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Table 5. Employment for workers spending more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices (GTP employment) by industry, August 2011

Table 5. Employment for workers spending more than half of their time involved in green technologies
and practices (GTP employment) by industry, August 2011

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       |                                                  |         |              |   Industry     
 NAICS |                                                  |         |              |     GTP        
  code |                     Industry                     |         |  Industry    |  employment    
       |                                                  | Industry|    GTP       |  as a percent  
       |                                                  |   GTP   | employment   |   of total     
       |                                                  | employ- | as a percent |   industry     
       |                                                  | ment (1)| of total GTP |  employment    
       |                                                  |         | employment   |                
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       |                                                  |         |              |                
       | Total GTP employment, all industries (2).........| 854,700 |     100.0    |      0.7       
   11  |   Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ....|  18,900 |       2.2    |      1.5       
   21  |   Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction .|   3,100 |       0.4    |       .4       
   22  |   Utilities .....................................|  16,800 |       2.0    |      2.1       
   23  |   Construction ..................................| 134,100 |      15.7    |      2.3       
 31-33 |   Manufacturing .................................|  57,600 |       6.7    |       .5       
   42  |   Wholesale Trade ...............................|  22,900 |       2.7    |       .4       
 44-45 |   Retail Trade ..................................|  39,700 |       4.6    |       .3       
 48-49 |   Transportation and warehousing ................|  35,100 |       4.1    |       .7       
   51  |   Information ...................................|   3,600 |        .4    |       .1       
   52  |   Finance and insurance  ........................|   4,700 |        .6    |       .1       
   53  |   Real estate and rental and leasing ............|  10,500 |       1.2    |       .5       
       |   Professional, scientific, and technical        |         |              |                
   54  |    services .....................................|  99,800 |      11.7    |      1.3       
   55  |   Management of companies and enterprises .......|   3,900 |        .5    |       .2       
   56  |   Administrative and waste services .............| 151,900 |      17.8    |      2.0       
   61  |   Educational services ..........................|  30,800 |       3.6    |       .3       
   62  |   Health care and social assistance .............|  63,900 |       7.5    |       .4       
   71  |   Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...........|  12,900 |       1.5    |       .5       
   72  |   Accommodation and food services ...............|  58,800 |       6.9    |       .5       
   81  |   Other services (except public administration)..|  27,800 |       3.2    |       .7       
   92  |   Public administration .........................|  57,800 |       6.8    |       .8       
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   1 Defined as employees who spend more than half of their time involved in green technologies and
practices.

   2 Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.



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Last Modified Date: June 29, 2012