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&lt;p&gt;Everyone is getting on the bandwagon with trying to estimate how many jobs will be created and lost in the aftermath of possible climate change legislation. Yesterday a panel of economists estimated 80,000 job losses in 2020. Today, the U.S. Green Building Council and Booz Allen jointly released a new report on green job creation.&lt;p&gt;Their report based on construction levels since 2005 and salary data accumulated over the years, predicts that the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;green building industry will create (or support) 7.9 million jobs in the next four years amounting to $396 billion in wages&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Below is a chart depicting their estimates against today&#39;s numbers. While the increase seems huge, it is customary for any growing industry. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What will be more important is figuring out if this field might have any growth potential for you. Especially if you are actively looking for a job or want to change fields, this might be a successful switch. A former manager&#39;s advice comes to mind: &quot;You always want to be a part of the money-making division in a company.&quot; The same applies to the economy: you always want to be in the field that is growing and guaranteed to succeed, not the one accustomed to booms and busts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;embeddedObject&quot; src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/pstott/folders/Jing/media/129636c5-c857-4d84-98a6-ac444fee9803/00000005.png&quot; width=&quot;393&quot; height=&quot;293&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;

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