New York City’s green economy is “not yet anywhere close to fully charged,” a new report by the research hub Center for an Urban Future (CUF) says. The organization analyzed data by the labor market firm Lightcast on job opportunities posted by employers online between 2013 and 2023.
Green jobs totaled about 2.2 percent of all unique New York City job postings in 2023. That’s up from 1.4 percent of job postings in 2013, according to CUF.
After rising for the last decade, the number of green job opportunities declined between 2022 and 2023, from 19,476 to 15,501. The recent dip suggests that continued growth “is far from assured,” the report says.
“There’s definitely more work that could be done, both on the city and the state level when it comes to advancing green projects,” said Jenille Scott, climate director at a non-profit that champions for green jobs, the Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN).
“We need more green projects to come to life in order to create those opportunities for working class New Yorkers.”
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