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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in South Carolina

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 10,190
2005 8,940
2006 9,510
2007 10,030
2008 10,420
2009 10,450
2010 10,650
2011 10,300
2012 10,290
2013 8,740
2014 9,950
2015 9,860
2016 11,510
2017 11,870
2018 11,560
2019 10,760

Individual occupations

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 50
2006 50
2007 70
2008 60
2009 70
2010 60
2011 70
2012 60
2013 30
2014 40
2015 60
2016 60
2017 50
2019 40

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 70
2007 40
2008 40
2009 0

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2006 50
2007 80
2008 60
2009 40
2010 80
2011 110
2012 80
2013 60
2014 40
2015 30
2016 50
2017 50
2019 0

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 60
2005 60
2006 50
2007 50
2008 80
2009 90
2010 110
2011 80
2012 70
2013 90
2014 60
2015 50
2016 90
2017 100
2018 140
2019 140

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 140
2006 160
2007 150
2008 150
2009 110
2010 220
2011 310
2012 280
2013 310
2014 280
2015 220
2016 160
2017 170
2018 80
2019 200

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 170
2005 170
2006 140
2007 160
2008 190
2009 200
2010 200
2011 0
2012 180
2014 160
2015 150
2016 160
2017 160
2018 220
2019 200

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 110
2005 130
2006 130
2007 140
2008 130
2009 130
2010 140
2011 190
2012 110
2013 160
2014 180
2015 200
2016 220
2017 250
2018 250
2019 160

Foresters
Year Number
2004 360
2005 430
2006 470
2007 300
2008 210
2009 280
2010 280
2011 190
2012 140
2013 180
2014 170
2015 130
2016 200
2017 220
2018 200
2019 210

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2007 40
2008 50
2009 40
2010 40

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 240
2005 260
2006 110
2007 0
2008 120
2009 150
2010 160
2011 140
2012 140
2013 120
2014 200
2015 230
2016 310
2017 350
2018 340
2019 440

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 120
2006 30
2008 0
2010 0

Physicists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 150
2006 120
2007 100
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 70
2014 30
2015 70
2016 190
2017 190
2018 200
2019 80

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 50
2006 60
2007 60
2008 70
2009 60
2012 60
2013 90
2014 90
2015 80
2016 60
2017 50
2018 50
2019 50

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,170
2005 1,120
2006 1,100
2007 1,010
2008 870
2009 790
2010 820
2011 860
2012 780
2013 740
2014 840
2015 910
2016 1,100
2017 1,330
2018 1,450
2019 2,010

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 40
2007 40
2008 50
2009 60
2010 160
2011 180
2012 180
2013 80
2014 60
2015 90
2016 50
2017 70
2018 80
2019 80

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 420
2005 400
2006 450
2007 480
2008 510
2009 600
2010 560
2011 560
2012 680
2013 640
2014 670
2015 430
2016 370
2017 330
2018 320
2019 250

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 90
2005 530
2006 570
2007 520
2008 550
2009 780
2010 610
2011 480
2012 400
2013 150
2014 400
2015 100
2016 170
2017 230
2018 190
2019 170

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 140
2006 140
2007 150
2008 170
2009 70
2010 60
2011 110
2012 110
2013 100
2014 100
2015 90
2016 100
2017 100
2018 90
2019 110

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 70
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2010 120
2011 160
2012 110
2013 70
2014 80
2016 100
2017 90
2018 70
2019 50

Economists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 110
2006 90
2007 130
2008 110
2009 120
2010 100
2011 100
2012 100
2013 90
2014 80
2015 100
2016 100
2017 130
2018 90
2019 120

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2009 140
2010 160
2011 150
2012 100
2013 120
2014 110
2015 60
2016 60
2017 40

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2010 30

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 1,770
2005 840
2006 840
2007 780
2008 950
2009 920
2010 920
2011 890
2012 1,000
2013 1,050
2014 960
2015 870
2016 1,170
2017 1,260
2018 1,230

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 30
2005 30
2006 40
2007 0
2008 50
2009 60
2010 70
2012 80
2013 90
2014 110
2015 120
2016 140
2017 130
2018 130

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 380
2005 310
2006 290
2007 260
2008 310
2009 310
2010 410
2011 410
2012 420
2013 350
2014 330
2015 410
2016 380
2017 410
2018 360
2019 370

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 30
2009 30
2015 60
2016 50
2017 50
2018 40
2019 40

Historians
Year Number
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 30

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 140
2005 150
2006 170
2007 160
2008 170
2009 170
2010 170
2011 160
2012 200
2013 210
2014 190
2015 190
2016 190
2017 180
2018 180
2019 190

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 40

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 70
2005 70
2006 110
2007 130
2008 120
2009 100
2010 70
2011 110
2012 90
2013 170
2014 130
2015 140

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 230
2005 180
2006 210
2007 320
2008 330
2009 340
2010 420
2011 430
2012 460
2013 410
2014 410
2015 440
2016 580
2017 540
2018 520
2019 240

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,720
2005 1,510
2006 1,520
2007 1,380
2008 1,350
2009 1,110
2010 1,280
2011 1,310
2012 1,160
2013 870
2014 920
2015 920
2016 1,060
2017 1,150
2018 1,160
2019 1,150

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 170
2005 0
2007 700
2008 720
2009 910
2010 880
2011 250
2012 200
2013 790
2014 730
2015 730
2016 210
2017 0
2018 150
2019 90

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 40
2005 80
2006 40
2007 0
2008 60
2009 120
2010 30
2013 40
2014 50
2015 40
2016 50
2017 100
2018 100

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2006 490
2007 820
2008 960
2009 1,140
2010 1,260
2011 1,110
2012 1,120
2013 0
2014 510
2015 700
2016 900
2017 900
2018 770

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2007 0
2008 30
2009 40
2010 50
2011 50
2012 40
2013 100
2014 110
2015 220
2016 220
2017 200
2018 110
2019 100

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 330
2005 280
2006 290
2007 330
2008 260
2009 220
2010 230
2011 280
2012 300
2013 240
2014 250
2015 250
2016 240
2017 270
2018 210
2019 220

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 80
2007 60
2008 60
2009 130
2010 130
2011 80
2012 80
2013 80
2014 90
2015 80
2016 100
2017 110
2018 100
2019 150

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 530
2005 340
2006 210
2007 150
2008 170
2009 420
2010 200
2011 220
2012 180
2013 140
2014 130
2015 170
2016 160
2017 190
2018 220
2019 190

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 910
2005 950
2006 1,110
2007 1,140
2008 1,210
2009 530
2010 540
2011 1,160
2012 1,310
2013 1,090
2014 1,280
2015 1,350
2016 2,150
2017 2,090
2018 2,140
2019 1,630

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 160
2005 160
2006 180
2007 180
2008 180
2009 100
2010 80
2011 80
2012 70
2013 80
2014 130
2015 170
2016 360
2017 380
2018 370
2019 790