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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 32,390
2005 36,570
2006 31,710
2007 35,380
2008 35,620
2009 36,710
2010 37,160
2011 38,980
2012 43,800
2013 43,040
2014 42,410
2015 41,280
2016 42,540
2017 39,880
2018 41,670
2019 42,360

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 0
2007 90
2008 60
2009 80
2010 90
2011 110
2012 90
2013 110
2014 130
2015 100
2016 100
2017 80
2018 80
2019 60

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 260
2007 180
2008 140
2009 90
2010 130
2011 200
2012 180
2013 130
2014 90
2015 130
2016 240
2017 450
2018 550
2019 420

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 220
2005 160
2006 160
2007 160
2008 190
2009 180
2010 170
2011 160
2012 210
2013 200
2014 180
2015 140
2016 170
2017 240
2018 0
2019 400

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 380
2005 420
2006 260
2007 280
2008 340
2009 890
2010 1,020
2011 990
2012 1,140
2013 1,330
2014 1,900
2015 1,570
2016 1,640
2017 1,230
2018 970
2019 800

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 1,490
2005 1,590
2006 1,570
2007 1,350
2008 1,300
2009 1,310
2010 1,260
2011 1,270
2012 1,260
2013 1,290
2014 1,320
2015 1,880
2016 1,970
2017 2,140
2018 1,820
2019 1,910

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 310
2005 310
2006 260
2007 240
2008 240
2009 230
2010 210
2011 220
2012 200
2013 230
2014 400
2015 440
2016 430
2017 210
2018 320
2019 320

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,150
2005 3,230
2006 2,630
2007 2,760
2008 2,940
2009 3,140
2010 3,280
2011 3,520
2012 3,640
2013 3,620
2014 3,490
2015 3,420
2016 3,540
2017 3,720
2018 4,100
2019 4,080

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 570
2005 560
2007 400
2008 410
2009 420
2010 440
2011 450
2012 430
2013 420
2014 410
2015 430
2016 490
2017 470
2018 340
2019 360

Foresters
Year Number
2004 50
2005 50
2006 30
2007 30
2011 40
2012 60
2013 70
2014 50
2015 50
2016 70
2017 70
2018 50
2019 0

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 140
2007 150
2008 140
2009 180
2010 170
2011 240
2012 280
2013 300
2014 310
2015 340
2016 340
2017 340
2018 310
2019 340

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 1,250
2005 2,820
2006 2,330
2007 2,640
2008 2,770
2009 3,190
2010 3,040
2011 3,940
2012 4,390
2013 4,730
2014 5,210
2015 4,900
2016 5,010
2017 3,980
2018 5,010
2019 5,170

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 320
2005 820
2006 920
2007 1,290
2008 1,390
2009 1,330
2010 750
2011 680
2012 610
2013 610
2014 460
2015 380
2016 300
2017 420
2018 360
2019 330

Astronomers
Year Number
2004 160
2007 220
2008 240
2009 270
2012 460
2013 480
2014 500
2016 0
2017 520

Physicists
Year Number
2004 990
2005 960
2006 860
2007 860
2008 820
2009 920
2010 1,160
2011 1,350
2012 1,520
2013 1,500
2014 1,400
2015 1,160
2016 1,140
2017 1,260
2018 1,950
2019 1,880

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 460
2005 460
2006 510
2007 490
2008 510
2009 400
2010 450
2011 450
2012 760
2013 860
2014 930
2015 760
2016 590
2017 570
2018 500
2019 600

Chemists
Year Number
2004 3,210
2005 3,140
2006 3,400
2007 3,530
2008 3,880
2009 3,570
2010 3,550
2011 3,270
2012 3,290
2013 3,240
2014 3,130
2015 3,070
2016 3,240
2017 3,300
2018 3,100
2019 3,240

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 60
2005 120
2006 130
2007 130
2008 150
2009 210
2010 250
2011 190
2012 150
2013 140
2014 120
2015 70
2016 130
2017 230
2018 290
2019 240

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,540
2005 1,550
2006 1,700
2007 2,040
2008 2,760
2009 2,270
2010 2,000
2011 2,080
2012 2,210
2013 2,320
2014 2,180
2015 1,980
2016 2,010
2017 2,230
2018 2,560
2019 2,700

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 340
2005 390
2006 270
2007 300
2008 390
2009 420
2010 510
2011 600
2012 650
2013 580
2014 470
2015 440
2016 440
2017 440
2018 600
2019 600

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

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,500
2005 1,600
2006 1,720
2007 1,970
2008 1,890
2009 2,050
2010 1,860
2011 1,720
2012 2,270
2013 2,080
2014 2,110
2015 1,540
2016 1,580
2017 1,490
2018 1,690
2019 1,830

