Top 10 Jobs in Green Technologies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://emj.icbdr.com/artieimages/0d/ar5b5ny6dr4trztpz40d.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a><br /></div>The nation's movement to become a more productive and competitive economic force in the global marketplace is bringing a wealth of hope and job opportunities to recession-weary Americans.<br /><br />"In order to succeed in the 21st century, we are working to improve education, expand health care, fix the infrastructure, overhaul our manufacturing industries, adopt green technologies, and continue our leadership in high-tech innovation," says Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., one of the nation's leading occupational experts and author of the recently released book "200 Best Jobs for Renewing America." <br /><br />In his book, Shatkin discusses the six industries at the center of America's shift toward a forward-looking economy: education, infrastructure, health care, information and telecommunication technologies, green technologies and advanced manufacturing. <br /><br />Of these industries, green technologies, in particular, has gained a great deal of interest among individuals hoping to secure a solid job as the economy continues to reinvent itself and become more competitive in the upcoming decades. <br /><br />According to Shatkin's research, the following list outlines the best jobs overall in green technologies.<br /><br />1. Construction managers<br />Annual Earnings: $76,230<br />Percent Growth: 15.7 percent<br /><br />2. Industrial engineers<br />Annual Earnings: $71,430<br />Percent Growth: 20.3 percent<br /><br />3. First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers<br />Annual Earnings: $55,950<br />Percent Growth: 9.1 percent<br /><br />4. Environmental scientists and specialists<br />Annual Earnings: $58,380<br />Percent Growth: 25.1 percent<br /><br />5. Construction and building inspectors<br />Annual Earnings: $48,330<br />Percent Growth: 18.2 percent<br /><br />6. Environmental engineers<br />Annual Earnings: $72,350<br />Percent Growth: 25.4 percent<br /><br />7. Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters<br />Annual Earnings: $44,090<br />Percent Growth: 10.6 percent<br /><br />8.Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers<br />Annual Earnings: $75,800<br />Percent Growth: 21.9 percent<br /><br />9. Carpenters<br />Annual Earnings: $37,660<br />Percent Growth: 10.3 percent<br /><br />10. Electricians<br />Annual Earnings: $44,780<br />Percent Growth: 7.4 percent<br /><br />*Percent growth between 2006 and 2016.<br /><br />Selena Dehne is a career writer for JIST Publishing who shares the latest occupational, career and job search information available with job seekers and career changers. She is also the author of JIST's Job Search and Career Blog (http://jistjobsearchandcareer.blogspot.com/).

Top 10 Jobs in Green Technologies

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