What is a Green Job?

                                        "Green jobs typically deal with reducing pollution or conserving resources. They are sometimes broken into two parts: engineers and scientists who create new technologies, and technicians who put new methods or products into use.  The sectors include renewable energy, low-impact construction, bio-fuels, “clean transportation,” environmental compliance and conservation-minded water and waste management. In many cases, people have been doing green work for years without getting the label."    San Diego Union-Tribune, May 2009
                                                                                                                                                                        
What you can expect to earn in a Green Job:

Agricultural inspector: median annual income is $35,000.

Air quality engineer: median annual income is $66,000.

Business manager: median annual income is $50,000.

Camp counselor: median annual income is $19,320.

Community affairs manager: median annual income is $56,000.

Conservation biologist: median annual income is $52,480.

Hydrologist: median annual income is $51,080.

Corporate waste compliance coordinator: median annual income is $39,000.

Ecologist: median annual income is $68,950.

Economist: median annual income is $72,780.

Environmental attorney: median annual income for attorneys specializing in construction, real estate and land use is $70,000. 

Environmental chemist:  median annual income is $51,080.

Environmental engineer:  median annual income is $50,000.

Environmental health and safety technician: median annual income is $35,500.

Forester:  median annual income is $48,230.

Fund-raising director: median annual income is $45,000.

Landscape architect:  median annual income is $53,120.

Pollution control technician:  median annual income is $32,000.

Science teacher: median annual income of kindergarten, elementary, middle and secondary school teachers ranges from $41,400 to $45,920.

Toxicologist: median annual income is $79,500.

Urban and regional planner: median annual income is $45,250.

Waste disposal manager: median annual income is $35,000.

Wastewater water operator:  median annual income is $35,000.

Wildlife biologist:  median annual income is $42,000

Pest control technician:  median annual income is $30,500.

 * Salary information from the Payscale.com. and Bureau of Labor Statistics.