing patterns. Such inferences are 

not included as part of this GGS release.

Methodological changes

NAICS 2012 Conversion. The original survey estimates for 2010 were based on the 2007 NAICS classification. In that reference period, data were collected for 

industries defined in the GGS scope according to their 

NAICS classification at that time. The 2011 survey 

estimates are based on the 2012 NAICS classification, 

which impacted the scope of the GGS survey. Some 

private-ownership manufacturing industries that were 

not included in the 2010 GGS scope combined with inscope industries. Thus, for 2011 estimates, some establishments that were previously out-of-scope are included in the survey. Revised 2010 estimates are based 

on the 2012 NAICS classification.

Imputation. Establishments that are sampled in both 

survey years but only report usable data for one year are 

imputed. Three methods are used to impute missing 

green percent values: hot deck imputation; overlays; 

and mean imputation.

Benchmarking. Benchmarking procedures were revised to incorporate ownership for both survey years.

For more information. For more detailed information on these methodological changes, please visit the 

Technical Note section of the GGS web page at 

www.bls.gov\ggs.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice 

phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 

877-8339.
Table 1. Green Goods and Services (GGS) employment by industry sector, annual averages

Industry NAICS1

GGS employment2 GGS percent3 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Total, all industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,243,533 3,401,279 2.5 2.6 157,746

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,342,562 2,515,200 2.2 2.3 172,638

Natural resources and mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,21 63,344 64,689 3.5 3.4 1,345

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 69,031 71,129 12.5 12.9 2,098

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 385,777 487,709 7.0 8.9 101,932

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33 492,985 507,168 4.3 4.3 14,183

Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,44-45 205,567 223,079 1.0 1.1 17,512

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 242,137 238,755 6.1 5.9 -3,382

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 33,321 29,412 1.2 1.1 -3,909

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,53 462 475 0.0 0.0 13

Professional, scientific, and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 355,386 381,981 4.8 5.0 26,595

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 62,630 69,310 3.4 3.6 6,680

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 330,650 335,417 4.5 4.3 4,767

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,62 28,789 26,123 0.2 0.1 -2,666

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,72 20,642 23,696 0.2 0.2 3,054

Other services, except public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 51,841 56,257 1.2 1.3 4,416

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,744 213,340 7.0 7.5 4,596

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,224 248,539 5.6 5.5 -7,685

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436,002 424,201 3.1 3.1 -11,801

1 North American Industry Classification System, 2012.

2 GGS employment is the number of jobs related to the production of Green Goods and Services.

3 GGS percent is the percentage of the GGS employment compared to the total employment. This value is derived by dividing the GGS employment by the total employment.

NOTE: GGS data for 2010 have been revised to incorporate methodological changes explained in the Technical Note. Please also note data may not add to total due to rounding.
Table 2. Green Goods and Services (GGS) employment by industry sector in government, annual averages

Industry NAICS

1

Federal government State government 

2010 2011 2010 2011 

GGS

employment

2

GGS

percent

3

GGS

employment

2

GGS

percent

3

GGS

employment

2

GGS

percent

3

GGS

employment

2

GGS

percent

3

GG

employ

Total, all industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,744 7.0 213,340 7.5 256,224 5.6 248,539 5.5 436,

Natural resources and mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,21 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 1,642 72.8 1,725 79.2 

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7,931 58.7 7,218 52.0 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 98,

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 

Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,44-45 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 27,270 51.3 27,583 52.3 210,

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 516 7.4 4,

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,53 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 

Professional, scientific, and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 38,445 54.1 39,714 55.1 1,760 9.0 –

4 –

4 

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 33,

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,62 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 43,201 1.7 42,423 1.7 9,

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,72 21,848 36.4 21,489 36.5 9,450 38.8 9,024 38.8 21,Other services, except public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 –

4 228 7.3 3,

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 134,903 8.0 139,884 8.8 171,244 9.2 164,952 9.0 52,

1 North American Industry Classification System, 2012.2 GGS employment is the number of jobs related to the production of Green Goods and Services.3 GGS percent is the percentage of the GGS employment compared to the total employment. This value is derived by dividing the GGS employment by the total employment.4 Data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.NOTE: GGS data for 2010 have been revised to incorporate methodological changes explained in the Technical Note. Please also note data may not add to total due to rounding.
Table 3. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by detailed industry, annual averages

Industry NAICS1

GGS employment2 GGS percent3 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,342,562 2,515,200 2.2 2.3 172,638

Natural resources and mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,21 63,344 64,689 3.5 3.4 1,345

Crop production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 36,703 36,796 6.9 6.9 93

Oilseed and grain farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111 3,934 4,775 9.3 10.6 841

Vegetable and melon farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 10,045 10,701 10.7 11.3 656

Fruit and tree nut farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113 12,954 11,669 7.1 6.3 -1,285

Greenhouse and nursery production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114 5,627 5,631 3.9 3.9 4

Other crop farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119 4,143 4,020 6.5 6.5 -123

Animal production and aquaculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 6,626 6,196 2.9 2.7 -430

Cattle ranching and farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121 3,800 3,421 2.9 2.5 -379

Hog and pig farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1122 536 –

4

1.9 –

4

–

Poultry and egg production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123 1,787 1,798 4.6 4.6 11

Sheep and goat farming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Aquaculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125 382 426 6.5 7.5 44

Other animal production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Forestry and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 9,432 10,564 16.8 19.0 1,132

Timber tract operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131 1,061 1,292 29.7 35.6 231

Forest nursery and gathering forest products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1132 528 434 17.9 14.1 -94

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133 7,844 8,837 15.8 18.1 993

Agriculture and forestry support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 10,583 11,133 3.2 3.3 550

Support activities for crop production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1151 5,395 5,761 1.9 2.0 366

Support activities for animal production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1152 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Support activities for forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1153 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 69,031 71,129 12.5 12.9 2,098

