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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 42,470
2005 40,840
2006 43,950
2007 43,120
2008 47,010
2009 47,360
2010 43,570
2011 44,080
2012 47,290
2013 53,070
2014 51,810
2015 50,750
2016 49,840
2017 49,460
2018 50,680
2019 48,710

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2015 40
2016 60
2017 70
2018 70
2019 0

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 170
2006 280
2007 250
2008 270
2009 210
2010 230
2011 270
2012 310
2013 320
2014 360
2015 380
2016 350
2017 350
2018 340
2019 400

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 160
2006 270
2007 170
2008 180
2009 160
2010 150
2011 130
2012 110
2013 150
2014 150
2015 180
2016 180
2017 180
2018 210
2019 210

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 640
2005 1,000
2006 1,580
2007 1,870
2008 2,160
2009 2,490
2010 1,700
2011 1,170
2012 1,430
2013 1,920
2014 1,750
2015 1,240
2016 1,270
2017 1,330
2018 1,100
2019 1,510

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 300
2007 480
2008 460
2009 500
2010 410
2011 450
2012 610
2013 830
2014 1,090
2015 1,120
2016 1,060
2017 880
2018 650
2019 640

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 280
2006 230
2007 100
2008 150
2009 180
2010 210
2011 290
2012 300
2013 270
2014 250
2015 220
2016 230
2017 230
2018 220
2019 210

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 300
2005 300
2006 280
2007 280
2008 320
2009 380
2010 510
2011 540
2012 450
2013 370
2014 430
2015 540
2016 540
2017 540
2018 660
2019 640

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 500
2005 540
2006 1,090
2007 650
2008 530
2009 920
2010 1,010
2011 900
2012 490
2013 460
2014 560
2015 740
2016 770
2017 910
2018 770
2019 830

Foresters
Year Number
2004 290
2005 500
2006 420
2007 450
2008 450
2009 470
2010 420
2011 490
2012 390
2013 470
2014 350
2015 350
2016 280
2017 250
2018 310
2019 300

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 0
2006 100
2007 120
2008 140
2009 160
2010 150
2011 160
2012 150
2013 150
2014 120
2015 120
2016 110
2017 140
2018 130
2019 130

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 7,280
2005 6,480
2006 5,690
2007 7,360
2008 7,930
2009 9,130
2010 6,470
2011 5,440
2012 4,590
2013 6,680
2014 5,780
2015 6,840
2016 6,750
2017 7,690
2018 7,970
2019 7,410

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,010
2005 1,550
2006 970
2007 580
2008 370
2009 120
2010 0
2011 0
2012 120
2013 150
2014 160
2015 210
2016 190
2017 180
2018 160
2019 160

Physicists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 280
2006 150
2007 110
2008 120
2009 120
2010 200
2011 260
2012 250
2013 210
2014 190
2015 210
2016 210
2017 240
2018 320
2019 370

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 70
2006 50
2007 0
2008 50
2009 0
2010 120
2011 130
2012 140
2013 110
2014 90
2015 70
2016 90
2017 70
2018 60
2019 160

Chemists
Year Number
2004 3,650
2005 3,590
2006 4,530
2007 4,900
2008 5,030
2009 4,630
2010 4,250
2011 4,340
2012 5,110
2013 5,920
2014 5,670
2015 5,510
2016 5,250
2017 5,280
2018 5,460
2019 5,310

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 470
2005 630
2006 760
2007 630
2008 910
2009 990
2010 950
2011 580
2012 380
2013 340
2014 360
2015 330
2016 390
2017 0
2018 350
2019 350

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,430
2005 1,560
2006 1,890
2007 1,780
2008 1,850
2009 1,730
2010 2,020
2011 2,280
2012 2,530
2013 2,720
2014 2,910
2015 2,520
2016 2,260
2017 2,190
2018 2,050
2019 2,110

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 820
2005 890
2006 880
2007 680
2008 640
2009 660
2010 910
2011 1,060
2012 1,190
2013 1,030
2014 1,190
2015 1,060
2016 1,030
2017 1,000
2018 1,210
2019 1,250

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 130
2006 140
2007 120
2008 170
2009 150
2010 180
2011 140
2012 200
2013 200
2014 170
2015 120
2016 140
2017 190
2018 140
2019 120

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 440
2005 400
2006 370
2007 330
2008 340
2009 370
2010 520
2011 620
2012 630
2013 450
2014 310
2015 360
2016 350
2017 360
2018 310
2019 450

Economists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 230
2006 260
2007 330
2008 360
2009 540
2010 410
2011 510
2012 540
2013 590
2014 570
2015 510
2016 540
2017 610
2018 610
2019 570

