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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 28,700
2005 29,140
2006 31,400
2007 32,290
2008 32,400
2009 32,650
2010 32,400
2011 32,700
2012 33,630
2013 35,030
2014 36,690
2015 39,420
2016 39,310
2017 40,880
2018 41,340
2019 42,030

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 70
2008 90
2009 100
2010 110
2011 100
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 60
2016 70
2017 110
2018 80
2019 60

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 310
2005 490
2006 530
2007 520
2008 570
2009 640
2010 500
2011 530
2012 550
2013 640
2014 580
2015 590
2016 750
2017 630
2018 640
2019 600

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 150
2006 170
2007 190
2008 220
2009 260
2010 240
2011 210
2012 140
2013 170
2014 210
2015 200
2016 190
2017 180
2018 260
2019 310

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 220
2006 360
2007 470
2008 840
2009 750
2010 490
2011 250
2012 200
2013 220
2014 0
2015 490
2016 0
2017 350
2018 330
2019 250

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 380
2005 370
2006 350
2007 300
2008 320
2009 320
2010 350
2011 350
2012 360
2013 410
2014 430
2015 580
2016 540
2017 530
2018 500
2019 470

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 190
2006 310
2007 300
2008 310
2009 140
2010 180
2011 220
2012 180
2013 200
2014 130
2015 140
2016 160
2017 150
2018 150
2019 160

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 230
2005 250
2006 220
2007 360
2008 420
2009 460
2010 310
2011 370
2012 350
2013 420
2014 590
2015 630
2016 860
2017 790
2018 780
2019 440

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 280
2005 270
2006 300
2007 330
2008 360
2009 340
2010 340
2011 330
2012 320
2013 320
2014 320
2015 340
2016 380
2017 380
2018 740
2019 820

Foresters
Year Number
2004 90
2005 120
2006 150
2007 160
2008 200
2009 160
2010 160
2011 140
2012 150
2013 150
2014 170
2015 150
2016 170
2017 170
2018 200
2019 170

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 70
2006 100
2007 140
2008 150
2009 200
2010 160
2011 150
2012 110
2013 130
2014 130
2015 160
2016 190
2017 190
2018 280
2019 280

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 1,180
2005 1,360
2006 1,540
2007 1,970
2008 2,030
2009 1,800
2010 1,580
2011 1,610
2012 2,150
2013 2,370
2014 2,480
2015 3,910
2016 4,210
2017 4,390
2018 3,430
2019 4,240

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 190
2005 230
2006 270
2007 230
2008 300
2009 520
2010 610
2011 520
2012 190
2013 130
2014 110
2015 80
2016 60
2017 200
2018 250
2019 290

Astronomers
Year Number
2007 40
2015 40
2017 40

Physicists
Year Number
2004 330
2005 520
2006 880
2007 890
2008 770
2009 390
2010 500
2011 530
2012 640
2013 650
2014 650
2015 490
2016 510
2017 460
2018 440
2019 330

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 120
2006 150
2007 190
2008 280
2009 170
2010 190
2011 100
2012 120
2013 60
2014 80
2015 80
2016 110
2017 130
2018 130
2019 130

Chemists
Year Number
2004 3,370
2005 3,270
2006 3,450
2007 3,800
2008 3,760
2009 3,560
2010 3,360
2011 3,160
2012 3,290
2013 3,620
2014 3,940
2015 4,130
2016 4,110
2017 3,990
2018 4,010
2019 3,530

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 700
2005 740
2006 760
2007 710
2008 670
2009 500
2010 480
2011 530
2012 610
2013 450
2014 500
2015 470
2016 640
2017 630
2018 630
2019 400

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,470
2005 2,350
2006 2,600
2007 2,530
2008 2,430
2009 2,080
2010 2,150
2011 2,390
2012 2,500
2013 2,690
2014 2,860
2015 3,460
2016 3,140
2017 2,770
2018 2,000
2019 2,080

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 440
2005 430
2006 460
2007 540
2008 520
2009 370
2010 610
2011 650
2012 630
2013 290
2014 350
2015 370
2016 350
2017 350
2018 310
2019 350

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 100
2006 130
2007 160
2008 150
2009 110
2010 100
2011 290
2012 230
2013 260
2014 260
2015 260
2016 250
2017 230
2018 240
2019 290

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 480
2005 690
2006 690
2007 500
2008 320
2009 500
2010 900
2011 880
2012 810
2013 840
2014 640
2015 520
2016 400
2017 480
2018 550
2019 520

Economists
Year Number
2004 130
2005 130
2006 160
2007 180
2008 190
2009 160
2010 170
2011 150
2012 130
2013 130
2014 120
2015 120
2016 120
2017 140
2018 140
2019 180

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 910
2005 1,130
2006 1,210
2007 1,110
2008 750
2009 590
2010 310
2011 220
2012 230
2013 260
2014 280
2015 200
2016 130
2017 130
2018 140
2019 200

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 90
2005 70
2006 90
2007 90
2008 70
2009 50
2010 60
2011 60
2012 30
2013 60
2014 60
2015 40

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 3,590
2005 3,290
2006 3,130
2007 3,000
2008 2,820
2009 2,940
2010 3,180
2011 3,300
2012 3,340
2013 3,380
2014 3,180
2015 3,230
2016 3,110
2017 3,540
2018 3,950

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 240
2005 230
2006 230
2007 290
2008 270
2009 330
2010 340
2011 370
2012 340
2013 320
2014 310
2015 330
2016 360
2017 380
2018 380
2019 390

Sociologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 70
2007 80
2008 100
2009 100
2010 90
2011 70
2012 50
2013 50
2014 60
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 100

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 640
2005 570
2006 550
2007 650
2008 690
2009 670
2010 660
2011 640
2012 760
2013 650
2014 600
2015 530
2016 570
2017 780
2018 930
2019 940

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2007 90
2008 100
2009 90
2010 50
2011 50
2012 50
2013 50
2014 80
2015 90
2016 110
2017 120
2018 110
2019 90

Historians
Year Number
2007 30
2008 40
2009 40
2010 50
2011 60
2012 50
2013 50
2014 70
2015 80
2016 70
2017 70
2018 40

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2012 30
2015 40
2016 40
2017 50

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 710
2005 750
2006 720
2007 650
2008 900
2009 770
2010 1,120
2011 1,250
2012 1,310
2013 1,310
2014 1,440
2015 1,620
2016 1,680
2017 1,750
2018 1,660
2019 1,630

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 470

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 320
2005 530
2006 530
2007 560
2008 740
2009 910
2010 750
2011 530
2012 490
2013 730
2014 670
2015 640
2016 510
2017 600
2018 460

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,080
2005 2,330
2006 2,380
2007 2,120
2008 2,070
2009 2,390
2010 2,210
2011 2,160
2012 2,820
2013 2,990
2014 3,010
2015 3,050
2016 2,930
2017 3,720
2018 4,110
2019 5,010

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 3,110
2005 2,860
2006 3,110
2007 3,210
2008 2,880
2009 3,050
2010 3,190
2011 3,580
2012 3,310
2013 3,760
2014 4,100
2015 3,890
2016 3,760
2017 3,270
2018 3,220
2019 2,770

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 990
2005 830
2006 1,060
2007 1,040
2008 1,090
2009 1,280
2010 1,310
2011 1,430
2012 1,190
2013 1,140
2014 1,210
2015 1,330
2016 1,530
2017 1,510
2018 1,520
2019 1,470

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 0
2005 110
2006 110
2007 200
2008 290
2009 320
2010 270
2011 260
2012 200
2013 200
2014 130
2015 160
2016 130
2017 130
2018 130

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 320
2005 360
2006 400
2007 270
2008 240
2009 480
2012 450
2018 470
2019 460

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 420
2005 410
2006 360
2007 300
2008 350
2009 490
2010 460
2011 390
2012 220
2013 210
2014 210
2015 280
2016 320
2017 300
2018 380
2019 530

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 220
2005 170
2006 140
2007 170
2008 180
2009 250
2010 290
2011 290
2012 300
2013 330
2014 350
2015 250
2016 240
2017 240
2018 290
2019 320

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 90
2005 80
2006 180
2007 210
2008 160
2009 310
2010 280
2011 300
2012 310
2013 340
2014 320
2015 330
2016 370
2017 400
2018 430
2019 460

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,320
2005 1,360
2006 1,190
2007 960
2008 720
2009 1,190
2010 1,140
2011 1,160
2012 1,150
2013 1,460
2014 2,010
2015 1,680
2016 1,580
2017 1,520
2018 1,770
2019 1,470

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,680
2005 1,390
2006 1,860
2007 2,110
2008 2,420
2009 2,200
2010 2,450
2011 2,410
2012 2,430
2013 2,620
2014 2,940
2015 3,470
2016 3,790
2017 4,160
2018 4,280
2019 4,640

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 590
2005 500
2006 500
2007 640
2008 620
2009 670
2010 700
2011 710
2012 870
2013 930
2014 1,060
2015 910
2016 790
2017 830
2018 890
2019 910