Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Year Number
2015 46,450
2016 48,160
2017 47,560

Individual occupations

Food Scientists and Technologists

Year Number
2015 720
2016 840
2017 610

Soil and Plant Scientists

Year Number
2015 70
2016 90
2017 80

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Year Number
2015 1,530
2016 1,760
2017 1,900

Microbiologists

Year Number
2015 510
2016 490
2017 510

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Year Number
2015 130
2016 110
2017 90

Biological Scientists, All Other

Year Number
2015 520
2016 320
2017 370

Conservation Scientists

Year Number
2015 190
2016 270

Foresters

Year Number
2015 70
2016 70
2017 80

Epidemiologists

Year Number
2015 200
2016 150
2017 160

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Year Number
2015 5,890
2016 6,780
2017 6,080

Life Scientists, All Other

Year Number
2015 290
2016 380
2017 190

Physicists

Year Number
2015 420
2016 490
2017 480

Atmospheric and Space Scientists

Year Number
2015 260
2016 230
2017 180

Chemists

Year Number
2015 4,020
2016 4,380
2017 4,570

Materials Scientists

Year Number
2015 200
2016 170
2017 200

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Year Number
2015 2,110
2016 2,340
2017 2,500

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Year Number
2015 580
2016 490
2017 390

Hydrologists

Year Number
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40

Physical Scientists, All Other

Year Number
2015 580
2016 610
2017 580

Economists

Year Number
2015 410
2016 390
2017 560

Survey Researchers

Year Number
2015 430
2016 580
2017 670

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Year Number
2015 0

School Psychologists

Year Number
2015 6,850
2016 7,490
2017 7,550

Psychologists, All Other

Year Number
2015 390
2016 360
2017 280

Sociologists

Year Number
2015 650
2016 280
2017 300

Urban and Regional Planners

Year Number
2015 890
2016 980
2017 1,030

Anthropologists and Archeologists

Year Number
2015 170
2016 130
2017 0

Historians

Year Number
2015 100
2016 90
2017 80

Political Scientists

Year Number
2015 60
2016 60
2017 90

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

Year Number
2015 1,810
2016 1,920
2017 1,700

Food Science Technicians

Year Number
2015 160
2016 180
2017 130

Biological Technicians

Year Number
2015 1,430
2016 2,140
2017 1,500

Chemical Technicians

Year Number
2015 2,580
2016 2,140
2017 2,540

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health

Year Number
2015 1,490
2016 1,330
2017 1,360

Hydrologic Technicians

Year Number
2015 0

Social Science Research Assistants

Year Number
2015 3,050
2016 3,270
2017 3,190

Forest and Conservation Technicians

Year Number
2016 0
2017 0

Forensic Science Technicians

Year Number
2015 470
2016 470
2017 470

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other

Year Number
2015 4,770
2016 4,000
2017 4,500

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

Year Number
2015 1,710
2016 1,660
2017 1,900

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians

Year Number
2015 690
2016 680
2017 700