The Great Migration from Mainstream to Cannabis Jobs

Clearly, the industry is doing well—so well, in fact, that employers added almost 80,000 jobs in 2020, according to Leafly’s 2021 Jobs Report. At the end of 2020, more people worked in cannabis jobs than as dentists, emergency medical technicians, aircraft pilots, or electrical engineers. Cannabis jobs offer better payThe primary reasons workers cite for abandoning jobs: low pay, few benefits, and a lack of schedule flexibility. Cannabis jobs offer more flexibilityLeafLink office. Cannabis jobs’ benefits are betterThe depth and breadth of benefits packages also attract workers to the industry.