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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 6,440
2005 6,610
2006 6,130
2007 5,370
2008 5,030
2009 5,530
2010 5,890
2011 5,700
2012 6,470
2013 6,390
2014 6,300
2015 6,230
2016 7,760
2017 7,110
2018 7,500
2019 8,280

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 30
2005 50
2006 50
2007 50
2008 40
2009 50
2010 40
2011 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 50
2015 110
2016 120
2017 90
2018 40
2019 110

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 150
2006 220
2007 180
2008 180
2009 110
2010 200
2011 170
2012 180
2016 410
2017 380
2018 300
2019 290

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 410
2005 420
2006 330
2007 250
2008 240
2009 310
2010 310
2011 350
2012 390
2013 460
2014 510
2015 790
2016 730
2017 570
2018 580
2019 530

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 150
2007 150
2009 120
2010 100
2011 70
2012 160
2013 140
2014 220
2015 90
2016 110
2017 60
2019 80

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 80
2007 80
2008 110
2009 140
2010 180
2011 190
2012 210
2013 160
2014 130
2015 90
2016 120
2017 170
2018 180
2019 180

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 130
2005 150
2006 140
2008 140
2009 140
2010 140
2012 140
2013 130
2014 150
2015 150
2017 140
2018 170
2019 170

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 130
2005 120
2006 110
2007 120
2008 130
2009 140
2010 130
2011 120
2012 130
2013 190
2014 160
2015 160
2016 150
2018 150
2019 200

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 220
2006 400
2007 390
2008 280
2009 220
2010 220
2011 230
2012 290
2013 250
2014 320
2015 330
2016 250
2017 220
2018 210
2019 220

Foresters
Year Number
2004 50
2005 40
2006 50
2007 50
2008 60
2009 60
2010 60
2011 40
2012 30
2014 30
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50
2018 40

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 30
2008 40
2009 30
2011 30
2012 30
2013 40
2014 30
2015 30
2017 40
2018 40

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 280
2005 280
2006 260
2007 200
2008 190
2009 210
2010 240
2011 280
2012 290
2013 230
2016 460
2017 0
2018 620
2019 640

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0

Physicists
Year Number
2004 30
2005 30
2006 30
2007 30
2008 40
2009 40
2010 50
2011 50
2012 50
2013 30
2014 40
2015 40
2019 30

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 60
2005 70
2006 90
2007 80
2008 90
2009 0
2010 90
2011 100
2012 120
2013 120
2014 120
2015 90
2016 110
2017 110
2018 120
2019 110

Chemists
Year Number
2004 470
2005 540
2006 440
2007 320
2008 300
2009 280
2010 270
2011 290
2012 380
2013 480
2014 590
2015 560
2016 620
2017 370
2018 370
2019 330

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2019 100

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 790
2005 540
2006 570
2007 470
2008 600
2009 650
2010 720
2011 780
2012 730
2013 730
2014 490
2015 380
2016 430
2017 400
2018 340
2019 350

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 70
2005 60
2006 50
2007 60
2008 50
2009 70
2010 70
2011 80
2012 120
2013 150
2014 170
2015 100
2016 70
2017 60
2018 60
2019 60

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2009 50
2010 40
2011 50
2012 90
2013 80
2014 100
2015 0
2016 90
2017 100
2018 50
2019 50

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2006 60
2007 40
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 80
2014 0
2015 0
2016 60
2017 30
2019 40

Economists
Year Number
2004 110
2005 80
2006 130
2007 100
2008 0
2010 40
2011 50
2012 40
2016 30
2018 30
2019 60

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 180
2006 180
2007 90
2008 60
2009 60
2010 70
2011 70
2012 80
2013 0
2014 200
2015 0
2016 210
2017 230
2018 260
2019 120

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 460
2005 480
2006 490
2007 490
2008 560
2009 530
2010 640
2011 550
2012 540
2013 490
2014 460
2015 540
2016 490
2017 540
2018 590

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2010 30
2011 40
2012 40
2014 50
2015 50
2017 0
2019 40

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 270
2005 130
2006 120
2007 130
2008 140
2009 170
2010 160
2011 170
2012 170
2013 160
2014 220
2015 240
2016 230
2017 240
2018 230
2019 250

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 30
2013 40
2014 40
2015 30
2017 40
2018 40
2019 40

Historians
Year Number
2018 0
2019 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 150
2005 150
2006 130
2007 110
2008 70
2010 60
2012 180
2013 190
2016 160

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 810

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 610
2005 600
2006 370
2007 270
2008 180
2009 170
2010 190
2011 210
2012 210
2013 230
2014 320
2015 660
2016 460
2017 640
2018 410

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 350
2005 360
2006 350
2007 350
2008 420
2009 490
2010 470
2011 460
2012 460
2013 460
2014 460
2015 360
2016 370
2017 350
2018 340
2019 390

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 180
2005 240
2006 250
2007 230
2008 230
2009 210
2010 160
2011 190
2012 200
2013 210
2014 120
2015 180
2016 320
2017 320
2018 320
2019 260

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 130
2005 110
2006 90
2007 70
2008 70
2009 120
2010 120
2011 130
2012 150
2013 170
2014 200
2015 140
2016 120
2017 190
2018 120
2019 90

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2018 30

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 0
2005 110
2006 110
2007 0
2009 40
2010 60
2014 0
2016 300
2017 330
2018 330
2019 230

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 190
2005 300
2006 440
2007 430
2008 0
2009 280
2010 250
2011 230
2012 140
2013 120
2014 140
2015 150
2016 140
2017 130
2018 150
2019 180

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 90
2005 90
2006 70
2007 80
2008 80
2009 120
2010 80
2013 100
2014 90
2015 100
2016 100
2017 110
2018 100
2019 110

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 250
2005 400
2008 170
2009 180
2010 180
2011 170
2012 320
2013 300
2014 330
2015 220
2016 290
2017 300
2018 270
2019 190

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 530
2005 280
2006 310
2007 410
2008 460
2009 410
2010 370
2011 390
2012 410
2013 540
2014 510
2015 530
2016 640
2017 750
2018 830
2019 910

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 100
2005 110
2006 140
2007 110
2008 100
2009 90
2010 110
2011 120
2012 100
2013 60
2014 50
2015 70
2016 130
2017 150
2018 180
2019 220