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 69,031 71,129 12.5 12.9 2,098

Power generation and supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211 49,973 53,787 12.6 13.6 3,814

Electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22111 49,973 53,787 29.5 32.4 3,814

Hydroelectric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221111 5,124 3,780 72.7 64.8 -1,344

Nuclear electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221113 39,818 44,054 75.7 83.6 4,236

Solar electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221114 –

5

522 –597.9 –

Wind electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221115 –

5

2,724 –591.7 –

Geothermal electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221116 –

5

1,017 –596.9 –

Biomass electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221117 –

5

1,166 –592.3 –

Other electric power generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221118 –

5

525 –565.8 –

Water, sewage and other systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2213 19,058 17,342 40.8 37.0 -1,716

Water supply and irrigation systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22131 11,995 10,248 32.0 27.2 -1,747

Sewage treatment facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22132 6,439 6,448 87.7 88.1 9

Steam and air-conditioning supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22133 624 646 32.2 34.6 22

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 385,777 487,709 7.0 8.9 101,932

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 78,113 117,263 6.4 9.7 39,150

Residential building construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2361 31,498 57,016 5.5 10.1 25,518

Nonresidential building construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2362 46,615 60,247 7.2 9.3 13,632

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 44,560 49,613 5.5 6.0 5,053

Utility system construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2371 34,642 39,330 9.1 9.9 4,688

Land subdivision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2372 1,889 1,664 3.7 3.7 -225

Other heavy construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2379 8,028 8,618 8.5 9.1 590

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 263,105 320,833 7.6 9.3 57,728

Building foundation and exterior contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2381 39,585 51,190 5.9 7.7 11,605

Building equipment contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2382 164,809 194,476 10.1 11.9 29,667

Building finishing contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2383 38,185 49,119 6.0 7.9 10,934

Other specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2389 20,526 26,049 4.0 5.0 5,523

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33 492,985 507,168 4.3 4.3 14,183

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 10,484 10,131 8.8 8.6 -353

Textile furnishings mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3141 9,4616

9,271 16.5617.0 -1906

Other textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3149 1,023 859 1.7 1.4 -164

Wood product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 33,838 33,052 10.0 9.8 -786

Sawmills and wood preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211 498 323 0.6 0.4 -175

Plywood and engineered wood product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 6,545 6,840 10.4 11.2 295

Plywood and engineered wood product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32121 6,545 6,840 10.4 11.2 295

Hardwood veneer and plywood mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321211 1,516 1,992 10.3 13.2 476

Softwood veneer and plywood mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321212 –

4

658 –44.9 –

Engineered wood member mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321213 –

4

345 –48.6 –

Truss mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321214 997 1,158 5.5 6.8 161

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by detailed industry, annual

averages — Continued

Industry NAICS1

GGS employment2 GGS percent3 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Reconstituted wood product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321219 2,929 2,687 23.8 22.8 -242

Other wood product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3219 26,795 25,888 13.8 13.5 -907

Millwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32191 20,839 21,970 22.7 24.9 1,131

Wood window and door mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321911 18,055 19,041 40.1 44.8 986

Other millwork, including flooring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321918 2,783 2,928 7.9 8.6 145

All other wood product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32199 5,956 3,919 11.6 7.7 -2,037

Manufactured home, mobile home, mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321991 3,803 2,114 19.9 11.7 -1,689

Prefabricated wood building mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321992 2,154 1,805 16.1 14.2 -349

Paper mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 33,853 32,032 8.6 8.3 -1,821

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3221 33,853 32,032 30.3 29.3 -1,821

Pulp mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32211 1,208 1,078 20.3 18.0 -130

Paper mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32212 19,669 18,167 25.9 24.5 -1,502

Paper, except newsprint, mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322121 17,052 15,552 25.0 23.3 -1,500

Newsprint mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322122 2,617 2,615 33.6 34.8 -2

Paperboard mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32213 12,976 12,787 43.6 43.7 -189

Petroleum and coal products mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 3,244 3,278 2.9 3.0 34

Petroleum and coal products mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3241 3,244 3,278 2.9 3.0 34

Chemical mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 23,124 24,733 2.9 3.2 1,609

Basic chemical mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3251 10,600 10,842 7.5 7.6 242

Agricultural chemical mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3253 639 518 1.8 1.4 -121

Paint, coating, and adhesive mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3255 3,674 4,131 6.6 7.2 457

Paint and coating mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32551 2,731 3,078 7.5 8.2 347

Adhesive mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32552 943 1,053 4.9 5.3 110

Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3256 2,228 2,601 2.2 2.6 373

Soap and cleaning compound mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32561 2,228 2,601 4.3 5.0 373

Soap and other detergent mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325611 674 806 2.8 3.4 132

Polish and other sanitation good mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325612 1,553 1,795 6.8 7.7 242

Other chemical product and preparation mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3259 5,983 6,641 7.1 7.8 658

Printing ink mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32591 1,357 1,400 14.3 14.9 43

All other chemical preparation mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32599 4,626 5,241 6.8 7.7 615

Custom compounding of purchased resins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325991 1,597 1,968 10.5 12.7 371

Other miscellaneous chemical product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325998 3,029 3,273 8.9 9.3 244

Plastics and rubber products mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 32,407 33,421 5.2 5.3 1,014

Plastics product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3261 27,768 28,660 5.5 5.7 892

Other plastics product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32619 27,768 28,660 10.2 10.5 892

Plastics plumbing fixture mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326191 409 801 3.3 6.7 392

All other plastics product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326199 27,3596

27,860 10.6610.6 5016

Rubber product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3262 4,639 4,760 3.8 3.8 121

Tire mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32621 3,008 3,221 5.8 6.0 213

Tire retreading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326212 3,008 3,221 45.4 46.4 213

