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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 38,610
2005 41,280
2006 41,360
2007 40,360
2008 40,780
2009 41,550
2010 40,220
2011 40,180
2012 39,680
2013 39,030
2014 39,110
2015 39,620
2016 40,090
2017 40,940
2018 43,370
2019 46,780

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2007 0
2008 60
2009 70
2010 130
2011 120
2012 110
2013 120
2014 90
2015 90
2016 80
2019 60

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 210
2006 230
2007 200
2008 260
2009 240
2010 140
2011 160
2012 160
2013 180
2014 200
2015 200
2016 230
2017 240
2018 180
2019 180

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 160
2006 230
2007 170
2008 220
2009 240
2010 400
2011 290
2012 300
2013 310
2014 310
2015 290
2016 290
2017 210
2018 220
2019 250

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 160
2005 160
2006 130
2007 110
2008 60
2009 100
2010 310
2011 580
2012 670
2013 780
2014 930
2015 1,120
2016 860
2017 580
2018 370
2019 430

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 160
2006 210
2007 190
2008 240
2009 290
2010 310
2011 400
2012 440
2013 350
2014 220
2015 240
2016 260
2017 260
2018 220
2019 300

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 800
2005 1,040
2006 1,230
2007 1,200
2008 1,340
2009 1,070
2010 1,390
2011 1,390
2012 1,350
2013 1,350
2014 1,410
2015 1,570
2016 1,750
2017 1,630
2018 1,370
2019 2,150

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 2,400
2005 2,220
2006 2,050
2007 2,110
2008 2,300
2009 2,180
2010 1,630
2011 1,450
2012 1,320
2013 1,400
2014 1,430
2015 1,530
2016 1,550
2017 1,760
2018 1,770
2019 1,670

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 320
2005 300
2006 270
2007 0
2008 240
2009 200
2010 0
2011 0
2012 200
2013 400
2014 210
2015 240
2016 260
2017 1,010
2018 1,020
2019 510

Foresters
Year Number
2004 350
2005 310
2006 300
2007 300
2008 330
2009 370
2010 360
2011 350
2012 430
2013 410
2014 360
2015 270
2016 260
2017 90
2018 110
2019 120

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 100
2006 50
2009 40
2010 50
2011 50
2012 30
2013 40
2014 50
2015 60
2016 40
2017 270
2018 280
2019 260

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 1,870
2005 2,400
2006 1,670
2007 1,980
2008 1,530
2009 2,600
2010 2,390
2011 2,880
2012 2,780
2013 2,400
2014 2,080
2015 1,860
2016 1,940
2017 2,270
2018 3,470
2019 3,530

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 450
2005 480
2006 570
2007 660
2008 720
2009 800
2010 360
2011 280
2012 150
2013 200
2014 250
2015 190
2016 140
2017 110
2018 140
2019 130

Physicists
Year Number
2004 330
2005 220
2006 330
2007 330
2008 300
2009 270
2010 300
2011 320
2012 340
2013 410
2014 600
2015 610
2016 540
2017 280
2018 240
2019 210

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 300
2005 300
2006 320
2007 360
2008 330
2009 370
2010 360
2011 400
2012 360
2013 400
2014 440
2015 490
2016 460
2017 440
2018 400
2019 460

Chemists
Year Number
2004 2,050
2005 2,410
2006 2,370
2007 2,220
2008 2,000
2009 2,090
2010 2,110
2011 2,040
2012 2,260
2013 2,160
2014 2,130
2015 2,180
2016 2,370
2017 2,350
2018 2,010
2019 2,030

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 90
2006 70
2007 50
2008 50
2009 60
2010 100
2011 180
2012 210
2013 250
2014 220
2015 200
2016 130
2017 90
2018 160
2019 210

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 5,200
2005 5,550
2006 5,680
2007 5,850
2008 5,610
2009 6,430
2010 6,400
2011 6,190
2012 5,460
2013 5,060
2014 5,180
2015 5,400
2016 5,320
2017 5,240
2018 4,920
2019 4,800

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 520
2005 600
2006 820
2007 730
2008 930
2009 930
2010 900
2011 720
2012 650
2013 650
2014 570
2015 600
2016 570
2017 740
2018 740
2019 950

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 250
2005 520
2006 550
2007 570
2008 600
2009 550
2010 460
2011 330
2012 360
2013 370
2014 370
2015 290
2016 230
2017 220
2018 230
2019 400

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 890
2005 730
2006 730
2007 640
2008 660
2009 650
2010 610
2011 490
2012 440
2013 440
2014 360
2015 420
2016 450
2017 650
2018 510
2019 300

