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Cannabis jobs doubled in Michigan in the year 2020, and the growth in sales continues to build stronger.

Cannabis jobs doubled in Michigan in the year 2020, and the growth in sales continues to build stronger. US cannabis jobs reportCannabis website Leafly released its 2021 jobs report this week, noting the United States added about 77,000 full-time jobs in the cannabis industry. AdThere is some very interesting data in here, such as consumer data showing who is spending the most on cannabis -- Generation X has the highest average monthly spend on cannabis:Leafly 2021 Jobs Reports (Leafly)Michigan cannabis jobs doubleRecreational cannabis jobs now span 37 states. Michigan is among the top 10 in terms of the number of jobs, jobs added in 2020 and cannabis sales in 2020:There are 18,078 legal cannabis jobs in Michigan -- 9,216 were added in 2020, a doubling. Legal sales began in late 2019, making 2020 the first full year of legal recreational cannabis sales in Michigan.

More than 18,000 workers are employed in Michigan’s marijuana industry, nearly double the number of cannabis jobs in the state a year ago, according to a new cannabis industry jobs report. “There are now more cannabis workers than cops in Michigan,” said the fifth annual Leafly jobs report, released Tuesday. “Outside the cannabis industry, the U.S. economy shrank by 3.5%, the unemployment rate almost doubled, and nearly 10 million Americans saw their jobs disappear.”The nationwide number of marijuana industry jobs increased by about 15% to 321,000, or 77,000 jobs, compared to 2019. The U.S. Department of Labor does not track marijuana industry jobs and Michigan officials don’t make marijuana industry employment data immediately available to the public. According to Leafly, the marijuana industry has created more jobs than any other market segment over the last four years.

click to enlarge Shutterstockclick to enlargeclick to enlarge LeaflyThe number of marijuana jobs in Michigan doubled in 2020, according to the Leafly Jobs Report 2021. As of January Leafly, a leading cannabis information site , says that there are 18,078 full-time equivalent jobs in the Michigan cannabis industry. According to FBI information published by, there are 17,000 full time uniformed law enforcement officers in Michigan.The reason the number of marijuana jobs doubled in 2020 is that recreational licensing, which started in late 2019, rolled across the Michigan wherever municipalities allowed them. Leafly reported that "Troubling racial and gender disparities remain amidst the explosive job growth in the cannabis industry." Overall, it looks like the cannabis industry really is an industry to take note of.