Green Goods and Services Occupations (GGS-OCC)

The GGS-OCC overview page provides information on the purpose of the GGS-OCC estimates, coverage and reference period, a detailed description of the GGS-OCC definition of green jobs, descriptions of the GGS-OCC data available, and further methodological information.

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Occupational Employment and Wages in Green Goods and Services

September 28, 2012
Establishments that received all of their revenue from green goods and services had 539,470 transportation and material moving jobs, 208,180 production jobs, and 194,440 office and administrative support jobs in November 2011. More...
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November 2011 GGS-OCC tables

• Featured GGS-OCC tables
  • Employment and wages by occupational group and share of revenue from green goods and services
  • Ten largest occupations by green revenue category
  • Ten largest occupations in each industry sector in the all green revenue category
• Sortable GGS-OCC tables
  • National across all industries
  • National by industry sector:
  • Sector 11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting
  • Sector 22 - Utilities
  • Sector 23 - Construction
  • Sectors 31, 32, and 33 - Manufacturing
  • Sector 42 - Wholesale Trade
  • Sectors 44 and 45 - Retail Trade
  • Sectors 48 and 49 - Transportation and Warehousing
  • Sector 51 - Information
  • Sector 52 - Finance and Insurance
  • Sector 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
  • Sector 55 - Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • Sector 56 - Administrative and Waste Services
  • Sector 61 - Educational Services
  • Sector 71 - Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
  • Sector 81 - Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)
  • Sector 92 - Public Administration
• All GGS-OCC data (includes hourly and annual mean and median wages and standard errors)
  • All November 2011 GGS-OCC estimates in one file (XLS)

1. What are the GGS-OCC estimates? What GGS-OCC data are available?
2. Where do I find total Green Goods and Services (GGS) employment by occupation?
3. What is the GGS-OCC definition of green goods and services?

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Other BLS Programs

• BLS Green Jobs web page—for an overview of the BLS green jobs initiative
• Green Goods and Services (GGS) survey—the GGS survey measures employment associated with the production of goods or provision of services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources.
• Green Technologies and Practices (GTP) survey—The Green Technologies and Practices (GTP) survey collects data on establishments' use of green technologies and practices and the occupations of workers who spend more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices.
• Green Career Information—for career information on green jobs.
• Occupational Employment Statistics—for occupational employment and wage estimates for the overall economy.
• Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) homepage—for more information on the system used to classify workers into occupational categories.

For additional information or questions concerning the Green Goods and Services Occupations (GGS-OCC) data, please contact a GGS-OCC staff member:

• By email
• By telephone at (202) 691-6599
• By fax at (202) 691-6444
• Or by postal mail:
  Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Green Goods and Services Occupations
  Suite 2135
  2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
  Washington, DC 20212-0001