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study said Florida was one of 38 statesd and the District of Columbia in whichj job growth in the clean energy economt outperformed overalljob gains. Pew definerd a clean energy economy as one thatgeneratees jobs, businesses and investments while expanding clean energ y production, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhousse gas emissions, waste and pollution, and conserving water and other natural resources. In there was a 7.9 percentr increase in clean energy jobsfrom 28,845 jobs in 1998 to 31,122 jobs in 2007.
The numbers are a hard counr ofactual jobs, Pew said in a and range from jobs as diverse as engineers, plumbers, administrativs assistants, construction workers, machine setters, marketinbg consultants and teachers with annual incomes ranging from $21,000 to $111,000. jobs in the clean energ y industry grew at a rateof 9.1 percent between 1998 and 2007, while total jobs grew by 3.7 percent in the same period, the report says. Florida had 3,831 clea n energy businesses at the endof 2007, a 22.7 percenyt increase from 3,121 businesses in the report says.
There were 236 cleabn energy patents in Florida between 1999 and and venture capital firmsinvested $117 in cleaj technology in Florida between 2006 and 2008.