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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Year Number
2004 3,120
2005 2,880
2006 4,230
2007 4,950
2008 5,950
2009 5,750
2010 4,920
2011 5,630
2012 7,070
2013 7,080
2014 6,820
2015 2,810
2016 3,190
2017 3,450
2018 5,320
2019 5,380

Individual occupations

Soil and Plant Scientists

Year Number
2004 30
2005 40
2006 0
2007 80
2008 60
2009 80
2010 70
2011 80
2012 60
2013 70
2014 70
2015 90
2016 90
2017 100
2018 90
2019 70

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Year Number
2006 590
2007 560
2008 570
2009 170
2010 110
2011 150
2012 230
2013 220
2014 210
2015 180
2016 140
2017 150
2018 240
2019 390

Microbiologists

Year Number
2006 60
2007 100
2008 150
2009 130
2010 100
2011 120
2012 160
2013 0
2014 160
2018 190
2019 170

Biological Scientists, All Other

Year Number
2004 60
2005 50
2006 30
2007 60
2008 60
2009 60
2018 0

Conservation Scientists

Year Number
2011 30
2012 50
2013 50
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 60
2018 70
2019 60

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Year Number
2007 220
2008 0
2009 0
2011 500
2012 500
2013 550
2016 250
2017 330
2018 400
2019 400

Life Scientists, All Other

Year Number
2004 140

Physicists

Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 50
2009 40

Chemists

Year Number
2004 1,220
2005 1,360
2006 900
2007 970
2008 1,050
2009 1,970
2010 1,910
2011 2,210
2012 3,200
2013 3,460
2014 3,380
2018 1,420
2019 1,350

Materials Scientists

Year Number
2006 50
2007 60
2008 70
2009 70
2010 90
2011 120
2012 110
2013 100
2014 0
2015 70
2016 70
2017 70
2018 80
2019 60

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Year Number
2004 330
2005 320
2006 280
2007 300
2008 310
2009 350
2010 370
2011 340
2012 380
2013 310
2014 430
2015 360
2016 410
2017 420
2018 370
2019 340

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Year Number
2004 100
2005 60
2006 80
2007 60
2008 50
2009 50
2010 40
2011 70
2012 70
2013 80
2014 70
2015 60
2016 60
2017 50
2018 100
2019 90

Hydrologists

Year Number
2005 30
2013 0
2014 0

Economists

Year Number
2004 40
2005 60
2006 50
2007 90
2008 80
2009 70
2010 40
2011 30
2013 30
2014 30
2015 30
2016 30
2017 40
2018 30

Survey Researchers

Year Number
2012 70
2013 70
2014 70
2016 60
2017 70
2018 80
2019 70

School Psychologists

Year Number
2004 600
2005 400
2006 380
2007 270
2008 290
2009 310
2010 350
2011 370
2012 370
2013 330
2014 280
2015 310
2016 340
2017 400
2018 480

Urban and Regional Planners

Year Number
2004 140
2005 120
2006 140
2007 170
2008 190
2009 200
2010 180
2011 180
2012 200
2013 210
2014 210
2015 220
2016 230
2017 230
2018 210
2019 200

Anthropologists and Archeologists

Year Number
2004 30

Historians

Year Number
2006 30
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 40
2006 50
2008 100
2009 90
2013 30
2014 40
2015 40
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50
2019 40

Agricultural Technicians

Year Number
2019 0

Food Science Technicians

Year Number
2009 0
2010 90
2012 0
2014 40

Biological Technicians

Year Number
2007 550
2008 680
2009 270
2010 220
2011 260
2012 280
2013 200
2014 90
2015 90
2016 110
2017 150
2018 170
2019 200

Chemical Technicians

Year Number
2006 1,100
2007 1,250
2008 1,350
2009 890
2010 620
2011 600
2012 820
2013 810
2014 920
2015 640
2016 640
2017 600
2018 630
2019 640

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health

Year Number
2004 120
2005 110
2006 170
2007 0
2008 80
2009 100
2010 120
2011 100
2012 180
2013 190
2014 270
2015 160
2016 210
2017 220
2018 210
2019 190

Social Science Research Assistants

Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2007 0
2008 320
2009 330
2010 100
2011 70
2016 30

Forensic Science Technicians

Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 40
2014 30
2016 0
2017 0

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other

Year Number
2004 90
2005 50
2006 50
2007 0
2008 280
2009 250
2010 80
2013 50
2014 130
2015 120
2019 80

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

Year Number
2004 180
2005 170
2006 200
2007 120
2008 220
2009 280
2010 430
2011 400
2012 390
2013 320
2014 350
2015 360
2016 370
2017 460
2018 460
2019 420

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians

Year Number
2015 40
2016 50
2017 50
2018 40
2019 50