Economists
Year Number
2004 360
2005 250
2006 290
2007 300
2008 280
2009 240
2010 270
2011 370
2012 400
2013 410
2014 380
2015 370
2016 650
2017 640
2018 700
2019 730

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 1,570
2007 1,360
2008 1,160
2009 1,410
2010 1,440
2011 900
2012 980
2013 880
2014 800
2015 890
2016 880
2017 650
2018 590
2019 640

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2009 90
2010 100
2019 30

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 1,770
2005 1,870
2006 1,820
2007 1,990
2008 1,830
2009 1,840
2010 1,660
2011 2,270
2012 2,410
2013 2,330
2014 1,690
2015 1,800
2016 2,130
2017 2,090
2018 2,090

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 390
2005 390
2006 330
2007 360
2008 350
2009 440
2010 590
2011 620
2012 570
2013 440
2014 470
2015 490
2016 520
2017 580
2018 630
2019 610

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 760
2009 50
2010 50
2011 50
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50
2016 30
2018 60
2019 60

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 900
2005 730
2006 840
2007 800
2008 750
2009 920
2010 1,120
2011 1,140
2012 970
2013 900
2014 960
2015 1,040
2016 990
2017 1,040
2018 860
2019 820

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2006 40
2007 0
2008 0
2009 120
2010 130
2011 80
2012 170
2013 180
2014 190
2015 190
2016 180
2017 120
2018 100
2019 110

Geographers
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 140
2007 160
2008 160
2009 190
2010 180
2012 170
2013 160
2014 150
2015 140
2016 180
2017 220
2018 310
2019 280

Historians
Year Number
2004 30
2006 90
2007 180
2008 100
2009 110
2010 50
2011 70
2012 150
2013 150
2014 120
2015 70
2016 80
2017 110
2018 110
2019 70

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 90
2005 130
2006 70
2007 40
2012 110
2013 110
2014 130
2015 90
2016 100
2017 80
2018 90

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,360
2005 1,460
2006 1,770
2007 1,500
2008 1,610
2009 1,550
2010 1,800
2011 1,880
2012 2,070
2013 2,090
2014 2,070
2015 2,220
2016 2,230
2017 2,120
2018 2,090
2019 2,310

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 290

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 410
2005 330
2006 270
2007 400
2008 370
2009 290
2010 240
2011 210
2012 410
2013 350
2014 360
2015 230
2016 280
2017 330
2018 260

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,450
2005 2,990
2006 2,890
2007 2,740
2008 2,420
2009 2,820
2010 2,960
2011 3,820
2012 3,810
2013 3,580
2014 3,470
2015 3,370
2016 3,520
2017 3,800
2018 3,520
2019 3,380

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 710
2005 680
2006 1,000
2007 990
2008 870
2009 660
2010 730
2011 660
2012 660
2013 640
2014 700
2015 1,000
2016 1,080
2017 1,120
2018 390
2019 360

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 580
2005 790
2006 610
2007 640
2008 640
2009 500
2010 520
2011 490
2012 600
2013 530
2014 500
2015 430
2016 440
2017 500
2018 450
2019 500

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 0
2005 130
2006 0
2007 50
2011 30
2012 120
2013 110
2014 110
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40
2018 40

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2007 90
2008 130
2009 0
2010 110
2011 110
2012 140
2013 80

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 1,170
2005 820
2006 870
2007 880
2008 500
2009 480
2010 700
2011 580
2012 800
2013 690
2014 820
2015 750
2016 590
2017 960
2018 950
2019 910

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 280
2005 250
2007 230
2008 270
2009 220
2010 220
2011 210
2012 190
2013 210
2014 210
2015 190
2016 130
2017 170
2018 150
2019 170

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 120
2005 150
2006 220
2007 170
2008 320
2009 420
2010 520
2011 360
2012 650
2013 660
2014 650
2015 440
2016 380
2017 420
2018 440
2019 440

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,420
2005 4,230
2006 1,890
2007 1,920
2008 1,790
2009 1,860
2010 1,990
2011 2,170
2012 3,140
2013 2,910
2014 2,430
2015 3,230
2016 3,150
2018 1,630
2019 1,600

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 790
2005 830
2006 970
2007 970
2008 1,000
2009 940
2010 960
2011 1,030
2012 960
2013 940
2014 1,030
2015 1,170
2016 1,250
2017 1,150
2018 1,230
2019 1,280

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 250
2005 300
2006 360
2007 360
2008 360
2009 280
2010 330
2011 320
2012 330
2013 300
2014 260
2015 250
2016 230
2017 240
2018 290
2019 230