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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2005 14,420
2006 16,510
2007 17,880
2008 20,230
2009 20,200
2010 20,660
2011 18,270
2012 20,590
2013 18,280
2014 19,660
2015 20,280
2016 19,880
2017 20,390
2018 21,580
2019 23,240

Individual occupations

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2005 100
2006 70
2007 70
2008 0
2009 140
2010 120
2011 100
2012 90
2013 110
2014 90
2015 70
2016 80
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2005 90
2006 90
2007 70
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 30
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 30
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 90

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2006 300
2007 360
2008 250
2009 170
2010 140
2011 130
2012 200
2013 330
2014 310
2015 330
2016 230
2017 270
2018 220
2019 360

Microbiologists
Year Number
2005 190
2006 240
2007 260
2008 260
2009 260
2010 260
2011 270
2012 340
2013 410
2014 380
2015 290
2016 200
2017 230
2018 240
2019 260

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2005 750
2006 690
2007 0
2008 1,010
2009 920
2010 960
2011 800
2012 950
2013 780
2014 790
2015 800
2016 840
2017 1,050
2018 1,040
2019 1,090

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 340
2006 600
2007 880
2008 860
2009 750
2010 810
2011 790
2012 820
2013 640
2014 660
2015 610
2016 670
2017 700
2018 760
2019 830

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2005 330
2006 0
2007 220
2008 190
2009 140
2010 140
2011 110
2012 120
2013 130
2014 140
2015 130
2016 140
2017 120
2018 140
2019 160

Foresters
Year Number
2005 130
2006 140
2007 90
2008 80
2009 120
2010 110
2011 100
2012 100
2013 70
2014 70
2015 70
2016 90
2017 90
2018 100
2019 150

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 130
2006 0
2007 0
2008 200
2009 190
2010 160
2011 0
2012 200
2013 270
2014 220
2015 0
2016 190
2017 0
2018 230
2019 300

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 3,070
2007 3,270
2008 3,560
2009 3,970
2010 4,310
2011 4,110
2012 3,900
2013 3,680
2014 3,740
2015 3,850
2016 4,240
2017 4,820
2018 5,060
2019 5,680

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2007 310
2008 280
2009 0
2010 190
2011 220
2012 320
2013 120
2014 140
2015 130
2016 140
2017 140
2018 160
2019 170

Physicists
Year Number
2007 200
2008 170
2009 190
2010 410
2011 410
2012 400
2013 310
2014 260
2015 330
2016 140
2017 140
2018 180
2019 310

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2006 160
2007 140
2008 130
2010 160
2011 160
2012 170
2013 140
2014 130
2015 130
2016 190
2017 190
2018 180
2019 100

Chemists
Year Number
2005 520
2006 690
2007 770
2008 800
2009 650
2010 710
2011 700
2012 780
2013 820
2014 680
2015 880
2016 740
2017 830
2018 700
2019 790

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2005 1,680
2006 1,750
2007 1,940
2008 2,140
2009 2,140
2010 2,160
2011 2,240
2012 2,090
2013 2,370
2014 2,350
2015 2,610
2016 2,070
2017 1,870
2018 1,620
2019 1,640

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2005 540
2006 600
2007 580
2008 600
2009 610
2010 580
2011 640
2012 650
2013 820
2014 730
2015 810
2016 820
2017 770
2018 620
2019 810

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 340
2006 330
2007 310
2008 210
2009 220
2010 210
2011 240
2012 190
2013 250
2014 190
2015 230
2016 210
2017 250
2018 220
2019 150

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 560
2006 0
2007 0
2008 150
2009 230
2010 260
2011 280
2012 220
2013 190
2014 190
2015 190
2016 170
2017 170
2018 160
2019 170

Economists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 150
2008 160
2009 170
2010 130
2011 0
2012 150
2013 150
2014 170
2015 0
2016 140
2017 0
2018 210
2019 250

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 90
2006 0
2007 0
2008 90
2009 90
2010 70
2011 80
2012 100
2013 90
2014 140
2015 150
2016 140
2017 120
2018 110
2019 70

School Psychologists
Year Number
2005 1,200
2006 1,110
2007 1,010
2008 1,050
2009 1,020
2010 1,030
2011 1,120
2012 920
2013 850
2014 910
2015 1,080
2016 1,200
2017 1,200
2018 1,350

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 190
2008 200
2009 230
2010 250
2011 310
2012 290
2013 330
2014 350
2015 310
2016 320
2017 320
2018 300
2019 400

Sociologists
Year Number
2011 120
2012 120
2013 110
2014 60
2015 60
2016 50
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2005 1,530
2006 1,500
2007 1,420
2008 1,660
2009 1,760
2010 1,600
2011 1,700
2012 1,610
2013 1,420
2014 1,200
2015 1,230
2016 1,190
2017 1,170
2018 1,120
2019 1,200

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 90
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 60
2010 70
2011 100
2012 100
2013 60
2014 50
2015 100
2016 90
2017 110
2018 110
2019 90

Geographers
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40

Historians
Year Number
2005 30
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0

Political Scientists
Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 0
2008 90
2009 110
2010 40
2011 90
2012 80
2013 80
2014 90
2015 110
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 90

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 670
2006 490
2007 510
2008 480
2009 540
2010 500
2011 520
2012 470
2013 430
2014 460
2015 460
2016 530
2017 570
2018 580
2019 670

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 0

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 100
2008 80
2009 50
2010 50
2011 40
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 40
2016 80
2017 0
2018 80

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2005 1,950
2006 1,890
2007 1,810
2008 1,990
2009 2,220
2010 2,400
2011 0
2012 2,060
2013 0
2014 1,960
2015 1,890
2016 1,810
2017 1,930
2018 2,060
2019 2,200

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2005 600
2006 350
2007 340
2008 390
2009 290
2010 440
2011 430
2012 440
2013 350
2014 370
2015 440
2016 290
2017 280
2018 200
2019 220

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2005 230
2006 220
2007 350
2008 390
2009 380
2010 370
2011 470
2012 610
2013 560
2014 510
2015 400
2016 290
2017 370
2018 340
2019 360

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2011 70
2012 60
2013 40
2016 40
2018 0

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2005 530
2006 570
2007 580
2008 530
2009 430
2010 330
2011 300
2012 260
2013 220
2014 230
2015 290
2016 240
2017 250
2018 310
2019 280

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2005 390
2006 350
2007 320
2008 240
2009 180
2010 0
2011 0
2012 190
2013 170
2014 0
2015 140
2016 160
2017 160
2018 180
2019 60

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2009 110
2010 0
2011 90
2012 0
2013 170
2014 180
2015 210
2016 220
2017 260
2018 250
2019 240

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2005 490
2006 390
2007 680
2008 730
2009 790
2010 610
2011 600
2012 490
2013 450
2014 490
2015 520
2016 620
2017 700
2018 800
2019 670

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2005 750
2006 740
2007 770
2008 1,010
2009 840
2010 940
2011 850
2012 1,030
2013 1,250
2014 1,330
2015 1,240
2016 1,030
2017 1,120
2018 1,550
2019 1,710

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2005 100
2006 90
2007 120
2008 190
2009 140
2010 100
2011 50
2012 70
2013 70
2014 90
2015 120
2016 200
2017 0
2018 210
2019 160