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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 21,130
2005 20,800
2006 19,220
2007 21,800
2008 22,200
2009 21,580
2010 21,520
2011 22,650
2012 24,990
2013 24,720
2014 25,850
2015 25,400
2016 25,390
2017 26,250
2018 25,420
2019 25,190

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2006 110
2007 100
2008 100
2009 0
2010 0
2011 190
2012 170
2013 240
2014 180
2015 170
2016 120
2017 190
2018 210
2019 200

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 520
2005 630
2006 710
2007 650
2008 660
2009 910
2010 1,110
2011 1,100
2012 1,360
2013 2,060
2014 2,020
2015 1,570
2016 650
2017 510
2018 510
2019 630

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 450
2005 360
2006 480
2007 400
2008 640
2009 560
2010 580
2011 370
2012 320
2013 430
2014 360
2015 490
2016 650
2017 870
2018 880
2019 650

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 200
2005 260
2007 120
2008 260
2009 290
2010 320
2011 400
2012 560
2013 650
2014 740
2015 1,080
2016 1,020
2017 970
2018 680
2019 900

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 270
2006 260
2007 260
2008 230
2009 270
2010 300
2011 420
2012 370
2013 330
2014 230
2015 330
2016 360
2017 370
2018 270
2019 370

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 530
2005 530
2007 610
2008 640
2009 660
2010 580
2011 690
2012 670
2013 720
2014 700
2015 680
2016 590
2017 720
2018 700
2019 690

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 900
2005 900
2006 990
2007 950
2008 1,050
2009 810
2010 810
2011 700
2012 570
2013 620
2014 540
2015 430
2016 510
2017 540
2018 480
2019 270

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 360
2005 490
2006 550
2007 620
2008 600
2009 590
2010 820
2011 750
2012 740
2013 670
2014 520
2015 830
2016 730
2017 690
2018 390
2019 630

Foresters
Year Number
2004 410
2005 460
2006 470
2007 500
2008 480
2009 510
2010 520
2011 620
2012 660
2013 590
2014 490
2015 390
2016 300
2017 380
2018 390
2019 330

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 110
2005 110
2007 90
2008 90
2009 100
2010 90
2011 110
2012 130
2013 80
2014 80
2015 200
2016 210
2017 210
2018 230
2019 240

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 1,640
2005 1,690
2006 1,200
2007 1,500
2008 1,680
2009 1,810
2010 1,720
2011 1,720
2012 2,560
2013 2,420
2014 2,160
2015 2,100
2016 2,290
2017 2,930
2018 2,920
2019 2,910

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 510
2005 490
2006 1,040
2007 1,090
2008 1,100
2009 1,210
2010 1,090
2011 1,260
2012 1,000
2013 820
2014 740
2015 560
2016 540
2017 560
2018 410
2019 120

Physicists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 250
2006 0
2007 130
2008 100
2009 100
2010 140
2011 160
2012 120
2013 60
2014 60
2015 120
2016 130
2017 170
2018 190
2019 160

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 100
2006 130
2007 160
2008 180
2009 0
2010 70
2011 70
2012 60
2013 40
2014 160
2015 170
2016 250
2017 0
2018 0
2019 240

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,590
2005 1,420
2006 1,740
2007 1,690
2008 1,690
2009 1,460
2010 1,430
2011 1,610
2012 1,940
2013 1,660
2014 1,720
2015 1,270
2016 1,680
2017 1,680
2018 2,010
2019 1,910

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 110
2006 0
2007 0
2008 60
2009 70
2010 50
2013 210
2014 300
2015 310
2016 190
2017 90
2018 90
2019 60

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,350
2005 1,300
2006 1,400
2007 1,350
2008 1,430
2009 1,360
2010 1,400
2011 1,240
2012 1,350
2013 1,410
2014 1,590
2015 1,550
2016 1,660
2017 1,700
2018 1,780
2019 1,800

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 300
2005 240
2006 300
2007 220
2008 200
2009 140
2010 110
2011 100
2012 110
2013 130
2014 170
2015 230
2016 220
2017 240
2018 270
2019 230

