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The Ecotech Institute Clean Jobs Index - Q1 2013 Highlights

DENVER, CO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/07/13 -- Ecotech Institute today released new data from its Clean Jobs Index, which aggregates all the available clean jobs in the U.S. The Index found that there were 749,197 clean jobs posted across the United States between January 1, 2013 and March 31, 2013. The Index breaks down clean jobs by state with links to local listings, helping to fill the data gap left by the U.S. government when it recently stopped tracking green jobs due to budget cuts.

Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on training students for solar, wind and renewable energy jobs, launched the Clean Jobs Index in January 2013, although it can pull data for all of 2012. In addition to providing objective information on jobs, the Clean Jobs Index also aggregates data on a variety of sustainability factors in all 50 states, including alternative fueling stations, LEED projects, total energy consumption, energy efficiency, green pricing, net metering and state incentives.

One area that is illustrating tremendous growth is the solar industry. In Q1 2013, the Clean Jobs Index listed more than 8,000 solar jobs with titles such as solar sales representatives, installers, solar panel manufacturers and project managers.

Highlights from the Clean Jobs Index, Q1 2013:

Number of Clean Jobs Posted in the U.S. in Q1 2013:
749,197

States with the Biggest Gains in Clean Jobs Postings from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013:
Alabama, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Vermont, West Virginia

Number of Available Alternative Fueling Stations Nationwide:
23,575, up seven percent from Q4 2012

States with the Most Alternative Fueling Stations:
California, Florida, Michigan, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington

National Number of Electric Car Chargers:
16,256, up by 1,274 from Q4 2012

States with the Most Incentives for Sustainability and Renewables:
California, Oregon, Minnesota, Texas, Washington

States with the Most Growth in Available Incentives from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013:
Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon