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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in New York

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 56,910
2005 57,830
2006 56,540
2007 68,070
2008 68,240
2009 60,950
2010 68,340
2011 65,870
2012 66,860
2013 69,850
2014 71,510
2015 70,030
2016 71,480
2017 70,680
2018 72,340
2019 72,520

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2014 140
2015 160
2016 170
2017 140
2018 130
2019 140

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 220
2005 260
2006 250
2007 330
2008 320
2009 340
2010 380
2011 360
2012 400
2013 350
2014 460
2015 500
2016 580
2017 520
2018 480
2019 590

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 150
2006 170
2007 160
2008 0
2009 70
2010 70
2011 80
2012 100
2013 100
2014 130
2015 150
2016 190
2017 140
2018 140
2019 160

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 1,600
2005 1,560
2006 1,230
2007 1,040
2008 1,210
2009 1,460
2010 1,700
2011 1,650
2012 2,010
2013 2,260
2014 2,260
2015 1,980
2016 1,530
2017 1,260
2018 870
2019 910

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 1,140
2005 1,580
2006 1,600
2007 1,100
2008 720
2009 830
2010 960
2011 1,170
2012 1,690
2013 1,700
2014 1,740
2015 1,500
2016 1,340
2017 910
2018 680
2019 680

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 300
2005 320
2006 350
2007 350
2008 370
2009 360
2010 420
2011 400
2012 430
2013 380
2014 400
2015 420
2016 430
2017 420
2018 370
2019 390

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 900
2005 900
2006 770
2007 520
2008 500
2009 560
2010 600
2011 570
2012 530
2013 660
2014 680
2015 710
2016 620
2017 660
2018 690
2019 710

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 740
2005 750
2006 810
2007 820
2008 740
2009 720
2010 620
2011 570
2012 640
2013 320
2014 390
2015 390
2016 520
2017 500
2018 500
2019 470

Foresters
Year Number
2004 200
2005 200
2006 210
2007 230
2008 220
2009 250
2010 230
2011 210
2012 220
2013 210
2014 220
2015 200
2016 210
2017 210
2018 250
2019 250

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 160
2006 300
2007 290
2008 240
2009 210
2010 210
2011 130
2012 110
2013 170
2014 220
2015 220
2016 230
2017 240
2018 210
2019 260

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 4,800
2005 4,740
2006 5,140
2007 5,060
2008 6,290
2009 6,440
2010 6,670
2011 5,950
2012 5,880
2013 7,100
2014 8,250
2015 9,160
2016 9,900
2017 9,190
2018 9,500
2019 8,590

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 230
2005 220
2006 310
2007 410
2008 420
2009 420
2010 310
2011 280
2012 240
2013 180
2014 160
2015 130
2016 140
2017 130
2018 170
2019 140

Physicists
Year Number
2004 940
2005 860
2006 880
2007 860
2008 920
2009 640
2010 520
2011 450
2012 710
2013 950
2014 1,140
2015 1,110
2016 1,070
2017 990
2018 950
2019 900

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 160
2005 180
2006 200
2007 230
2008 200
2009 200
2010 240
2011 260
2012 300
2013 320
2014 490
2015 480
2016 470
2017 380
2018 460
2019 360

Chemists
Year Number
2004 6,060
2005 5,820
2006 5,960
2007 5,190
2008 4,440
2009 3,980
2010 3,980
2011 4,180
2012 3,900
2013 4,080
2014 3,930
2015 4,320
2016 4,170
2017 3,780
2018 3,360
2019 3,650

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 430
2005 460
2006 530
2007 770
2008 940
2009 760
2010 570
2011 240
2012 440
2013 610
2014 460
2015 390
2016 370
2017 370
2018 330
2019 230

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,490
2005 3,110
2006 0
2007 4,820
2008 3,150
2009 2,850
2010 2,730
2011 2,730
2012 2,610
2013 2,840
2014 2,740
2015 3,440
2016 3,700
2017 4,170
2018 4,400
2019 3,840

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 610
2005 510
2006 740
2007 760
2008 670
2009 700
2010 810
2011 830
2012 860
2013 940
2014 1,090
2015 900
2016 940
2017 730
2018 700
2019 660

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 280
2005 230
2006 370
2007 500
2008 400
2009 370
2010 150
2011 140
2012 160
2013 150
2014 200
2015 220
2016 230
2017 180
2018 170
2019 170

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,760
2005 1,830
2006 1,920
2007 1,620
2008 1,230
2009 1,340
2010 1,260
2011 1,080
2012 1,020
2013 1,050
2014 1,000
2015 1,010
2016 970
2017 960
2018 900
2019 910

Economists
Year Number
2004 440
2005 460
2006 520
2007 560
2008 450
2009 420
2010 440
2011 470
2012 530
2013 640
2014 620
2015 620
2016 570
2017 700
2018 750
2019 820

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 740
2005 880
2006 970
2007 1,120
2008 1,300
2009 1,370
2010 1,150
2011 1,060
2012 850
2013 740
2014 660
2015 540
2016 610
2017 750
2018 710
2019 610

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2007 190
2008 0
2009 0
2012 90
2013 90
2014 150

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 9,860
2005 10,030
2006 9,790
2007 10,040
2008 10,730
2009 10,660
2010 10,300
2011 10,170
2012 10,610
2013 10,510
2014 10,600
2015 10,540
2016 11,230
2017 11,380
2018 11,370

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 560
2005 390
2006 470
2007 420
2008 440
2009 530
2010 680
2011 590
2012 510
2013 460
2014 590
2015 640
2016 610
2017 480
2018 480
2019 550

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 170
2006 170
2007 440
2008 740
2009 660
2010 460
2011 130
2012 120
2013 460
2014 430
2015 660
2016 290
2017 310
2018 190
2019 160

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 1,200
2005 1,360
2006 1,320
2007 1,460
2008 1,440
2009 1,590
2010 1,550
2011 1,470
2012 1,510
2013 1,530
2014 1,410
2015 1,330
2016 1,430
2017 1,560
2018 1,410
2019 1,390

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 220
2005 140
2006 100
2007 100
2008 80
2009 110
2010 100
2011 140
2012 150
2013 180
2014 140
2015 130
2016 80
2017 40
2018 60
2019 70

Geographers
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 50
2009 40
2010 90
2011 130
2012 0
2013 0

Historians
Year Number
2004 230
2005 360
2006 460
2007 520
2008 540
2009 510
2010 530
2011 490
2012 470
2013 450
2014 460
2015 490
2016 460
2017 460
2018 400
2019 410

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 250
2005 230
2006 210
2007 220
2008 140
2009 80
2010 50
2011 60
2012 50
2013 70
2014 90
2015 70
2016 80
2017 110
2018 90
2019 80

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,240
2005 3,160
2006 2,730
2007 1,810
2008 1,660
2009 1,950
2010 1,960
2011 2,060
2012 2,300
2013 2,070
2014 2,100
2015 2,300
2016 2,470
2017 2,210
2018 2,410
2019 2,220

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 1,040

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 390
2005 0
2006 670
2007 1,170
2008 1,000
2009 1,080
2010 420
2011 280
2012 280
2013 280
2014 720
2015 740
2016 930
2017 1,080
2018 1,040

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,820
2005 4,720
2006 4,130
2007 5,960
2008 4,550
2009 6,070
2010 3,860
2011 3,990
2012 3,520
2013 3,060
2014 3,320
2015 2,650
2016 3,440
2017 2,990
2018 3,460
2019 3,920

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 3,310
2005 3,020
2006 2,690
2007 3,200
2008 3,570
2009 3,740
2010 3,520
2011 3,910
2012 4,090
2013 4,170
2014 3,370
2015 2,950
2016 2,710
2017 2,880
2018 2,790
2019 2,510

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,450
2005 1,720
2006 1,630
2007 2,050
2008 2,010
2009 1,850
2010 1,730
2011 1,970
2012 1,810
2013 2,470
2014 2,570
2015 2,450
2016 2,170
2017 2,450
2018 2,400
2019 2,220

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 70
2007 190
2008 230
2009 440
2010 420
2011 450
2012 180
2013 150
2014 170
2015 120
2016 70
2017 70
2018 110

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 340
2005 480
2007 740
2008 560
2009 550
2010 430
2011 510
2012 350
2013 400
2014 440
2015 280
2017 330
2018 330
2019 290

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2007 1,850
2008 2,700
2009 3,290
2010 5,550
2011 5,370
2012 6,470
2013 6,990
2014 7,170
2015 6,160
2016 6,340
2017 5,370
2018 6,290
2019 6,170

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 220
2005 220
2006 320
2007 300
2008 200
2009 210
2010 260
2011 290
2012 320
2013 300
2014 230
2015 160
2016 410
2017 430
2018 390
2019 360

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2007 470
2008 490
2012 590
2013 600
2014 600
2015 710
2016 720
2017 720
2018 840
2019 860

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 5,840
2005 4,630
2006 5,830
2007 7,350
2008 9,140
2009 0
2010 8,870
2011 7,350
2012 5,790
2013 5,790
2014 5,670
2015 5,130
2016 5,120
2017 6,250
2018 6,930
2019 8,680

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,640
2005 1,590
2006 1,940
2007 1,980
2008 2,470
2009 2,650
2010 2,910
2011 3,040
2012 3,280
2013 3,260
2014 3,110
2015 3,140
2016 3,230
2017 3,440
2018 3,780
2019 3,930

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 850
2005 560
2006 820
2007 820
2008 820
2009 650
2010 630
2011 660
2012 740
2013 810
2014 790
2015 830
2016 730
2017 790
2018 850
2019 1,020