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 1,440
2005 1,580
2006 1,810
2007 2,240
2008 2,320
2009 2,340
2010 2,180
2011 2,400
2012 2,970
2013 2,920
2014 2,670
2015 1,550
2016 960
2017 600
2018 510
2019 430

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 50
2006 40
2007 30
2009 30
2010 40
2011 40
2012 80
2013 40
2014 70
2015 40
2016 50
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 4,540
2005 4,150
2006 3,940
2007 4,180
2008 4,310
2009 4,340
2010 4,840
2011 5,060
2012 5,730
2013 5,620
2014 5,400
2015 5,250
2016 5,040
2017 4,800
2018 4,440

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 240
2005 210
2006 340
2007 350
2008 400
2009 450
2010 480
2011 440
2012 320
2013 370
2014 410
2015 500
2016 440
2017 450
2018 460
2019 460

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 210
2006 240
2007 130
2008 230
2009 210
2010 230
2011 290
2012 230
2013 290
2014 130
2015 100
2016 80
2017 80
2018 60
2019 60

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 680
2005 950
2006 1,060
2007 1,260
2008 1,600
2009 1,800
2010 1,930
2011 1,910
2012 1,630
2013 1,580
2014 1,680
2015 1,760
2016 1,640
2017 1,290
2018 1,420
2019 1,330

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 40
2006 60
2007 0
2008 0
2009 460
2010 270
2011 120
2012 50
2013 30
2014 50
2015 80
2016 80
2017 50
2018 70
2019 80

Geographers
Year Number
2006 70
2007 60
2008 70
2016 30

Historians
Year Number
2004 60
2005 90
2006 120
2007 160
2008 0
2009 0
2010 190
2011 180
2012 160
2013 90
2014 90
2015 100
2016 100
2017 110
2018 140
2019 130

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 40
2006 60
2007 40
2008 40
2009 40
2016 60
2017 70
2018 100
2019 120

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 860
2005 870
2006 740
2007 620
2008 550
2009 510
2010 510
2011 560
2012 460
2013 480
2014 470
2015 500
2016 540
2017 590
2018 550
2019 550

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 700

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 330
2005 250
2006 420
2007 520
2008 540
2009 380
2010 360
2011 580
2012 620
2013 600
2014 380
2015 460
2016 570
2017 640
2018 640

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 3,930
2005 4,070
2006 4,260
2007 3,100
2008 3,190
2009 3,470
2010 3,050
2011 3,520
2012 3,820
2013 4,250
2014 4,140
2015 3,790
2016 3,990
2017 3,810
2018 3,750
2019 3,490

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 3,410
2005 3,670
2006 4,320
2007 4,490
2008 4,600
2009 3,640
2010 3,070
2011 2,940
2012 3,580
2013 4,210
2014 4,110
2015 3,690
2016 3,980
2017 3,920
2018 3,880
2019 3,230

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 790
2005 920
2006 1,370
2007 1,380
2008 1,270
2009 1,390
2010 1,100
2011 1,130
2012 1,330
2013 1,620
2014 1,700
2015 1,290
2016 1,080
2017 1,100
2018 1,090
2019 1,390

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 290
2005 290
2006 270
2007 160
2008 200
2009 150
2010 220
2011 200
2012 350
2013 330
2014 710
2015 640
2016 630
2017 430
2018 510

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 840
2006 940
2008 590
2009 270
2010 180
2011 480
2012 800
2013 920
2014 1,110
2015 1,020
2016 870
2017 490
2018 480

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 820
2005 490
2007 0
2008 180
2009 70
2010 110
2011 200
2012 260
2013 690
2014 730
2015 870
2016 1,020
2017 1,240
2018 1,480
2019 1,050

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 610
2006 190
2007 130
2008 110
2009 190
2010 210
2011 180
2012 330
2013 380
2014 370
2015 420
2016 350
2017 360
2018 330
2019 300

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 100
2005 100
2006 550
2007 540
2008 530
2014 150
2015 240
2016 250
2017 300
2018 320
2019 300

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,010
2005 2,400
2006 1,700
2007 0
2008 1,040
2009 950
2010 990
2011 1,180
2012 1,870
2013 2,360
2014 2,000
2015 2,210
2016 2,120
2017 2,040
2018 2,270
2019 1,900

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,380
2005 1,410
2006 1,510
2007 2,180
2008 2,440
2009 2,400
2010 2,460
2011 2,480
2012 2,280
2013 2,380
2014 2,410
2015 2,850
2016 3,160
2017 3,670
2018 4,370
2019 4,640

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 640
2005 570
2007 360
2008 370
2009 360
2010 330
2011 430
2012 500
2013 570
2014 570
2015 720
2016 750
2017 730
2018 710
2019 680