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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in District of Columbia

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 16,890
2005 20,140
2006 19,450
2007 17,610
2008 16,660
2009 17,010
2010 18,030
2011 19,440
2012 19,740
2013 20,410
2014 22,600
2015 22,360
2016 24,800
2017 25,070
2018 23,200
2019 23,920

Individual occupations

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 30
2007 80
2008 120
2011 0
2012 80
2013 90
2014 0
2017 60
2018 0
2019 50

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2005 140
2006 150
2007 170
2008 180
2012 70
2015 50
2016 60
2017 60
2018 50
2019 60

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 60
2005 140
2006 190
2007 200
2008 160
2009 80
2013 150
2014 50
2015 0
2019 0

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 110
2005 140
2006 160
2007 160
2008 130
2009 120
2010 90
2012 80
2013 70
2014 60
2015 0
2016 0
2017 50
2018 50
2019 60

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 290
2005 300
2006 220
2007 130
2008 100
2010 100
2012 90
2013 90
2014 90
2016 90
2017 90
2018 90
2019 80

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2009 0
2010 330
2011 330
2012 310
2013 270
2014 260
2015 260
2016 280
2017 500
2018 520
2019 510

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2006 70
2007 160
2008 140
2009 210
2010 160
2011 130
2012 160
2013 0
2014 200
2016 260
2017 290
2018 310
2019 150

Foresters
Year Number
2004 30
2018 30
2019 30

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 40
2006 50
2007 60
2008 40
2009 40
2014 0
2015 60
2016 60
2017 50
2018 40
2019 30

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 650
2005 880
2006 840
2007 660
2008 410
2009 440
2010 310
2011 300
2012 200
2013 520
2014 840
2015 900
2016 690
2017 600
2018 580
2019 530

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 40
2005 70
2006 80
2007 70

Astronomers
Year Number
2011 160
2012 160
2017 70
2018 70
2019 60

Physicists
Year Number
2004 530
2005 510
2006 490
2007 480
2008 450
2009 500
2010 500
2011 490
2012 480
2013 430
2014 460
2015 420
2016 570
2017 610
2018 670
2019 750

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2007 80
2008 130
2009 70
2011 60
2012 50
2015 60
2016 60
2017 90
2018 40
2019 40

Chemists
Year Number
2004 500
2005 540
2006 550
2007 460
2008 310
2009 330
2010 340
2011 370
2012 330
2013 310
2014 290
2015 280
2016 250
2017 260
2018 260
2019 260

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2007 30
2008 50

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,130
2005 1,210
2006 1,520
2007 1,490
2008 1,510
2009 1,410
2010 1,440
2011 1,370
2012 1,310
2013 1,430
2014 1,570
2015 1,570
2016 1,390
2017 1,400
2018 1,600
2019 1,790

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 100
2005 160
2006 110
2007 210
2008 190
2009 140
2010 80
2012 70
2013 70
2015 0
2016 0
2017 60

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 0
2007 110

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 670
2005 680
2006 680
2007 0
2009 720
2010 700
2011 780
2012 800
2013 690
2014 610
2015 550
2016 670
2017 710
2018 700
2019 740

Economists
Year Number
2004 3,310
2005 3,710
2006 3,820
2007 3,790
2008 4,090
2009 4,080
2010 4,100
2011 3,770
2012 4,130
2013 4,890
2014 6,260
2015 7,300
2016 7,420
2017 7,680
2018 6,380
2019 6,480

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 300
2005 530
2006 770
2007 960
2008 1,000
2009 700
2010 480
2011 360
2012 450
2013 480
2014 580
2015 590
2016 510
2017 310
2018 180
2019 200

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2006 50
2007 30
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 510
2005 730
2006 670
2007 680
2008 620
2009 570
2010 480
2011 390
2012 380
2013 440
2014 390
2015 380
2016 430
2017 530
2018 710

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2009 130
2011 190
2012 190
2013 200
2014 220
2015 200
2016 210
2017 200
2018 200
2019 220

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 360
2005 630
2006 710
2007 590
2008 690
2009 600
2010 490
2011 220
2012 120
2013 200
2014 100
2015 150
2017 0

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 230
2005 290
2006 250
2007 200
2008 140
2009 230
2010 200
2011 200
2012 130
2014 130
2015 200
2016 240
2017 300
2018 230
2019 200

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 410
2006 330
2007 0
2010 50
2011 50
2012 60
2013 50
2014 60
2015 0
2016 70
2017 50
2018 50

Historians
Year Number
2004 320
2005 320
2006 280
2007 280
2008 0
2009 390
2010 0
2011 260
2013 290
2014 300
2015 230
2017 220
2018 210
2019 200

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 3,000
2005 3,520
2006 2,570
2007 2,370
2008 2,150
2009 2,210
2010 2,670
2011 3,120
2012 3,490
2013 3,370
2014 3,250
2015 1,340
2016 3,790
2017 3,670
2018 3,220
2019 3,160

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 2,310
2005 2,320
2006 2,380
2007 2,290
2008 2,350
2009 2,530
2010 2,800
2011 2,960
2012 2,580
2013 2,740
2014 2,930
2015 3,330
2016 3,280
2017 2,980
2018 2,690
2019 2,630

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2007 100
2008 110

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 250
2005 380
2006 360
2007 0
2010 130
2011 120
2012 110
2013 130
2014 290
2015 290
2016 0
2017 300
2018 340
2019 330

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 0
2010 60
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 80
2015 80
2016 50
2017 40
2018 40
2019 60

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 120
2005 150
2006 210
2007 300
2008 280
2009 170
2010 110
2011 210
2012 320
2013 330
2014 0
2015 80
2016 50
2017 0
2018 150
2019 120

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 950
2005 1,160
2006 1,110
2007 760
2008 610
2009 730
2010 1,520
2011 2,450
2012 2,420
2013 2,160
2014 2,790
2015 3,410
2016 3,620
2017 3,030
2018 2,900
2019 3,650

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2008 0
2009 190
2011 270
2012 260
2013 290
2014 110

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 820
2005 830
2006 580
2007 320
2008 310
2010 290
2011 260
2012 390
2013 300
2014 340
2015 310
2016 290
2017 260
2018 260
2019 250

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 180
2006 250
2007 390
2008 390
2009 420
2010 440
2011 370
2012 350
2013 300
2014 300
2015 320
2016 410
2017 500
2018 520
2019 470

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2010 160
2011 180
2012 100
2013 50
2014 40
2016 50
2017 100
2018 110
2019 90