Other rubber product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32629 1,631 1,539 3.4 3.0 -92

All other rubber product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326299 1,631 1,539 7.0 6.2 -92

Nonmetallic mineral product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 29,710 29,885 8.1 8.2 175

Clay product and refractory mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3271 4,8786

4,706 12.1611.6 -1726

Glass and glass product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3272 7,991 9,079 10.1 11.4 1,088

Cement and concrete product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3273 9,963 9,495 5.9 5.8 -468

Lime and gypsum product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3274 2,397 2,433 17.8 18.3 36

Other nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3279 4,481 4,172 6.9 6.3 -309

All other nonmetallic mineral products mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32799 4,481 4,172 8.0 7.4 -309

Mineral wool mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327993 3,597 3,311 22.3 20.8 -286

Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327999 884 861 8.1 7.8 -23

Primary metal mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 64,859 63,292 18.0 16.3 -1,567

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311 37,8316

33,812 44.1636.9 -4,0196

Alumina and aluminum production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 8,31668,200 15.4614.4 -1166

Other nonferrous metal production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 9,788610,493 16.9617.2 7056

Foundries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3315 8,925 10,787 8.0 8.9 1,862

Fabricated metal product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 31,476 30,310 2.5 2.3 -1,166

Forging and stamping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3321 1,565 1,527 1.8 1.6 -38

Architectural and structural metals mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3323 21,720 21,792 6.8 6.6 72

Plate work and fabricated structural products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33231 9,508 9,124 6.5 6.0 -384

Fabricated structural metal mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332312 9,508 9,124 12.4 11.5 -384

Ornamental and architectural metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33232 12,213 12,668 7.1 7.2 455

Metal window and door mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332321 12,213 12,668 24.1 25.5 455

Other fabricated metal product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3329 8,190 6,991 3.3 2.8 -1,199

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by detailed industry, annual

averages — Continued

Industry NAICS1

GGS employment2 GGS percent3 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Metal valve mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33291 7,201 6,273 9.0 7.6 -928

Industrial valve mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332911 3,597 3,579 15.5 14.8 -18

Plumbing fixture fitting and trim mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332913 1,716 1,608 17.8 17.2 -108

Other metal valve and pipe fitting mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332919 1,888 1,085 11.6 6.9 -803

All other fabricated metal product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33299 989 718 0.6 0.4 -271

Fabricated pipe and pipe fitting mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332996 989 718 3.6 2.4 -271

Machinery mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 67,057 69,097 6.8 6.6 2,040

Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3331 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Commercial and service industry machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3333 10,6186

10,577 11.5611.5 -416

HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3334 41,412 42,242 32.9 32.7 830

HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33341 41,412 42,242 32.9 32.7 830

Fan, blower, air purification equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333413 8,502 9,000 32.5 32.9 498

Heating equipment, except warm air furnaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333414 5,550 5,736 34.8 33.3 186

AC, refrigeration, and forced air heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333415 27,360 27,507 32.7 32.5 147

Metalworking machinery mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3335 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Turbine and power transmission equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3336 14,328 15,540 15.7 15.7 1,212

Turbine and power transmission equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33361 14,328 15,540 15.7 15.7 1,212

Turbine and turbine generator set units mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333611 13,400 14,439 50.3 49.7 1,039

Engine and power transmission equipment mfg., excl. turbine

mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333612,3 928 1,100 3.8 4.1 172

Computer and electronic product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 65,759 74,105 6.0 6.7 8,346

Computer and peripheral equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3341 23,706 24,723 14.9 15.7 1,017

Communications equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3342 2,827 2,688 2.4 2.3 -139

Audio and video equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3343 628 770 3.1 3.9 142

Semiconductor and electronic component mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3344 22,491 27,454 6.1 7.2 4,963

Electronic instrument mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3345 16,107 18,470 4.0 4.6 2,363

Electronic instrument mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33451 16,107 18,470 4.0 4.6 2,363

Automatic environmental control mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334512 2,310 2,515 12.7 14.0 205

Industrial process variable instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334513 4,584 5,528 8.2 9.5 944

Totalizing fluid meters and counting devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334514 2,488 3,302 23.0 30.0 814

Electricity and signal testing instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334515 2,736 3,015 6.8 7.2 279

Analytical laboratory instrument mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334516 1,813 1,764 5.9 5.6 -49

Other measuring and controlling device mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334519 2,1766

2,346 6.667.1 1706

Electrical equipment and appliance mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 41,865 45,998 11.8 12.6 4,133

Electric lighting equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3351 11,214 13,030 24.8 28.9 1,816

Electric lamp bulb and part mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33511 3,844 4,058 42.4 45.5 214

Lighting fixture mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33512 7,371 8,971 20.4 24.7 1,600

Residential electric lighting fixture mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335121 885 956 10.8 11.9 71

Nonresidential electric lighting fixture mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335122 4,618 5,726 24.2 29.7 1,108

Other lighting equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335129 1,868 2,289 21.0 25.8 421

Household appliance mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3352 13,879 14,859 23.7 26.4 980

Small electrical appliance mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33521 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Major appliance mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33522 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Household cooking appliance mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335221 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Household refrigerator and home freezer mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335222 –

4

3,443 –425.8 –

Household laundry equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335224 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Other major household appliance mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335228 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Electrical equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3353 8,036 9,222 6.0 6.7 1,186

Electrical equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33531 8,036 9,222 6.0 6.7 1,186

Electric power and specialty transformer mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335311 3,979 4,328 16.6 18.0 349

Motor and generator mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335312 4,057 4,894 10.5 12.3 837

Other electrical equipment and component mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3359 8,736 8,887 7.4 7.1 151

Battery mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33591 4,590 4,642 19.1 17.7 52

