Green collar jobs pay more than a living wage and offer job satisfaction
Green collar jobs are manual labor blue collar jobs in the green business sector, according to leading national expert on the growing green collar economy Professor Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes of San Francisco State University and author of the study Green Collar Jobs: An Analysis of the Capacity of Green Businesses to Provide High Quality Jobs for Men and Women with Barriers to Employment.Some of the key points in the report indicate that green collar jobs tend to pay four dollars more than the living wage standard, provide health benefits, meaningful work, occupational mobility and an opportunity for low income residents with barriers to employment to obtain work that lifts the individual and their families out of poverty. Owners and managers of green businesses are open to hiring job ready workers who might have other barriers to employment and green collar workers report high job satisfaction. To add to this positive report, the green collar job sectors are growing.
Green business is good for everyone. To learn more, read Green Collar Jobs, an 8-page pdf report.
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