SHADES OF GREEN Growing Green Jobs for Florida 2010 Florida Green Jobs Survey February 24, 2012 Tallahassee, FL

Agenda  Introduction to the Department of Economic Opportunity  Green jobs in Florida  Green jobs in Hillsborough County  Comparison of green jobs in the region (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Sarasota, and Manatee)  Green jobs web portal 2

Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)  DEO Combines the state’s economic, workforce, and community development professionals under one roof Mission is to help grow our economy, create jobs, and put Floridians back to work  Labor Market Statistics Center Part of DEO’s Workforce Services Division Mission is to produce, analyze, and deliver labor statistics to improve economic decision-making Employment data are the state’s most important economic indicator 3

Florida’s Green Jobs Definition “A green job increases the conservation and sustainability of natural resources for the benefit of Floridians. This includes jobs that reduce energy usage or lower carbon emissions, and protect Florida’s natural resources...” Source: Workforce Florida, Inc., Sustainability/Infrastructure Committee, Defining Green Jobs for Florida, June

Survey Definition of Green Jobs  A green job is one that directly produces green products or directly provides green services in any of the following five green sectors: Produce or manufacture renewable energy Increase energy efficiency Conserve natural resources Prevent, reduce, and clean up pollution Produce clean transportation and fuels 5

Survey Definition of Green Jobs, continued  The definition attempted to include only green “production” and exclude green “practices” (e.g. recycling facility vs. paper recycling by office workers)  Florida’s definition of green jobs attempted to exclude indirect and support green jobs An accountant at a wind turbine manufacturer is not counted as a green job because the accountant does not directly produce a green product or a service and does not need to possess any special green skills (therefore does not need any special new green training) 6

Survey Design  Surveyed just under 60,000 Florida business locations (establishments)  Selected a stratified random probability sample by 22 industries by seven employment size classes  Achieved a response rate of 83.2 percent (excluding out-of-business and unreachable establishments) 7

Florida Survey Results  Approximately 9,000 establishments are green (1.5 percent)  There are just under 45,000 green jobs in Florida (0.6 percent of total employment)  Employers expect to add approximately 4,000 green jobs from 2010 to 2011  Estimated growth is 8 percent (in comparison, the Florida economy is estimated to grow by 1 percent) 8

Prevent, reduce, and clean up pollution is the largest of the five green sectors (37 percent of green jobs) Florida Green Jobs by Green Sector Note: Job estimates across green sectors are not mutually exclusive since employers could mark more than one sector. 9

Produce renewable energy has the fastest growth rate in Florida (16.3 percent from 2010 to 2011) 10

Recycling is the activity Florida green businesses are most frequently engaged in 11 Number of Establishments by Selected Green Activities

Construction has the largest number of green jobs and the highest expected growth rate, while utilities has the highest share of green jobs of any industry Number of Green Jobs by Industry Sector, Growth and Share 12

Construction has the largest number of green jobs of any industry sector Florida Green Jobs by Selected Industry Sector 13

Workforce regions in North and in Central Florida have higher concentrations of green jobs 14

The top green occupation by number of jobs is HVAC mechanics and installers Florida Green Occupations by Number of Jobs and Shades of Green 15

The greening of an occupation requires acquisition of an extra layer of new green knowledge, skills, or abilities, while basic educational requirements are little changed Educational Requirements for Green Jobs and All Jobs 16

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Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Caldwell Building 107 E. Madison Street Tallahassee, Florida Vesselka McAlarney Economist Phone: (850) Florida Green Jobs reports: Florida Green Jobs Portal: Contact Information 18