Storage battery mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335911 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Primary battery mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335912 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Other electrical equipment and component mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33599 4,147 4,245 12.5 12.0 98

Miscellaneous electrical equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335999 4,147 4,245 15.7 15.2 98

Transportation equipment mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 43,243 45,367 3.3 3.3 2,124

Motor vehicle mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3361 12,740 11,888 8.3 7.4 -852

Motor vehicle parts mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3363 22,6156

25,490 5.465.7 2,8756

Railroad rolling stock mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3365 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Ship and boat building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3366 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Furniture and related product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 12,066 12,469 3.4 3.6 403

Office furniture and fixtures mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3372 9,585 9,779 10.0 10.0 194

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by detailed industry, annual

averages — Continued

Industry NAICS1

GGS employment2 GGS percent3 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Other furniture related product mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3379 2,481 2,690 6.8 7.6 209

Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,44-45 205,567 223,079 1.0 1.1 17,512

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 94,916 104,913 3.5 3.8 9,997

Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4239 94,916 104,913 34.4 36.1 9,997

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 110,651 118,166 14.3 15.2 7,515

Used merchandise stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4533 110,651 118,166 88.2 88.7 7,515

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 242,137 238,755 6.1 5.9 -3,382

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 2,393 2,180 3.8 3.4 -213

Sea, coastal, and Great Lakes transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4831 1,751 1,586 4.7 4.1 -165

Inland water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4832 642 595 2.6 2.4 -47

Transit and ground passenger transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 239,744 236,574 57.2 55.0 -3,170

Urban transit systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4851 34,935 34,956 84.7 84.5 21

Interurban and rural bus transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4852 11,528 11,494 62.7 62.5 -34

School and employee bus transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4854 167,924 166,916 91.9 90.9 -1,008

Charter bus industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4855 17,326 15,194 58.4 50.2 -2,132

Other ground passenger transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4859 8,030 8,014 10.1 9.5 -16

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 33,321 29,412 1.2 1.1 -3,909

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 22,355 21,160 3.0 2.8 -1,195

Newspaper, book, and directory publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5111 12,118 11,025 2.4 2.3 -1,093

Software publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5112 10,237 10,135 4.0 3.8 -102

Motion picture and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Motion picture and video industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5121 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 7,525 5,352 2.6 1.9 -2,173

Radio and television broadcasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5151 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Cable and other subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5152 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5191 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,53 462 475 0.0 0.0 13

Securities, commodity contracts, investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 462 475 0.1 0.1 13

Professional and Technical Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 355,386 381,981 4.8 5.0 26,595

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 355,386 381,981 4.8 5.0 26,595

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5411 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5413 184,628 192,393 14.4 14.9 7,765

Engineering services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54133 113,031 122,619 13.0 14.0 9,588

Architectural and related services excl. engineering services. . . . . 54131,2,5,6,7,8 71,597 69,774 17.7 17.0 -1,823

Specialized design services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5414 3,088 3,077 2.7 2.7 -11

Computer systems design and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5415 54,792 67,348 3.8 4.4 12,556

Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5416 68,476 72,121 6.8 6.7 3,645

Scientific research and development services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5417 36,949 39,590 6.0 6.3 2,641

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life

sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54171 36,949 39,590 6.6 6.9 2,641

Physical, engineering and biological research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541711 3,680 3,884 2.7 2.8 204

Other physical and biological research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541712 33,268 35,706 7.8 8.2 2,438

Advertising, PR, and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5418 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Other professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5419 –

4

–

4

–

4

–

4

–

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 62,630 69,310 3.4 3.6 6,680

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 62,630 69,310 3.4 3.6 6,680

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5511 62,630 69,310 3.4 3.6 6,680

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 330,650 335,417 4.5 4.3 4,767

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 24,963 20,440 0.4 0.3 -4,523

Travel arrangement and reservation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5615 405 537 0.2 0.3 132

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5617 24,557 19,903 1.4 1.1 -4,654

Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 305,688 314,977 85.9 86.6 9,289

Waste collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5621 124,712 131,048 89.8 90.1 6,336

Waste treatment and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5622 89,090 87,951 93.2 93.1 -1,139

Waste treatment and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56221 89,090 87,951 93.2 93.1 -1,139

Hazardous waste treatment and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562211 35,287 34,211 94.6 93.4 -1,076

Solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562212 35,485 35,039 94.0 93.2 -446

Solid waste combustors and incinerators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562213 5,854 5,555 95.2 96.8 -299

Other nonhazardous waste disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562219 12,465 13,146 86.7 90.6 681

Remediation and other waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5629 91,886 95,979 75.6 77.6 4,093

Remediation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56291 57,474 58,251 75.5 75.9 777

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by detailed industry, annual

averages — Continued

Industry NAICS1

GGS employment2 GGS percent3 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Materials recovery facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56292 11,219 12,474 90.6 93.0 1,255

All other waste management services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56299 23,193 25,254 70.3 75.3 2,061

Septic tank and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562991 14,395 15,994 73.6 81.0 1,599

Miscellaneous waste management services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562998 8,798 9,260 65.5 67.2 462

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,62 28,789 26,123 0.2 0.1 -2,666

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 28,789 26,123 1.2 1.0 -2,666

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,72 20,642 23,696 0.2 0.2 3,054

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 20,642 23,696 16.2 18.1 3,054

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7121 20,642 23,696 16.2 18.1 3,054

Other services, except public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 51,841 56,257 1.2 1.3 4,416

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 21,134 22,100 1.9 1.9 966

Automotive repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8111 7,757 6,652 1.0 0.8 -1,105

Electronic equipment repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8112 5,247 4,857 5.4 4.9 -390

Commercial machinery repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8113 5,319 7,200 3.1 3.9 1,881

Household goods repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8114 2,811 3,391 4.2 5.0 580

Membership associations and organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 30,707 34,157 2.3 2.6 3,450

Grantmaking and giving services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8132 2,817 3,662 2.3 2.9 845

Social advocacy organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8133 20,277 20,800 10.6 10.7 523

Professional and similar organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8139 7,613 9,695 1.8 2.3 2,082

1 North American Industry Classification System, 2012.

2 GGS employment is the number of jobs related to the production of Green Goods and Services. This table reflects private ownership only.

3 GGS percent is the percentage of the GGS employment compared to the total employment. This value is derived by dividing the GGS employment by the total employment.

4 Data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.

5 Estimate cannot be created due to the conversion from NAICS 2007 to NAICS 2012.

6 The 2012 NAICS conversion changed the GGS scope for this industry. BLS utilized backcasting to make the 2010 and 2011 estimates comparable. See the extended technical

note for more detail.

NOTE: GGS data for 2010 have been revised to incorporate methodological changes explained in the Technical Note. Please also note data may not add to total due to rounding.
Table 4. Green Goods and Services (GGS) employment by state, annual averages

State

Total, all ownerships Private ownership

2010 2011 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011

2010 2011 GGS

employment

change from:

2010 - 2011

GGS

employment1

GGS

percent2

GGS

employment1

GGS

percent2

GGS

employment1

GGS

percent2

GGS

employment1

GGS

percent2

United States. . . . . . . . . 3,243,533 2.5 3,401,279 2.6 157,746 2,342,562 2.2 2,515,200 2.3 172,638

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,372 2.8 54,077 3.0 2,705 36,215 2.5 39,703 2.7 3,488

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,999 3.8 12,119 3.8 120 5,591 2.4 5,893 2.4 302

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,161 1.8 48,851 2.1 5,690 33,181 1.7 39,535 2.0 6,354

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,311 2.8 33,420 2.9 1,109 24,509 2.6 26,351 2.8 1,842

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . 342,879 2.4 360,245 2.5 17,366 239,416 2.0 268,486 2.2 29,070

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,657 3.3 72,629 3.3 -28 53,895 3.0 52,859 2.9 -1,036

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . 41,385 2.6 43,722 2.7 2,337 34,397 2.5 36,577 2.7 2,180

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,973 2.2 9,872 2.4 899 6,440 1.9 7,331 2.1 891

District of Columbia. . . 33,742 4.9 35,799 5.1 2,057 10,570 2.4 11,115 2.4 545

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,948 1.5 117,433 1.6 8,485 93,160 1.5 98,249 1.6 5,089

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,680 2.1 84,356 2.2 4,676 58,987 1.9 64,205 2.0 5,218

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,528 2.6 17,596 3.0 2,068 9,483 2.0 11,425 2.4 1,942

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,676 3.9 24,250 4.0 574 14,515 2.9 15,138 3.0 623

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,153 2.4 136,447 2.5 2,294 103,244 2.2 105,751 2.2 2,507

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,108 2.5 70,156 2.5 2,048 58,720 2.5 61,159 2.6 2,439

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,540 2.8 43,791 3.0 3,251 32,946 2.7 35,879 2.9 2,933

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,339 2.0 25,632 2.0 -707 19,126 1.8 19,097 1.8 -29

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,726 2.4 43,027 2.5 2,301 27,729 2.0 28,770 2.0 1,041

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,808 2.4 44,373 2.4 565 32,970 2.2 33,328 2.2 358

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,352 2.7 16,951 2.9 1,599 11,166 2.3 12,680 2.6 1,514

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,346 3.2 91,489 3.7 14,143 50,880 2.6 63,638 3.2 12,758

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . 84,198 2.7 88,924 2.8 4,726 70,720 2.6 75,071 2.7 4,351

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,228 2.3 82,644 2.1 -2,584 71,473 2.2 69,116 2.1 -2,357

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . 78,709 3.1 75,302 2.9 -3,407 62,545 2.9 60,509 2.7 -2,036

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . 21,167 2.0 21,933 2.0 766 14,780 1.8 16,114 1.9 1,334

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,271 2.5 68,534 2.7 3,263 42,093 2.0 46,625 2.2 4,532

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,596 3.5 14,306 3.4 -290 8,709 2.6 8,211 2.4 -498

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,896 2.3 22,392 2.5 1,496 14,640 2.0 16,491 2.2 1,851

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,360 1.9 21,861 2.0 501 13,676 1.4 15,569 1.6 1,893

New Hampshire. . . . . . 14,011 2.3 16,244 2.7 2,233 12,309 2.4 14,471 2.8 2,162

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . 73,411 2.0 81,018 2.2 7,607 53,449 1.7 61,160 1.9 7,711

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . 22,884 2.9 24,337 3.1 1,453 14,208 2.4 15,481 2.6 1,273

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,315 3.1 266,308 3.2 10,993 141,307 2.0 156,397 2.2 15,090

North Carolina. . . . . . . . 101,415 2.7 108,094 2.8 6,679 77,036 2.5 83,017 2.6 5,981

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . 8,783 2.4 9,481 2.5 698 5,972 2.1 6,891 2.2 919

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,063 2.6 137,143 2.8 8,080 95,718 2.3 103,917 2.4 8,199

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,893 1.7 29,035 1.9 3,142 16,800 1.4 20,343 1.7 3,543

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,878 3.8 68,709 4.3 7,831 40,254 3.1 49,249 3.7 8,995

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . 160,494 2.9 167,397 3.0 6,903 129,372 2.7 136,557 2.8 7,185

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . 12,420 2.8 12,327 2.7 -93 9,557 2.5 9,401 2.4 -156

South Carolina. . . . . . . . 43,592 2.5 44,210 2.5 618 32,591 2.3 33,002 2.3 411

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . 10,078 2.6 10,578 2.7 500 6,325 2.0 6,865 2.1 540

