Seed & Smith Internships Offer Pathway to Cannabis Industry Jobs

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The report reveals that the cannabis industry currently supports 428,059 full-time equivalent jobs in the United States. Seed & Smith is currently recruiting for its next intern class, which will be getting to work in September or October. In a recent jobs report, Leafly and Whitney Economics projected that when weed is legalized nationwide, the regulated cannabis industry could support as many as 1.75 million jobs across the country. But the focus on her professional development during her internship with Seed & Smith has been an experience like no other. Now that she has graduated from the program, Sanchez-Hernandez is ready for her next adventure in Colorado’s regulated cannabis industry.

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With cannabis legalization efforts continuing to succeed across the United States, the need for skilled workers in the legal weed industry continues to grow. In a recent jobs report, Leafly and Whitney Economics projected that when weed is legalized nationwide, the regulated cannabis industry could support as many as 1.75 million jobs across the country.

The report reveals that the cannabis industry currently supports 428,059 full-time equivalent jobs in the United States. Last year marked the first year that job creation in the cannabis industry exceeded 100,000 new positions. After adding 32,700 jobs in 2019 and 77,300 more in 2020, the industry added...

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