The
Economic Impact of the California Green Industry
California Annual Employment in 2002
Industry
|
Employees
|
Building Material Supply Stores
|
13,822 |
Florists
|
19,131 |
Food and Beverage Stores
|
4,195 |
Garden Equipment Wholesale
|
2,536 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
8,484 |
| Golf Courses** |
41,858 |
| Horticulture Wholesalers |
11,793 |
| Landscape Architecture |
11,294 |
| Landscaping Services |
115,134 |
| Lawn and Garden Equipment
and Greenhouse Manufacturing |
968 |
| Lawn and Garden Stores |
31,352 |
| Nursery and Greenhouse |
35,268 |
|
| Total |
295,835 |
* Values are expressed in 2004 dollars (GDP Implicit Price
Deflator, U.S. Department of Commerce).
** Estimated impacts for golf courses include total revenues
from all golf course operations, including facility restaurants
and gift shops, as well as employees who staff non-golf operations,
such as facility restaurants and gift shops. On the other
hand, the number of golf courses is recognized to be underestimated
by about 34 percent because of unique classification problems
with that sector.
All numbers in this brochure include direct, indirect, and
induced effects.
*The UC study did not include city arborists. They have been
added here. All numbers are 1995 unless otherwise noted. Additionally,
it is impossible to count the large numbers of unregistered
gardeners and landscape maintenance providers. They are not
listed here.
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