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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 31,630
2005 34,560
2006 33,140
2007 33,290
2008 31,910
2009 30,220
2010 31,240
2011 31,500
2012 32,250
2013 32,840
2014 32,380
2015 34,950
2016 37,390
2017 37,770
2018 39,600
2019 39,290

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2014 30
2016 50
2017 90
2018 80
2019 60

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 580
2005 500
2006 660
2007 1,240
2008 1,100
2009 1,260
2010 570
2011 570
2012 550
2013 630
2014 580
2015 460
2016 460
2017 420
2018 760
2019 890

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 290
2005 250
2006 210
2007 210
2008 280
2009 260
2010 580
2011 710
2012 840
2013 660
2014 650
2015 620
2016 470
2017 440
2018 350
2019 380

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 280
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 250
2013 150
2014 730
2015 1,120
2016 1,260
2017 910
2018 690
2019 620

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 540
2005 990
2006 800
2007 910
2008 510
2009 390
2010 200
2011 240
2012 240
2013 490
2014 290
2015 520
2016 750
2017 910
2018 860
2019 670

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2008 50
2009 60
2010 110
2011 120
2012 180
2013 150
2014 190
2015 200
2016 200
2017 260
2018 240
2019 270

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,120
2005 1,180
2006 1,060
2007 880
2008 630
2009 590
2010 780
2011 630
2012 530
2013 570
2014 480
2015 610
2016 580
2017 720
2018 590
2019 570

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 190
2005 250
2006 250
2007 260
2008 280
2009 290
2010 330
2011 330
2012 300
2013 370
2014 420
2015 460
2016 540
2017 560
2018 630
2019 650

Foresters
Year Number
2004 110
2005 90
2006 110
2007 110
2008 130
2009 110
2010 180
2011 190
2012 170
2013 110
2014 110
2015 120
2016 120
2017 120
2018 150
2019 150

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2007 190
2008 120
2009 180
2010 160
2011 180
2012 90
2013 80
2014 120
2015 160
2016 200
2017 210
2018 210
2019 310

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 980
2005 890
2006 930
2007 1,020
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1,920
2012 2,630
2013 2,190
2014 1,580
2015 2,060
2016 2,820
2017 3,230
2018 3,510
2019 3,710

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 550
2005 350
2006 430
2007 510
2008 560
2009 550
2010 610
2011 580
2012 360
2013 220
2014 260
2015 380
2016 370
2017 300
2018 140
2019 170

Physicists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 1,330
2006 0
2007 1,870
2008 3,050
2009 2,260
2010 2,930
2011 1,390
2012 1,100
2013 790
2014 850
2015 760
2016 690
2017 930
2018 810
2019 930

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 320
2006 410
2007 0
2008 0
2009 270
2010 360
2011 410
2012 420
2013 350
2014 340
2015 110
2017 100
2018 180
2019 210

Chemists
Year Number
2004 2,960
2005 2,760
2006 3,120
2007 2,940
2008 2,570
2009 2,380
2010 2,500
2011 3,210
2012 3,690
2013 3,430
2014 2,860
2015 3,210
2016 3,380
2017 2,900
2018 2,870
2019 2,790

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 320
2005 380
2006 770
2007 0
2008 1,230
2009 1,150
2010 770
2011 510
2012 280
2013 250
2014 280
2015 230
2016 290
2017 300
2018 310
2019 270

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,050
2005 1,710
2006 1,770
2007 2,460
2008 2,020
2009 1,930
2010 1,460
2011 1,620
2012 1,620
2013 1,820
2014 1,810
2015 2,710
2016 2,740
2017 2,590
2018 1,690
2019 1,980

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 160
2005 190
2006 270
2007 690
2008 650
2009 560
2010 320
2011 270
2012 180
2013 340
2014 420
2015 440
2016 290
2017 280
2018 350
2019 300

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 40
2007 40
2008 60
2009 60
2010 60
2011 50
2012 0
2013 150
2014 180
2015 130
2016 80
2017 70
2018 70
2019 70

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,280
2005 1,120
2006 1,330
2007 760
2008 800
2009 950
2010 950
2011 860
2012 2,130
2013 1,230
2014 1,260
2015 770
2016 590
2017 690
2018 550
2019 560

Economists
Year Number
2004 310
2005 290
2006 230
2007 350
2008 400
2009 510
2010 500
2011 440
2012 350
2013 330
2014 350
2015 400
2016 360
2017 360
2018 380
2019 450

