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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2005 26,920
2006 29,540
2007 33,130
2008 35,550
2009 37,460
2010 37,970
2011 41,040
2012 41,310
2013 40,210
2014 39,210
2015 42,010
2016 41,110
2017 44,560
2018 47,750
2019 50,890

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2012 50
2013 40
2014 40
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2005 240
2006 240
2007 340
2008 440
2009 410
2010 260
2011 170
2012 190
2013 210
2014 230
2015 310
2016 290
2017 330
2018 280
2019 270

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2005 30
2007 40
2008 80
2009 70
2010 70
2011 50
2012 50
2013 90
2014 70
2015 90
2016 40
2018 350
2019 380

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2005 1,290
2006 1,650
2007 2,560
2008 2,720
2009 2,620
2010 2,240
2011 2,260
2012 2,860
2013 3,510
2014 3,630
2015 2,930
2016 2,800
2017 3,820
2018 4,370
2019 4,120

Microbiologists
Year Number
2005 730
2006 1,000
2007 870
2008 920
2009 1,080
2010 1,460
2011 1,640
2012 1,330
2013 1,630
2014 1,500
2015 1,430
2016 880
2017 720
2018 440
2019 670

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 110
2009 100
2010 140
2011 150
2012 160
2013 120
2014 110
2015 70
2016 80
2017 100
2018 110
2019 160

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 400
2006 620
2007 740
2008 1,020
2009 950
2010 960
2011 850
2012 990
2013 1,430
2014 1,580
2015 1,460
2016 3,030
2017 3,660
2018 4,070
2019 2,960

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2005 160
2006 130
2007 160
2008 190
2009 310
2010 380
2011 380
2012 380
2013 330
2014 330
2015 190
2016 160
2017 160
2018 180
2019 190

Foresters
Year Number
2005 50
2006 40
2007 30
2010 50
2011 60
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2019 70

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 230
2006 140
2007 150
2008 150
2009 210
2010 370
2011 320
2012 410
2013 380
2014 430
2015 270
2016 250
2017 260
2018 210
2019 170

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 3,900
2006 5,040
2007 4,940
2008 7,460
2009 8,160
2010 7,890
2011 8,680
2012 8,560
2013 8,580
2014 9,320
2015 9,050
2016 9,120
2017 10,600
2018 12,860
2019 16,120

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 80
2007 160
2008 230
2009 310
2010 220
2011 210
2012 520
2013 770
2014 690
2015 760
2016 720
2017 700
2018 380
2019 410

Astronomers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 80
2009 0
2010 0
2011 140
2012 140

Physicists
Year Number
2005 430
2006 500
2007 420
2008 400
2009 360
2010 470
2011 440
2012 440
2013 640
2014 630
2015 590
2016 330
2017 320
2018 350
2019 500

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2005 510
2006 550
2007 450
2008 280
2009 210
2010 310
2011 330
2012 360
2013 360
2014 390
2015 490
2016 320
2017 240
2018 260
2019 150

Chemists
Year Number
2005 2,450
2006 2,660
2007 2,650
2008 2,950
2009 2,790
2010 3,150
2011 3,230
2012 3,320
2013 3,200
2014 3,120
2015 2,850
2016 2,680
2017 2,580
2018 2,670
2019 3,370

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2005 260
2006 300
2007 360
2008 360
2009 330
2010 390
2011 380
2012 470
2013 610
2014 500
2015 450
2016 310
2017 330
2018 470
2019 430

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2005 1,900
2006 1,920
2007 2,340
2008 2,110
2009 2,350
2010 1,620
2011 1,840
2012 1,950
2013 1,980
2014 1,960
2015 1,650
2016 1,520
2017 1,470
2018 1,600
2019 1,700

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2005 190
2007 400
2008 420
2009 310
2010 230
2011 160
2012 150
2013 110
2014 140
2015 90
2016 110
2017 170
2018 300
2019 460

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 70
2006 70
2007 80
2008 100
2009 60
2010 90
2011 110
2012 120
2013 70
2015 30
2016 30
2017 40
2018 80
2019 80

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 420
2006 500
2007 490
2008 510
2009 400
2010 480
2011 510
2012 490
2013 420
2014 270
2015 290
2016 240
2017 350
2018 320
2019 320