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 290
2005 310
2007 310
2008 280
2009 290
2010 290
2011 290
2012 280
2013 320
2014 330
2015 340
2016 350
2017 330
2018 320
2019 300

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 270
2012 780
2014 710

Economists
Year Number
2004 260
2005 310
2007 310
2008 250
2009 260
2010 270
2011 260
2012 220
2013 220
2014 220
2015 360
2016 350
2017 360
2018 250
2019 160

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 330
2005 320
2006 200
2007 230
2008 270
2009 240
2010 160
2011 100
2012 50
2014 60
2015 90
2016 120
2017 120
2018 0
2019 490

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 110
2012 100
2013 90
2014 80
2015 0
2018 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 2,810
2005 3,070
2006 2,890
2007 2,710
2008 2,410
2009 2,380
2010 2,550
2011 2,430
2012 2,420
2013 2,370
2014 2,780
2015 3,110
2016 3,320
2017 3,350
2018 3,220

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 180
2005 160
2006 150
2007 160
2008 230
2009 180
2010 170
2011 170
2012 170
2013 260
2014 250
2015 250
2016 210
2017 270
2018 440
2019 430

Sociologists
Year Number
2019 60

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 1,040
2005 890
2006 950
2007 1,050
2008 1,050
2009 1,100
2010 1,030
2011 970
2012 870
2013 1,050
2014 1,030
2015 1,020
2016 1,050
2017 1,110
2018 1,110
2019 950

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 30
2005 0
2006 0
2007 60
2015 30
2016 30
2017 40
2019 30

Geographers
Year Number
2018 60
2019 50

Historians
Year Number
2004 30
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 370
2005 400
2006 440
2007 440
2008 320
2009 320
2010 250
2011 310
2012 360
2013 370
2014 360
2015 300
2016 260
2017 290
2018 460
2019 500

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 870

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 880
2005 830
2006 790
2007 710
2008 840
2009 780
2010 600
2011 600
2012 720
2013 1,110
2014 1,330
2015 1,420
2016 1,020
2017 930
2018 820

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,170
2005 1,090
2006 1,100
2007 1,050
2008 1,050
2009 1,130
2010 1,160
2011 1,200
2012 1,070
2013 1,200
2014 1,050
2015 910
2016 990
2017 950
2018 730
2019 660

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 910
2005 780
2006 820
2007 890
2008 760
2009 780
2010 460
2011 660
2012 1,040
2013 1,010
2014 1,340
2015 1,300
2016 1,470
2017 1,560
2018 1,650
2019 1,580

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 560
2005 500
2006 600
2007 720
2008 630
2009 530
2010 450
2011 470
2012 480
2013 440
2014 430
2015 560
2016 690
2017 590
2018 420
2019 360

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2014 30
2015 90
2016 100
2017 80
2018 0

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2009 40
2011 40
2012 70
2013 80
2014 90
2015 110
2016 160
2019 0

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 680
2005 710
2006 650
2007 570
2008 650
2009 650
2010 680
2011 530
2012 560
2013 510
2014 480
2015 520
2016 530
2017 540
2018 570
2019 700

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2007 80
2008 70
2012 100
2013 90
2014 90
2015 50
2016 50
2017 50
2018 80
2019 90

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 780
2005 710
2007 860
2008 910
2009 720
2010 1,030
2011 1,460
2012 1,450
2013 950
2014 840
2015 790
2016 800
2017 950
2018 940
2019 630

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 970
2005 1,000
2006 1,090
2007 1,100
2008 1,170
2009 1,250
2010 1,210
2011 1,450
2012 1,460
2013 1,410
2014 1,500
2015 1,530
2016 1,590
2017 1,670
2018 1,710
2019 1,910

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 140
2005 80
2006 130
2007 110
2008 120
2009 80
2010 70
2011 90
2012 100
2013 100
2014 90
2015 140
2016 200
2017 240
2018 230
2019 190