Hawai i's Green Workforce A Baseline Assessment December 2010

Green Jobs Projected in 2012
Hawai‘i businesses anticipate solid growth of
green jobs to the year 2012. Survey data show that
employment in green-related occupations is expected
to grow from 11,145 in 2010 to 14,048 in 2012, an
increase of 26 percent over two years.
Such growth considerably exceeds the 1.0 percent
increase projected for statewide employment during
the same period. 6 Furthermore, green jobs are
expected to grow from a 2.4 percent share of total state
employment in 2009 to 2.9 percent by 2012. This
accelerating trend is consistent with findings from a
preliminary assessment of Hawai‘i ’s green workforce
showing an increase in green jobs between 1998 and
2007. 7
Figure 11. Green Jobs by Core Area: 2012
6
DLIR Research & Statistics Office, Long-Term Industry Projections, State,
2008-2018, 2010.
7
Workforce Development Council, DLIR Research & Statistics Office, Green
Workforce Report: Initial Labor Market Analysis Report, October 2009. Projected
annually, the green job rate of increase is 12.7 percent from 2010 to 2012.
Photo Courtesy of Green Earth Cleaners on Maui
More than half of projected green jobs are found in
two core green areas, Pollution Reduction and Energy
Efficiency (Figure 11). Most of the projected increase
in green employment, however, is associated with
the generation of clean energy. The Generate Clean,
Renewable, Sustainable Energy core area is expected
to experience an increase of 1,119 new jobs (88
percent) between 2010 and 2012.
Figure 12. Green Job Growth by County: 2010-2012
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