Cannabis marketplace and online resource Leafly released its annual jobs report on Wednesday, declaring that there “has never been a better time to land a job in the legal cannabis industry.” The report, developed by Leafly senior editor Bruce Barcott and Beau Whitney of Whitney Economics, projects that when marijuana is legalized nationwide, the cannabis industry could support as many as 1.75 million jobs across the country.
Cannabis marketplace and online resource Leafly released its annual jobs report recently, declaring … [+]
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The report reveals that the cannabis industry now supports 428,059 full-time equivalent jobs in the United States. Last year marked the first year that job creation in the cannabis industry hit six figures. After adding 32,700 jobs in 2019 and 77,300 jobs in 2020, the industry added another 107,059 new cannabis jobs in 2021.
“To put that in perspective, America’s entire financial sector added 145,000 jobs last year,” Leafly wrote in the report. “The construction industry, coast to coast, added 165,000 jobs.”
Cannabis Jobs Up 33% In One Year
The more than 100,000 cannabis jobs created in 2021 represent a 33% increase in just one year. Despite the challenges of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was the fifth consecutive year that the cannabis industry showed an annual job growth rate of 27% or…
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Cannabis marketplace and online resource Leafly released its annual jobs report on Wednesday, declaring that there “has never been a better time to land a job in the legal cannabis industry.” The report, developed by Leafly senior editor Bruce Barcott and Beau Whitney of Whitney Economics, projects that when marijuana is legalized nationwide, the cannabis industry could support as many as 1.75 million jobs across the country.
Cannabis marketplace and online resource Leafly released its annual jobs report recently, declaring … [+]
getty
The report reveals that the cannabis industry now supports 428,059 full-time equivalent jobs in the United States. Last year marked the first year that job creation in the cannabis industry hit six figures. After adding 32,700 jobs in 2019 and 77,300 jobs in 2020, the industry added another 107,059 new cannabis jobs in 2021.
“To put that in perspective, America’s entire financial sector added 145,000 jobs last year,” Leafly wrote in the report. “The construction industry, coast to coast, added 165,000 jobs.”
Cannabis Jobs Up 33% In One Year
The more than 100,000 cannabis jobs created in 2021 represent a 33% increase in just one year. Despite the challenges of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was the fifth consecutive year that the cannabis industry showed an annual job growth rate of 27% or…
