March 27, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Employment in green goods and services, 2010

Green Goods and Services (GGS) employment by state, as a percent of total state employment, 2010 annual averages
State	GGS employment	Total employment	GGS employment as a percent of total employment
United States	3,129,112	127,820,442	2.4

Alabama	44,288	1,813,155	2.4
Alaska	11,460	316,691	3.6
Arizona	49,717	2,356,789	2.1
Arkansas	33,280	1,134,071	2.9
California	338,445	14,414,461	2.3
Colorado	72,452	2,176,986	3.3
Connecticut	39,207	1,595,713	2.5
Delaware	7,978	399,078	2.0
District of Columbia	26,941	693,274	3.9
Florida	95,963	7,109,630	1.3
Georgia	81,996	3,753,934	2.2
Hawaii	15,583	586,772	2.7
Idaho	22,192	605,571	3.7
Illinois	139,830	5,502,322	2.5
Indiana	67,948	2,709,831	2.5
Iowa	39,097	1,436,340	2.7
Kansas	27,856	1,297,779	2.1
Kentucky	32,096	1,712,178	1.9
Louisiana	34,289	1,832,357	1.9
Maine	13,925	577,790	2.4
Maryland	87,408	2,453,197	3.6
Massachusetts	79,307	3,149,169	2.5
Michigan	79,771	3,770,225	2.1
Minnesota	69,736	2,558,310	2.7
Mississippi	17,412	1,074,617	1.6
Missouri	65,205	2,573,703	2.5
Montana	14,545	419,231	3.5
Nebraska	17,703	896,936	2.0
Nevada	17,254	1,108,238	1.6
New Hampshire	11,502	600,697	1.9
New Jersey	76,025	3,735,703	2.0
New Mexico	21,267	781,694	2.7
New York	248,526	8,340,732	3.0
North Carolina	77,498	3,788,581	2.0
North Dakota	8,407	358,635	2.3
Ohio	126,855	4,908,571	2.6
Oklahoma	22,411	1,485,400	1.5
Oregon	54,953	1,598,173	3.4
Pennsylvania	182,193	5,472,171	3.3
Rhode Island	11,924	447,408	2.7
South Carolina	35,100	1,758,204	2.0
South Dakota	11,239	389,198	2.9
Tennessee	62,004	2,558,438	2.4
Texas	229,685	10,182,150	2.3
Utah	27,948	1,150,737	2.4
Vermont	12,884	293,058	4.4
Virginia	91,871	3,536,676	2.6
Washington	91,906	2,808,698	3.3
West Virginia	14,533	692,448	2.1
Wisconsin	59,463	2,633,572	2.3
Wyoming	8,031	271,151	3.0

These data are featured in the TED article, Employment in green goods and services, 2010.

Green Goods and Services (GGS) employment by industry sector, 2010 annual averages
Industry	GGS employment	Total employment	GGS employment as percent of total employment
Natural resources and mining	65,050	1,798,593	3.6
Utilities	65,664	551,287	11.9
Construction	372,077	5,489,499	6.8
Manufacturing	461,847	11,487,496	4.0
Trade	202,370	19,947,787	1.0
Transportation and warehousing	245,057	3,943,659	6.2
Information	37,163	2,703,886	1.4
Financial activities	190	7,401,812	0.0
Professional, scientific, and technical services	349,024	7,457,913	4.7
Management of companies and enterprises	34,711	1,854,778	1.9
Administrative and waste services	319,915	7,399,320	4.3
Education and health services	37,069	18,656,159	0.2
Leisure and hospitality	22,510	13,006,814	0.2
Other services, except public admin.	56,174	4,349,563	1.3
Federal government	156,707	2,980,813	5.3
State government	227,103	4,606,001	4.9
Local government	476,479	14,032,396	3.4

These data are featured in the TED article, Employment in green goods and services, 2010.

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