| Sumario: | This article empirically assesses the quality of green jobs in France using a nationally developed definition by the National Observatory for Employment and Professions of the Green Economy (Onemev), which identifies over 140 core green occupations based on their contribution to preserving or restoring environmental quality. Analyzing data from the French labour force survey (2021–22) with regression and classification methods, the study finds that green jobs generally exhibit lower job quality than non-green jobs, particularly for low-skilled workers who face wage penalties, less socio-economic security, and more involuntary part-time work. In contrast, high-skilled workers in green jobs tend to have job quality levels that are either better or not significantly different from their non-green counterparts, especially regarding working hours and control over schedules. The research also reveals substantial heterogeneity within green jobs, identifying four distinct clusters ranging from “good green jobs” with stable contracts and higher wages to “precarious green jobs” marked by low pay and insecure employment, challenging the notion that green jobs are uniformly “good jobs.” These findings highlight the importance of skill level, sector, and employer type in shaping job quality and suggest targeted policy interventions to improve wages and working conditions, particularly for low-skilled green workers, to support a just ecological transition.
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