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 760
2005 930
2006 600
2007 590
2008 720
2009 830
2010 1,030
2011 860
2012 900
2013 930
2014 700
2015 710
2016 770
2017 760
2018 1,590
2019 1,060

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 0
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2013 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 5,040
2005 5,480
2006 5,040
2007 4,830
2008 4,410
2009 3,890
2010 4,460
2011 4,720
2012 5,030
2013 4,630
2014 4,210
2015 4,110
2016 3,930
2017 3,990
2018 4,700

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 150
2005 200
2006 290
2007 240
2008 290
2009 280
2010 290
2011 250
2012 270
2013 270
2014 470
2015 660
2016 800
2017 460
2018 260
2019 480

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 40
2006 0
2007 0
2008 110
2009 0
2010 130
2011 80
2016 80
2017 90
2018 350
2019 0

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 630
2005 470
2006 490
2007 760
2008 800
2009 810
2010 620
2011 620
2012 590
2013 640
2014 660
2015 680
2016 690
2017 670
2018 730
2019 750

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 40
2007 0
2008 0
2009 170
2010 70
2011 60
2012 90
2013 70
2014 70
2015 80
2016 70
2017 100
2018 110
2019 120

Geographers
Year Number
2008 50
2009 50
2010 80
2011 110
2012 80
2013 100
2014 50
2015 50
2019 30

Historians
Year Number
2004 0
2005 170
2006 140
2007 130
2008 130
2009 100
2010 60
2011 80
2012 80
2013 80
2014 70
2015 60
2016 70
2017 80
2018 70
2019 70

Political Scientists
Year Number
2007 40
2009 40
2010 60
2011 60
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 40
2017 50
2018 50
2019 100

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 840
2005 810
2006 750
2007 620
2008 420
2009 420
2010 630
2011 890
2012 970
2013 740
2014 580
2015 540
2016 1,070
2017 1,020
2018 650
2019 650

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 840

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 620
2005 720
2006 880
2007 660
2008 610
2009 520
2010 630
2011 790
2012 860
2013 840
2014 770
2015 770
2016 710
2017 570
2018 690

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,010
2005 2,170
2006 2,520
2007 2,250
2008 1,600
2009 1,400
2010 1,890
2011 1,300
2012 930
2013 730
2014 790
2015 850
2016 1,150
2017 1,230
2018 1,830
2019 1,890

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,280
2005 2,150
2006 2,010
2007 1,660
2008 2,130
2009 2,390
2010 2,870
2011 3,010
2012 2,490
2013 2,510
2014 1,970
2015 2,110
2016 2,120
2017 2,200
2018 2,610
2019 2,790

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,000
2005 1,470
2006 2,510
2007 1,950
2008 2,140
2009 1,520
2010 1,570
2011 1,060
2012 870
2013 1,170
2014 1,250
2015 1,190
2016 810
2017 920
2018 1,000
2019 830

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 80
2005 60
2007 70
2008 40
2009 50
2011 30
2012 60
2013 100
2014 130
2015 90
2016 90
2017 80
2018 70

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 160
2005 0
2006 50
2007 70
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2013 250
2014 340
2015 440
2016 680
2017 810
2018 960
2019 650

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 1,080
2005 1,400
2007 950
2009 180
2010 130
2011 130
2012 280
2013 280
2014 340
2015 570
2016 830
2017 1,130
2018 1,030
2019 820

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 230
2005 260
2006 330
2007 260
2008 240
2009 210
2010 190
2011 180
2012 190
2013 380
2014 490
2015 210
2016 490
2017 470
2018 590
2019 520

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 550
2005 1,230
2006 910
2007 810
2008 700
2009 690
2010 580
2011 590
2013 490
2014 450
2015 590
2016 690
2017 610
2018 450
2019 410

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 4,000
2005 3,230
2006 2,600
2007 1,730
2008 1,820
2009 1,590
2010 1,250
2011 1,320
2012 1,350
2013 2,840
2014 3,200
2015 3,430
2016 3,400
2017 3,410
2018 3,480
2019 2,920

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 960
2005 810
2006 1,210
2007 910
2008 1,050
2009 1,110
2010 1,150
2011 1,130
2012 1,100
2013 1,170
2014 1,590
2015 1,760
2016 2,070
2017 2,110
2018 2,300
2019 2,460

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 350
2005 320
2006 380
2007 280
2008 210
2009 170
2010 140
2011 0
2012 200
2013 310
2014 460
2015 580
2016 590
2017 620
2018 660
2019 720