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . 68,145 2.7 71,111 2.7 2,966 50,132 2.3 53,979 2.5 3,847

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233,304 2.3 227,532 2.2 -5,772 179,744 2.1 177,155 2.1 -2,589

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,544 2.4 27,864 2.4 320 17,844 1.9 17,098 1.8 -746

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,483 3.9 12,159 4.1 676 9,080 3.8 9,571 3.9 491

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,490 2.7 107,773 3.0 11,283 65,142 2.3 74,990 2.6 9,848

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . 95,769 3.4 101,593 3.6 5,824 64,985 2.8 69,332 3.0 4,347

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . 14,626 2.1 16,221 2.3 1,595 7,931 1.4 9,013 1.6 1,082

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,754 2.4 69,647 2.6 5,893 52,328 2.3 57,318 2.5 4,990

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,071 3.7 10,369 3.8 298 4,700 2.3 5,117 2.4 417

1 GGS employment is the number of jobs related to the production of Green Goods and Services.

2 GGS percent is the percentage of the GGS employment compared to the total employment. This value is derived by dividing the GGS employment by the total employment.

NOTE: GGS data for 2010 have been revised to incorporate methodological changes explained in the Technical Note. Please also note data may not add to total due to rounding.
Table 5. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment percent by state and industry sector, 2011 annua

State Total private

Natural

resources and

mining

Utilities Construction Manufacturing Trade

Transportation

and

warehousing

Information Financial activities

Professional,

scientific, and

technical

services

Management

of companies

and

enterprises

Administrat

and waste

services

United States. . . . 2.3 3.4 12.9 8.9 4.3 1.1 5.9 1.1 0.0 5.0 3.6 4.3 Alabama. . . . . . . . 2.7 6.2 –

2 6.2 5.7 1.8 2.9 –

2 –

2 3.4 –

2 5.5 

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . 2.4 –

2 11.3 8.1 –

2 0.9 5.5 –

2 –

2 7.6 –

2 12.0 

Arizona. . . . . . . . . 2.0 5.5 3.0 10.4 1.7 1.5 5.2 –

2 –

2 5.0 –

2 2.8 

Arkansas. . . . . . . . 2.8 5.2 20.3 9.4 6.9 1.1 –

2 –

2 –

2 4.6 –

2 6.2 

California. . . . . . . . 2.2 4.1 13.6 9.7 2.9 1.1 3.5 –

2 –

2 4.1 –

2 5.7 

Colorado. . . . . . . . 2.9 –

2 7.0 8.0 5.1 1.6 3.9 4.5 –

2 8.7 –

2 6.3 

Connecticut. . . . . . 2.7 –

2 26.2 10.3 3.2 0.8 20.5 –

2 –

2 7.4 –

2 6.8 

Delaware. . . . . . . . 2.1 –

2 –

2 10.2 4.4 –

2 14.9 –

2 –

2 3.9 –

2 4.0 

District of

Columbia. . . . . . 2.4 –

3 –

2 10.5 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 5.8 –

2 1.0 

Florida. . . . . . . . . . 1.6 3.5 9.9 8.2 3.1 0.7 3.0 –

2 –

2 3.0 –

2 3.3 

Georgia. . . . . . . . . 2.0 6.4 13.3 8.1 5.0 1.1 1.4 –

2 –

2 3.8 –

2 2.6 

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . 2.4 –

2 6.8 13.2 –

2 1.2 9.1 –

2 –

2 7.7 –

2 3.4 

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 4.8 16.4 11.2 3.3 1.0 7.8 –

2 –

2 6.2 –

2 5.7 

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.4 –

2 9.4 3.0 1.0 8.0 2.3 –

2 3.8 –

2 4.1 

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . 2.6 5.8 6.0 10.0 4.6 1.9 1.9 2.3 –

2 5.5 –

2 3.8 

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 3.9 16.5 11.8 8.5 1.2 2.6 –

2 –

2 2.9 6.6 3.2 

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.8 –

2 6.0 2.5 1.0 6.6 –

2 –

2 4.0 –

2 3.4 

Kentucky. . . . . . . . 2.0 –

2 3.2 8.8 4.5 1.5 0.7 –

2 –

2 3.9 –

2 4.9 

Louisiana. . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 24.1 4.4 2.9 0.9 3.1 –

2 –

2 4.5 –

2 8.7 

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 11.0 37.7 9.9 3.4 1.1 6.5 –

