Interim Report on Green Jobs in the Colorado Economy.

摘要

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Office of Labor Market Information (LMI), in association with the Business Research Division in the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, conducted a comprehensive survey to estimate the number of green jobs in Colorado and to obtain information on industry distribution, and the types and wages of these green jobs. The survey also was designed to gauge perceptions about the factors that might influence or deter Colorado business units as they consider increasing their presence in the green economy. Beginning in January 2011, a paper survey was mailed to 29,596 Colorado establishments randomly selected from the Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW) database for the fourth quarter of 2009. Responses were collected over a period of five months through mail, telephone, and internet surveys. The survey asked employers about the green economic categories they might be involved with and the number, types, and wages of green jobs they have. Employers were also asked to rank sets of factors that may influence or deter their expansion into the green economy.