2025 Cannabis Jobs Report: Job Losses Across Established Markets
The 2025 Vangst Job Report illuminates a growing trend across mature audlt-use cannabis markets: job loss. The licensed cannabis business saw a 3.4% decrease in employment, losing 15,000 positions to reach 425,000 workers in 2024, despite a 4.5% growth in revenue to $30.1 billion. “People in Oregon simply aren’t making it anymore because we have so many licenses and so much excess. It’s very difficult to add workers when you’re fighting just to survive.” Emerging