Economists
Year Number
2004 380
2005 410
2006 310
2007 300
2008 170
2009 190
2010 180
2011 190
2012 210
2013 220
2014 240
2015 200
2016 210
2017 180
2018 240
2019 460

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 1,070
2009 980
2010 1,210
2011 790
2012 530
2013 290
2014 240
2015 450
2016 450
2017 510
2018 470
2019 450

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2008 0
2009 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 4,340
2005 4,680
2006 4,560
2007 3,670
2008 3,300
2009 3,310
2010 2,560
2011 2,550
2012 2,690
2013 2,940
2014 3,060
2015 2,700
2016 2,720
2017 2,970
2018 3,950

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 260
2005 240
2006 450
2007 800
2008 1,030
2009 1,100
2010 1,000
2011 1,140
2012 1,240
2013 1,580
2014 1,690
2015 1,520
2016 1,470
2017 1,310
2018 1,330
2019 1,220

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 90
2005 110
2006 140
2007 100
2008 80
2009 100
2010 50
2011 50
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 40
2016 80
2017 80
2018 50
2019 70

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 2,570
2005 2,640
2006 2,710
2007 2,670
2008 2,740
2009 2,540
2010 2,270
2011 2,140
2012 1,990
2013 1,760
2014 1,930
2015 1,910
2016 1,920
2017 2,020
2018 2,350
2019 2,880

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 150
2006 110
2007 130
2008 90
2009 0
2010 140
2011 160
2012 250
2013 190
2014 160
2015 160
2016 170
2017 230
2018 230
2019 230

Geographers
Year Number
2006 30
2007 30
2011 40
2012 30
2013 0

Historians
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 50
2008 60
2009 70
2010 70
2011 60
2012 60
2013 50
2014 80
2016 60
2017 70
2018 80
2019 90

Political Scientists
Year Number
2005 30
2018 40
2019 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,150
2005 1,800
2006 1,720
2007 1,950
2008 1,470
2009 1,310
2010 1,310
2011 1,350
2012 1,520
2013 1,650
2014 1,670
2015 1,540
2016 1,760
2017 1,700
2018 1,540
2019 1,330

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 380

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 470
2005 500
2006 490
2007 0
2008 150
2009 200
2010 210
2011 260
2012 230
2013 210
2014 200
2015 180
2016 210
2017 350
2018 340

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,030
2005 1,460
2006 1,290
2007 1,110
2008 1,170
2009 1,780
2010 1,950
2011 2,080
2012 1,560
2013 1,670
2014 1,810
2015 2,240
2016 2,060
2017 1,660
2018 2,240
2019 3,250

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,440
2005 1,540
2006 1,790
2007 1,800
2008 1,780
2009 1,760
2010 2,250
2011 2,170
2012 2,310
2013 1,880
2014 1,770
2015 1,930
2016 2,010
2017 1,840
2018 2,030
2019 2,140

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,390
2005 2,450
2006 2,380
2007 2,120
2008 1,850
2009 1,730
2010 1,600
2011 1,610
2012 1,900
2013 1,780
2014 1,730
2015 1,450
2016 1,400
2017 1,100
2018 1,120
2019 1,380

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 120
2005 140
2006 100
2007 220
2008 180
2009 190
2010 40
2011 60
2013 70
2014 80
2015 100
2016 120
2017 160
2018 200

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 270
2005 150
2006 230
2007 210
2008 210
2012 360
2013 350
2014 190
2017 0
2018 0
2019 190

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 230
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 560
2010 380
2011 380
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 290
2016 340
2017 440
2018 540
2019 440

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 220
2005 220
2006 190
2007 160
2008 170
2009 180
2010 200
2011 210
2012 200
2013 170
2014 170
2015 210
2016 200
2017 190
2018 150
2019 190

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,410
2005 1,460
2006 1,390
2007 1,330
2008 1,230
2009 1,340
2010 1,470
2011 1,440
2012 1,450
2013 1,470
2014 1,560
2015 1,480
2016 1,480
2017 1,420
2018 1,710
2019 1,680

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 2,990
2005 3,470
2006 3,190
2007 3,340
2008 3,810
2009 2,660
2010 2,580
2011 2,890
2012 3,020
2013 3,050
2014 2,980
2015 3,110
2016 2,960
2017 3,420
2018 2,970
2019 2,250

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,260
2005 1,510
2006 1,970
2007 2,190
2008 2,020
2009 1,750
2010 1,740
2011 1,710
2012 1,780
2013 1,780
2014 1,840
2015 1,940
2016 2,230
2017 2,310
2018 2,920
2019 2,970

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 300
2005 330
2006 460
2007 510
2008 420
2009 250
2010 300
2011 280
2012 270
2013 180
2014 240
2015 320
2016 510
2017 540
2018 510
2019 570