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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in Colorado

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 20,190
2005 23,710
2006 24,030
2007 26,470
2008 26,580
2009 24,920
2010 23,580
2011 22,840
2012 27,840
2013 28,670
2014 29,620
2015 31,170
2016 31,540
2017 32,370
2018 32,700
2019 31,050

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2013 40
2014 40
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 170
2006 0
2007 70
2010 130
2011 80
2012 60
2013 150
2014 190
2015 180
2016 130
2017 120
2018 160
2019 200

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 190
2005 210
2006 280
2007 420
2008 460
2009 380
2010 250
2011 270
2012 260
2013 0
2014 360
2015 360
2016 230
2017 340
2018 400
2019 410

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 0
2006 600
2007 500
2008 380
2009 290
2010 440
2011 400
2012 350
2013 430
2014 480
2015 480
2016 430
2017 560
2018 600
2019 890

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 320
2005 450
2006 320
2007 290
2008 350
2009 400
2010 460
2011 420
2012 460
2013 400
2014 430
2015 440
2016 450
2017 480
2018 470
2019 550

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 500
2005 410
2006 370
2007 380
2008 300
2009 560
2010 530
2011 480
2012 440
2013 500
2014 560
2015 630
2016 640
2017 630
2018 570
2019 550

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 760
2005 640
2006 500
2007 680
2008 710
2009 820
2010 1,040
2011 990
2012 970
2013 650
2014 590
2015 610
2016 820
2017 890
2018 870
2019 700

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 430
2005 450
2006 570
2007 730
2008 1,030
2009 960
2010 960
2011 920
2012 1,060
2013 1,030
2014 1,070
2015 1,060
2016 1,170
2017 1,340
2018 1,320
2019 1,300

Foresters
Year Number
2004 210
2005 190
2006 160
2007 150
2008 210
2009 210
2010 210
2011 210
2012 210
2013 210
2014 190
2015 190
2016 190
2017 220
2018 220
2019 220

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2008 30
2009 50
2010 50
2011 30
2014 250
2015 290
2016 320
2017 300
2018 350
2019 340

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 750
2005 760
2006 0
2007 580
2008 460
2009 650
2010 590
2011 660
2012 1,070
2013 1,180
2014 1,300
2015 1,190
2016 1,130
2017 1,360
2018 1,420
2019 1,590

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2013 60
2014 70
2015 70
2016 60
2017 80
2018 80
2019 80

Astronomers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2013 90
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 140

Physicists
Year Number
2004 660
2005 840
2006 830
2007 570
2008 460
2009 480
2010 500
2011 500
2012 510
2013 560
2014 590
2015 590
2016 1,010
2017 960
2018 930
2019 910

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2005 870
2006 1,020
2007 1,160
2008 1,260
2009 1,220
2010 1,100
2011 0
2012 1,580
2013 1,800
2014 1,690
2015 1,700
2016 1,580
2017 1,180
2018 1,160
2019 970

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,420
2005 1,360
2006 1,560
2007 1,740
2008 1,760
2009 1,660
2010 1,560
2011 1,580
2012 1,630
2013 1,560
2014 1,790
2015 1,930
2016 1,870
2017 1,560
2018 1,700
2019 1,670

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 250
2007 240
2008 180
2009 80
2010 130
2011 170
2012 190
2013 100
2014 80
2015 130
2016 150
2017 150
2018 120
2019 100

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,360
2005 1,560
2006 1,650
2007 2,600
2008 2,410
2009 2,310
2010 2,090
2011 2,580
2012 2,690
2013 2,880
2014 2,890
2015 2,980
2016 3,140
2017 3,140
2018 2,930
2019 2,420

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 1,270
2005 1,250
2006 1,420
2007 1,760
2008 1,900
2009 1,880
2010 1,830
2011 1,950
2012 2,180
2013 2,490
2014 2,600
2015 2,470
2016 2,180
2017 1,900
2018 2,010
2019 1,910

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 470
2005 570
2006 430
2007 410
2008 380
2009 490
2010 470
2011 460
2012 340
2013 410
2014 400
2015 390
2016 410
2017 520
2018 500
2019 460

