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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 19,190
2005 17,940
2006 17,240
2007 16,300
2008 18,430
2009 19,350
2010 19,860
2011 19,650
2012 18,820
2013 19,330
2014 20,110
2015 22,240
2016 21,680
2017 23,670
2018 26,990
2019 29,320

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2007 100
2015 40
2016 30
2017 50
2018 40

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 200
2005 190
2006 190
2007 220
2008 210
2009 220
2010 380
2011 640
2012 670
2013 560
2014 460
2015 670
2016 740
2017 750
2018 630
2019 580

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 340
2005 280
2006 350
2007 240
2008 210
2009 200
2010 90
2011 90
2012 80
2013 120
2014 200
2015 210
2016 220
2017 230
2018 190
2019 180

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 70
2006 70
2008 60
2009 0
2010 120
2011 610
2012 0
2013 620
2015 1,140
2016 0
2017 0
2018 90
2019 190

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 650
2005 560
2006 610
2007 520
2008 520
2009 560
2010 640
2011 660
2012 700
2013 710
2014 780
2015 790
2016 780
2017 850
2018 760
2019 930

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 550
2005 570
2006 630
2007 550
2008 450
2009 350
2011 310
2012 320
2013 360
2014 440
2015 420
2016 290
2017 220
2018 170
2019 180

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 720
2005 660
2006 590
2007 660
2008 690
2009 710
2010 670
2011 700
2012 700
2013 680
2014 760
2015 750
2016 850
2017 980
2018 1,040
2019 1,090

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 160
2007 210
2008 200
2009 200
2010 210
2011 200
2012 190
2013 210
2014 330
2015 410
2016 410
2017 320
2018 250
2019 320

Foresters
Year Number
2004 220
2005 240
2006 230
2007 320
2008 230
2009 240
2010 250
2011 230
2012 220
2013 170
2014 280
2015 220
2016 200
2017 350
2018 340
2019 380

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 360
2005 220
2006 230
2007 0
2008 100
2009 90
2010 150
2011 130
2012 100
2013 220
2014 240
2015 260
2016 280
2017 390
2018 420
2019 390

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 490
2005 430
2006 340
2007 320
2008 630
2009 600
2010 680
2011 640
2012 590
2013 610
2014 650
2015 1,150
2016 1,390
2017 1,520
2018 1,710
2019 2,000

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 170
2005 210
2006 150
2007 130
2008 90
2009 70
2010 40
2012 40
2013 30
2014 90
2015 70
2016 70
2017 90
2018 90
2019 120

Physicists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 80
2007 40
2008 40
2009 90
2010 120
2011 140
2012 110
2013 130
2014 150
2015 90
2016 100
2017 70
2018 50
2019 60

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 60
2006 130
2007 140
2008 0
2009 220
2010 0
2011 110
2013 0
2014 0
2015 80
2016 80
2017 80
2018 80
2019 70

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,850
2005 1,720
2006 1,620
2007 1,210
2008 1,370
2009 1,360
2010 1,440
2011 1,360
2012 1,370
2013 1,330
2014 1,430
2015 1,410
2016 1,310
2017 1,160
2018 1,270
2019 1,270

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 380
2008 500
2009 710
2010 550
2011 330
2012 170
2013 70
2014 60
2015 30
2017 50
2018 50
2019 0

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,020
2005 1,010
2006 900
2007 790
2008 1,280
2009 1,500
2010 1,590
2011 1,720
2012 1,820
2013 1,690
2014 1,720
2015 1,630
2016 1,160
2017 1,190
2018 1,300
2019 1,480

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 330
2005 280
2006 190
2007 140
2008 150
2009 200
2010 290
2011 270
2012 330
2013 300
2014 350
2015 320
2016 280
2017 320
2018 490
2019 550

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

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 0
2006 380
2007 370
2008 450
2009 450
2010 450
2011 840
2012 810
2013 760
2014 400
2015 390
2016 380
2017 330
2018 320
2019 330