Economists
Year Number
2005 620
2006 810
2007 690
2008 460
2009 370
2010 410
2011 390
2012 780
2013 810
2014 1,040
2015 920
2016 1,240
2017 1,070
2018 1,130
2019 820

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 490
2006 450
2007 470
2008 490
2009 510
2010 450
2011 630
2012 460
2013 390
2014 190
2015 230
2016 0
2017 460
2018 690
2019 650

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2006 30
2007 50
2008 0
2009 170
2010 140
2012 100
2013 120
2014 130
2015 40
2016 80
2017 70
2018 60

School Psychologists
Year Number
2005 2,520
2006 2,910
2007 2,480
2008 2,800
2009 2,860
2010 2,830
2011 2,930
2012 2,960
2013 0
2014 0
2015 3,250
2016 3,090
2017 2,540
2018 2,530

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2005 250
2006 210
2007 270
2008 320
2009 330
2010 310
2011 280
2012 300
2013 290
2014 600
2015 600
2016 700
2017 560
2018 760
2019 680

Sociologists
Year Number
2006 0
2007 100
2008 200
2009 230
2010 200
2011 120
2012 170
2013 200
2014 130
2016 80
2017 130
2018 120
2019 110

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2005 730
2006 950
2007 1,020
2008 1,050
2009 1,110
2010 930
2011 1,060
2012 1,130
2013 1,200
2014 990
2015 930
2016 990
2017 1,160
2018 1,000
2019 850

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 0
2007 0
2008 0
2010 60
2011 70
2012 60
2013 40
2014 30
2015 30

Geographers
Year Number
2010 30

Historians
Year Number
2005 40
2006 60
2007 80
2008 80
2009 40
2010 50
2011 70
2012 60
2013 40
2014 60
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40
2018 30
2019 40

Political Scientists
Year Number
2015 30
2016 50
2017 30
2018 40
2019 0

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 900
2006 930
2007 830
2008 620
2009 300
2010 340
2011 670
2012 570
2013 840
2014 750
2015 910
2016 570
2017 470
2018 350
2019 280

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 300

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 100
2006 160
2007 220
2008 300
2009 240
2010 140
2011 130
2012 140
2013 150
2014 110
2015 100
2016 100
2017 130
2018 270

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2005 2,620
2006 3,690
2007 5,090
2008 5,860
2009 5,060
2010 4,540
2011 5,420
2012 4,970
2013 4,790
2014 3,970
2015 5,230
2016 4,670
2017 5,020
2018 5,050
2019 5,660

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2005 1,610
2006 1,650
2007 1,460
2008 0
2009 1,560
2010 1,830
2011 1,800
2012 1,680
2013 1,580
2014 1,620
2015 1,500
2016 1,610
2017 1,570
2018 1,400
2019 1,260

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2005 540
2006 670
2007 840
2008 880
2009 780
2010 750
2011 1,140
2012 910
2013 940
2014 580
2015 600
2016 460
2017 280
2018 300
2019 310

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 80

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2005 290
2006 260
2007 0
2008 80
2009 70
2010 230
2011 210
2012 180
2013 120
2014 110
2015 110
2016 160
2017 150
2018 150

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2005 480
2006 440
2007 690
2008 1,050
2009 1,980
2010 2,210
2011 2,300
2012 1,770
2013 1,720
2014 1,450
2015 1,130
2016 1,090
2017 1,700
2018 1,830
2019 1,820

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2009 0
2010 130
2011 130
2012 150
2013 110
2014 120
2015 50
2016 50
2017 60
2018 50
2019 40

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2007 60
2008 50
2009 40
2012 50
2013 40
2014 40
2015 40
2017 30
2018 60
2019 60

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,370
2006 0
2007 720
2008 700
2009 600
2010 540
2011 780
2012 900
2013 1,250
2014 1,370
2015 2,170
2016 2,210
2017 2,050
2018 1,280
2019 1,290

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2005 880
2006 810
2007 790
2008 0
2009 0
2010 880
2011 820
2012 730
2013 880
2014 800
2015 960
2016 900
2017 1,030
2018 1,170
2019 1,250

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2005 60
2006 70
2007 90
2008 160
2009 180
2010 190
2011 180
2012 150
2013 150
2014 110
2015 130
2016 110
2017 160
2018 180
2019 210