VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Washington's marijuana business has created a legal occupation for bud trimmers that offers career opportunities.
The Columbian reports that bud trimmers make between $12 and $15 an hour.
The job requires using small scissors to trim away leaves and other things from marijuana buds. Most trimmers work on about a pound of marijuana per day.
Experienced workers can move up to gardeners or concentrate makers and make $50,000 to $90,000 a year.
Mark Michaelson of Cedar Creek Cannabis says the company wants to work on retaining employees and plans to eventually offer health insurance.
The company has 14 employees.
Thirty-two-year-old bud trimmer Kurt Vermillion says he's pumped gas and remodeled houses but has a sense that his current job has longevity and possibilities.