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
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| | GTP | Percent | Hourly | Annual | Hourly
SOC | Occupation title | employ- | of GTP | mean | mean | mean
code | | ment (1)| employment | wage | wage | wage
| | | | | | mean
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00-0000 |All occupations (2) ..................................| 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 | 0.5 | 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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35-0000 |Food preparation and serving related occupations .....| 26,100 | 3.1 | 10.94 | 22,750 | 9.02
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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
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39-0000 |Personal care and service occupations ................| 3,900 | .5 | 16.89 | 35,130 | 16.29
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, | | | | |
51-9121 | 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
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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
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99-9999 |Occupation not reported ..............................| 102,300 | 12.0 | (4) | (4) | (4)
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1 Defined as employees who spend more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices.
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.
3 Less than 0.05 percent.
4 Estimates not released.