Cannabis Industry Has Created Nearly Half A Million Full-Time Jobs: New Report Reveals Which States Will See Hiring Surge
Over the last year, the legal cannabis industry saw 22,952 new jobs, representing a 5.4% year-over-year increase and bringing the total number of full-time equivalent jobs supported by the industry to 440,445. That's according to the second annual Vangst Jobs Report. "When we started Vangst, there were less than 50,000 full-time employees in the cannabis industry," Karson Humiston, Vangst Founder and CEO, said in a Wednesday press release. "Less than a decade later, there are 440,445 full-time employees in cannabis, a number that will continue growing." In February, Vangst revealed that a majority of cannabis companies that were surveyed for its Cannabis Salary Guide said they would "expand hiring in core areas." Humiston called 2024 "a turning point in the cannabis jobs landscape." "We expect 2024 to mark a return to hiring and investment in our industry's greatest asset: our people," he said. "Talent and expertise are more valued than ever before."
