With last week’s opening of the recreational weed market in New Jersey, many wonder how big the pool of cannabis jobs will grow. The most recent report from the powerhouse, online cannabis service Leafly shows a meteoric rise in the number of jobs in the Garden State. Bruce Barcott, a Leafly senior editor and the executive producer of Leafly Reports, calculated there are currently 3,146 full-time jobs supporting $189 million in sales statewide. This is a 24% growth in sales over last year’s report, with 785 jobs added to the industry. With employers expanding their operations to serve the Gard…