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,150
2005 1,290
2006 1,260
2007 620
2008 630
2009 720
2010 650
2011 660
2012 560
2013 500
2014 0
2015 450
2016 480
2017 520
2018 560
2019 520

Economists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 80
2006 80
2007 70
2008 80
2009 90
2010 130
2011 160
2012 240
2013 270
2014 290
2015 230
2016 190
2017 220
2018 220
2019 230

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 160
2005 190
2006 0
2007 500
2008 510
2009 270
2010 0
2011 70
2012 100
2013 110
2014 90
2015 160
2016 150
2017 140
2018 50
2019 40

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 1,650
2005 1,700
2006 1,860
2007 1,900
2008 2,090
2009 2,430
2010 2,520
2011 2,320
2012 2,350
2013 2,240
2014 2,330
2015 2,600
2016 2,830
2017 2,770
2018 2,670

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 270
2005 110
2006 160
2007 220
2008 200
2009 190
2010 190
2011 210
2012 190
2013 210
2014 220
2015 250
2016 260
2017 280
2018 270
2019 320

Sociologists
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2014 0

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 970
2005 820
2006 860
2007 870
2008 900
2009 900
2010 850
2011 800
2012 770
2013 800
2014 810
2015 830
2016 810
2017 830
2018 950
2019 1,050

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 190
2005 210
2006 220
2007 310
2008 300
2009 280
2010 180
2011 170
2012 260
2013 290
2014 270
2015 220
2016 230
2017 210
2018 200
2019 250

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

Historians
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2008 40
2009 50
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 80
2015 90
2016 60
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Political Scientists
Year Number
2009 70
2010 70
2011 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 840
2005 770
2006 690
2007 740
2008 740
2009 800
2010 690
2011 710
2012 720
2013 740
2014 760
2015 720
2016 680
2017 730
2018 740
2019 650

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 230

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 110
2005 250
2007 220
2008 180
2009 180
2010 110
2011 50
2012 50
2013 90
2014 200
2015 220
2016 180
2017 60
2018 170

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,650
2005 1,780
2006 2,520
2007 2,240
2008 1,970
2010 0
2012 2,430
2013 2,390
2014 2,540
2015 2,740
2016 2,860
2017 2,960
2018 2,850
2019 2,910

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,240
2005 1,550
2006 1,170
2007 1,160
2008 1,320
2009 1,350
2010 1,050
2011 900
2012 830
2013 730
2014 840
2015 950
2016 950
2017 1,000
2018 1,020
2019 1,020

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 570
2005 910
2006 860
2007 970
2008 730
2009 580
2010 540
2011 680
2012 920
2013 1,050
2014 830
2015 870
2016 830
2017 800
2018 760
2019 610

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 400
2005 450
2006 630
2007 780
2008 960
2009 850
2010 660
2011 480
2012 470
2013 600
2014 650
2015 660
2016 590
2017 790
2018 720

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 0
2005 200
2006 0
2007 120
2008 120
2009 90
2010 50
2011 90
2012 70
2013 150
2014 260
2015 250
2016 290
2017 220
2018 220
2019 200

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2005 1,150
2006 1,260
2007 940
2008 1,140
2009 1,310
2010 1,180
2011 1,230
2012 1,220
2013 1,080
2014 1,120
2015 1,160
2016 1,170
2017 1,230
2018 1,120
2019 440

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 220
2005 230
2006 250
2007 260
2008 290
2009 270
2010 270
2011 260
2012 260
2013 280
2014 320
2015 340
2016 320
2017 300
2018 320
2019 330

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,180
2005 1,430
2006 1,380
2007 1,230
2008 980
2009 990
2010 1,010
2011 1,040
2012 980
2013 970
2014 790
2015 860
2016 930
2017 1,210
2018 1,350
2019 1,270

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 640
2005 610
2006 660
2007 800
2008 890
2009 930
2010 940
2011 1,020
2012 1,140
2013 1,260
2014 1,350
2015 1,570
2016 1,550
2017 1,780
2018 2,120
2019 2,410

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 200
2005 140
2006 100
2007 100
2008 130
2009 80
2010 110
2011 160
2012 180
2013 260
2014 230
2015 250
2016 210
2017 290
2018 420
2019 500