2 –

2 10.0 –

2 7.3 

Maryland. . . . . . . . 3.2 –

2 –

2 13.4 6.3 1.2 9.0 –

2 –

2 6.8 –

2 5.3 

Massachusetts. . . 2.7 –

2 9.2 7.7 3.7 0.7 15.9 4.4 –

2 5.7 –

2 5.5 

Michigan. . . . . . . . 2.1 5.9 8.2 10.0 4.1 1.1 3.2 2.5 –

2 3.3 4.0 3.7 

Minnesota. . . . . . . 2.7 5.1 5.7 10.1 5.8 1.1 12.6 –

2 –

2 6.7 –

2 4.3 

Mississippi. . . . . . . 1.9 7.7 16.6 5.9 1.7 0.9 2.1 –

2 –

2 5.8 –

2 5.3 

Missouri. . . . . . . . . 2.2 3.7 4.8 7.6 3.9 1.4 6.7 –

2 –

2 5.7 –

2 4.5 

Montana. . . . . . . . 2.4 2.2 –

2 6.0 4.0 1.0 8.4 –

2 –

2 11.0 –

2 6.6 

Nebraska. . . . . . . . 2.2 3.3 –

2 10.1 4.3 0.9 3.1 –

2 –

2 4.2 –

2 4.3 

Nevada. . . . . . . . . 1.6 –

2 8.8 9.4 3.1 1.3 4.9 –

2 –

2 3.6 –

2 3.0 

New Hampshire.. . 2.8 –

2 42.6 8.4 5.0 0.9 19.6 –

2 –

2 6.6 –

2 5.1 

New Jersey. . . . . . 1.9 –

2 15.5 8.1 2.5 0.8 12.0 –

2 –

2 3.4 –

2 3.1 

New Mexico. . . . . 2.6 –

2 3.1 11.8 3.4 1.0 11.3 –

2 –

2 6.4 –

2 3.6 

New York. . . . . . . 2.2 4.9 9.4 10.0 4.8 0.7 17.7 –

2 –

2 3.8 –

2 4.3 

North Carolina. . . 2.6 3.2 19.8 9.9 6.4 1.2 2.2 –

2 –

2 4.7 10.6 2.4 

North Dakota. . . . 2.2 1.2 4.2 6.0 10.7 0.9 3.0 –

2 –

2 4.7 –

2 5.5 

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 –

2 11.6 13.0 4.5 1.5 2.6 –

2 –

2 5.4 –

2 4.5 

Oklahoma. . . . . . . 1.7 –

2 2.5 8.8 5.7 1.2 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 2.2 

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . 3.7 7.4 9.1 9.0 9.3 1.5 5.7 –

2 –

2 6.9 12.3 6.1 

Pennsylvania. . . . 2.8 1.8 20.7 6.1 6.3 1.0 11.9 –

2 –

2 5.6 7.5 5.7 

Rhode Island. . . . 2.4 –

2 –

2 6.3 5.1 1.3 18.1 –

2 –

2 8.3 –

2 6.4 

South Carolina. . . 2.3 7.6 32.1 8.3 4.1 1.0 2.1 –

2 –

2 4.5 –

2 3.6 

South Dakota. . . . 2.1 6.8 5.9 7.8 4.5 1.1 7.1 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 6.3 

Tennessee. . . . . . 2.5 4.2 6.0 6.5 7.4 1.4 2.8 –

2 –

2 5.9 –

2 3.5 

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 0.8 10.2 8.2 3.3 1.1 2.6 2.1 –

2 5.7 –

2 3.2 

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 –

2 6.1 4.1 3.0 0.8 1.0 –

2 –

2 3.5 –

2 6.7 

Vermont. . . . . . . . . 3.9 10.2 –

2 12.1 6.9 0.8 13.3 1.8 –

2 13.5 –

2 9.5 

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . 2.6 –

2 18.0 9.8 4.5 1.2 2.7 –

2 –

2 6.5 –

2 3.5 

Washington. . . . . . 3.0 10.7 12.2 9.3 2.4 1.3 3.0 –

2 –

2 8.2 –

2 9.4 

West Virginia. . . . 1.6 –

2 4.6 6.2 3.1 0.9 –

2 1.7 –

2 5.2 –

2 6.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment percent by state and industry sector, 2011 annua

State Total private

Natural

resources and

mining

Utilities Construction Manufacturing Trade

Transportation

and

warehousing

Information Financial activities

Professional,

scientific, and

technical

services

Management

of companies

and

enterprises

Administrat

and waste

services

Wisconsin. . . . . . . 2.5 7.1 18.2 8.4 3.9 1.5 11.3 –

2 –

2 6.6 –

2 2.6 

Wyoming. . . . . . . . 2.4 –

2 4.2 8.3 3.7 1.2 –

2 –

2 –

2 13.9 –

2 7.9 

1 GGS percent is the percentage of the GGS employment compared to the total employment. This value is derived by dividing the GGS employment (Table 6) by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages twelv

for the corresponding state and industry sector.

2 Data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.3 No private sector establishments are classified in this industry.NOTE: Data may not add to total due to rounding.
Table 6. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by state and industry sector, 2011 annual average

State Total private

Natural

resources and

mining

Utilities Construction Manufacturing Trade

Transportation

and

warehousing

Information Financial activities

Professional,

scientific, and

technical

services

Management

of companies

and

enterprises

Administrat

and waste

services

United States. . . . 2,515,200 64,689 71,129 487,709 507,168 223,079 238,755 29,412 475 381,981 69,310 335,417 Alabama. . . . . . . . 39,703 1,238 –

2 4,988 13,518 5,237 1,432 –

2 –

2 3,165 –

2 5,659 

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . 5,893 –

2 238 1,273 –

2 376 1,052 –

2 –

2 1,097 –

2 1,381 

Arizona. . . . . . . . . 39,535 1,962 359 11,517 2,501 5,953 3,466 –

2 –

2 6,165 –

2 5,535 

Arkansas. . . . . . . . 26,351 1,105 1,457 4,424 11,019 1,900 –

2 –

2 –

2 1,795 –

2 3,464 

California. . . . . . . . 268,486 16,906 7,899 54,070 36,417 23,789 14,151 –

2 –

2 43,279 –

2 50,022 

Colorado. . . . . . . . 52,859 –

2 572 8,969 6,551 5,312 2,269 3,205 –

2 14,900 –

2 8,604 

Connecticut. . . . . . 36,577 –

2 1,614 5,280 5,261 1,857 8,112 –

2 –

2 6,486 –

2 5,478 

Delaware. . . . . . . . 7,331 –

2 –

2 1,972 1,131 –

2 1,327 –

2 –

2 1,009 –

2 873 

District of

Columbia. . . . . . 11,115 –

3 –

2 1,265 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 5,958 –

2 438 

Florida. . . . . . . . . . 98,249 3,028 2,219 27,289 9,615 8,482 6,230 –

2 –

2 13,278 –

2 17,278 

Georgia. . . . . . . . . 64,205 1,861 2,631 11,792 17,513 7,012 2,178 –

2 –

2 8,527 –

2 7,008 

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . 11,425 –

2 227 3,743 –

2 973 2,152 –

2 –

2 1,867 –

2 1,501 

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . 15,138 1,174 460 3,292 1,818 1,021 1,302 –