Economists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 240
2006 240
2007 220
2008 220
2009 200
2010 190
2011 250
2012 250
2013 320
2014 370
2015 390
2016 380
2017 400
2018 330
2019 360

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 430
2005 340
2006 350
2007 230
2008 440
2009 370
2010 310
2011 250
2012 380
2013 350
2014 220
2015 160
2016 180
2019 0

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 1,340
2005 1,850
2006 2,220
2007 2,160
2008 2,440
2009 2,180
2010 2,820
2011 2,560
2012 2,620
2013 2,640
2014 2,240
2015 2,080
2016 2,070
2017 2,050
2018 2,100

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 220
2005 180
2006 170
2007 170
2008 160
2009 190
2010 210
2011 230
2012 250
2013 280
2014 310
2015 290
2016 340
2017 310
2018 300
2019 350

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 90
2005 80
2010 30
2011 40

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 420
2005 450
2006 490
2007 530
2008 600
2009 640
2010 550
2011 490
2012 470
2013 480
2014 500
2015 530
2016 470
2017 550
2018 700
2019 900

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 60
2010 130
2011 150
2012 180
2013 0
2014 0
2015 40
2016 80
2017 90
2018 140
2019 150

Geographers
Year Number
2010 0
2011 30
2012 30
2014 50
2015 50
2016 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 70

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

Political Scientists
Year Number
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 920
2005 1,060
2006 860
2007 890
2008 490
2009 470
2010 540
2011 560
2012 540
2013 630
2014 1,000
2015 1,150
2016 1,130
2017 890
2018 2,060
2019 2,060

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 880

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 650
2007 450
2008 430
2009 430
2010 340
2011 470
2012 450
2013 510
2014 600
2015 640
2016 610
2017 730
2018 830

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 940
2005 700
2006 880
2007 690
2008 2,160
2009 2,020
2010 2,150
2011 810
2012 740
2013 630
2014 860
2015 1,010
2016 1,200
2017 1,470
2018 1,630
2019 1,830

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,680
2005 1,680
2006 1,480
2007 1,360
2008 1,320
2009 1,460
2010 1,280
2011 1,430
2012 1,310
2013 1,380
2014 1,460
2015 1,360
2016 1,270
2017 1,360
2018 1,470
2019 2,150

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 630
2005 630
2006 470
2007 620
2008 610
2009 580
2010 520
2011 540
2012 400
2013 540
2014 710
2015 740
2016 690
2017 700
2018 960
2019 920

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 60
2005 0
2006 60
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 50
2014 60
2015 100
2016 140
2017 210
2018 200

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 320
2005 250
2006 260
2007 160
2008 670
2009 1,030
2010 1,040
2011 510
2012 200
2013 230
2014 630
2015 750
2016 750
2017 2,080
2018 2,210
2019 2,240

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 220
2005 230
2006 240
2007 290
2008 260
2009 270
2010 270
2011 270
2012 290
2013 240
2014 290
2015 310
2016 270
2017 210
2018 160
2019 190

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 130
2005 360
2006 390
2007 230
2008 200
2009 220
2010 170
2011 250
2012 420
2013 470
2014 210
2015 220
2016 450
2018 480
2019 560

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 2,750
2005 2,260
2006 1,210
2007 880
2008 0
2009 320
2010 310
2011 400
2012 660
2013 710
2014 1,010
2015 1,010
2016 1,470
2017 1,960
2018 2,020
2019 1,830

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 520
2005 540
2006 850
2007 840
2008 970
2009 920
2010 1,010
2011 1,080
2012 1,050
2013 990
2014 920
2015 950
2016 1,110
2017 1,220
2018 1,570
2019 1,800

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 100
2005 70
2006 80
2007 110
2008 110
2009 130
2010 130
2011 180
2012 200
2013 180
2014 200
2015 230
2016 290
2017 320
2018 380
2019 430