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Kansas expecting 30,000 green jobs by 2012, labor department survey says
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Recently released figures from the Kansas Department of Labor indicate that employers in the state currently have more than 20,000 green jobs and an additional 10,000 are expected to be created by 2012. The results were part of the Kansas Going Green Survey, the state’s first-ever survey aimed at identifying and measuring green jobs.
Results were released at the Statehouse in Topeka by Lieutenant Governor Troy Findley, Kansas Labor Secretary Jim Garner and Commerce Secretary Bill Thornton.
The state has always known its "great potential" in the green economy, Lt. Governor Findley said, "and now we have the data to prove it."
"This survey is important for a lot of reasons, but primarily because it sets a benchmark for our efforts to grow the state’s green economy," Secretary Garner said. He explained that the study provides the "first good look" at where green jobs already exist and where they will likely grow in the future.
Based on the information, which was gathered from more than 6,000 employers across the state, most current green jobs are in the area of energy efficiency. The area expected to grow the most is renewable energy.
Existing occupations requiring a new set of green skills, abilities or knowledge were considered green for the survey. Accordingly, findings indicated that the largest percentage of future green jobs would be extensions of professions already in place, rather than those considered new or emerging.
The idea that thousands of green jobs are on the way could be good news for Kansas, which has an economy still struggling to improve. Speaking to the website Kansas Liberty, Derrick Sontag of Americans for Prosperity pointed out the divide between public sector employment gains and private sector losses in the state. Sontag also said that an impending sales tax increase would create a disadvantage by driving consumers to nearby Missouri.
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