2 –

2 1,966 –

2 2,111 

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . 105,751 596 –

2 18,351 17,089 9,084 17,625 2,290 –

2 13,551 –

2 15,423 

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . 61,159 1,152 887 11,988 21,469 8,016 1,992 787 –

2 5,438 –

2 6,196 

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . 35,879 735 1,088 7,353 17,525 2,854 1,371 –

2 –

2 1,249 974 2,154 

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . 19,097 340 –

2 3,148 4,023 1,969 2,635 –

2 –

2 2,386 –

2 2,560 

Kentucky. . . . . . . . 28,770 –

2 208 5,935 9,651 4,011 593 –

2 –

2 2,718 –

2 4,788 

Louisiana. . . . . . . . 33,328 1,249 2,244 5,322 3,981 2,526 2,084 –

2 –

2 3,653 –

2 7,901 

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . 12,680 670 606 2,503 1,731 1,119 970 –

2 –

2 2,349 –

2 1,946 

Maryland. . . . . . . . 63,638 –

2 –

2 19,243 7,081 4,243 5,672 –

2 –

2 15,573 –

2 7,718 

Massachusetts. . . 75,071 –

2 958 8,582 9,299 3,048 11,067 3,674 –

2 14,736 –

2 8,917 

Michigan. . . . . . . . 69,116 1,921 1,575 12,467 20,650 6,389 3,025 1,342 –

2 7,723 2,121 9,924 

Minnesota. . . . . . . 60,509 1,276 733 9,279 17,352 4,476 9,286 –

2 –

2 8,566 –

2 5,557 

Mississippi. . . . . . . 16,114 1,501 1,287 2,900 2,276 1,478 805 –

2 –

2 1,832 –

2 2,754 

Missouri. . . . . . . . . 46,625 558 598 7,858 9,575 5,663 5,336 –

2 –

2 7,029 –

2 6,497 

Montana. . . . . . . . 8,211 264 –

2 1,351 671 738 910 –

2 –

2 2,090 –

2 1,299 

Nebraska. . . . . . . . 16,491 443 –

2 4,100 4,005 1,346 1,200 –

2 –

2 1,795 –

2 1,821 

Nevada. . . . . . . . . 15,569 –

2 367 4,899 1,166 2,051 2,261 –

2 –

2 1,674 –

2 2,224 

New Hampshire.. . 14,471 –

2 1,054 1,866 3,349 1,070 2,371 –

2 –

2 1,958 –

2 1,464 

New Jersey. . . . . . 61,160 –

2 2,093 10,410 6,198 5,436 17,623 –

2 –

2 9,302 –

2 7,647 

New Mexico. . . . . 15,481 –

2 137 4,988 1,000 1,162 1,862 –

2 –

2 3,423 –

2 1,514 

New York. . . . . . . 156,397 1,369 3,507 30,657 21,719 8,785 38,670 –

2 –

2 21,830 –

2 18,309 

North Carolina. . . 83,017 997 2,400 17,154 27,616 7,097 2,329 –

2 –

2 8,804 8,196 6,017 

North Dakota. . . . 6,891 240 142 1,461 2,538 628 426 –

2 –

2 595 –

2 697 

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . 103,917 –

2 2,234 22,893 28,771 11,659 4,121 –

2 –

2 13,152 –

2 13,017 

Oklahoma. . . . . . . 20,343 –

2 276 6,030 7,390 2,696 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 2,110 

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . 49,249 3,430 407 6,067 15,564 3,870 2,640 –

2 –

2 5,075 3,730 5,092 

Pennsylvania. . . . 136,557 1,007 4,627 13,551 35,852 8,748 24,409 –

2 –

2 17,382 9,293 16,020 

Rhode Island. . . . 9,401 –

2 –

2 992 2,061 791 1,662 –

2 –

2 1,747 –

2 1,490 

South Carolina. . . 33,002 923 3,830 6,404 8,759 2,840 963 –

2 –

2 3,567 –

2 4,832 

South Dakota. . . . 6,865 356 123 1,573 1,767 751 674 –

2 –

2 –

2 –

2 857 

Tennessee. . . . . . 53,979 469 200 6,831 22,502 6,164 3,543 –

2 –

2 6,395 –

2 6,401 

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . 177,155 2,341 5,021 46,559 27,554 18,727 9,476 4,074 –

2 33,558 –

2 21,159 

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . 17,098 –

2 246 2,681 3,371 1,555 446 –

2 –

2 2,412 –

2 4,840 

Vermont. . . . . . . . . 9,571 328 –

2 1,701 2,133 399 901 90 –

2 1,847 –

2 915 

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . 74,990 –

2 1,955 17,382 10,367 6,218 2,587 –

2 –

2 25,584 –

2 7,015 

Washington. . . . . . 69,332 9,846 588 11,797 6,291 5,540 2,415 –

2 –

2 13,405 –

2 12,804 

West Virginia. . . . 9,013 –

2 251 2,054 1,536 1,044 –

2 171 –

2 1,290 –

2 1,943 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by state and industry sector, 2011 annual average

State Total private

Natural

resources and

mining

Utilities Construction Manufacturing Trade

Transportation

and

warehousing

Information Financial activities

Professional,

scientific, and

technical

services

Management

of companies

and

enterprises

Administrat

and waste

services

Wisconsin. . . . . . . 57,318 1,796 1,978 7,755 17,398 6,026 9,770 –

2 –

2 6,300 –

2 3,623 

Wyoming. . . . . . . . 5,117 –

2 105 1,751 340 467 –

2 –

2 –

2 1,264 –

2 621 

1 GGS employment is the number of jobs related to the production of Green Goods and Services. This table reflects private ownership only.2 Data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.3 No private sector establishments are classified in this industry.NOTE: Data may not add to total due to rounding.