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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 12,570
2005 11,690
2006 12,250
2007 13,450
2008 13,160
2009 12,030
2010 12,940
2011 15,430
2012 15,800
2013 17,590
2014 17,590
2015 17,970
2016 17,200
2017 18,040
2018 19,480
2019 19,440

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2016 40

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 70
2006 130
2007 130
2008 140
2009 80
2010 90
2011 190
2012 520
2013 520
2014 450
2015 150
2016 130
2017 120
2018 120
2019 120

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 30
2006 50
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50
2010 80
2011 130
2012 140
2013 140
2014 90
2015 90
2016 100
2017 100
2018 110
2019 140

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 160
2006 190
2007 190
2008 0
2009 40
2010 40
2011 240
2012 260
2013 320
2014 180
2015 270
2016 250
2017 520
2018 670
2019 590

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 200
2005 130
2006 130
2007 130
2008 150
2009 160
2010 160
2011 170
2012 190
2013 170
2014 220
2015 230
2016 310
2017 270
2018 320
2019 160

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 110
2005 140
2006 160
2007 170
2008 110
2009 110
2010 120
2011 110
2013 100
2014 120
2015 110
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 180

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 220
2005 180
2006 140
2007 150
2008 230
2009 260
2010 330
2011 360
2012 330
2013 360
2014 340
2015 350
2016 300
2017 280
2018 370
2019 370

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 160
2006 150
2007 130
2008 120
2009 120
2010 180
2011 170
2012 280
2013 270
2014 280
2015 180
2016 170
2017 170
2018 140
2019 210

Foresters
Year Number
2004 230
2005 190
2006 170
2007 160
2008 210
2009 210
2010 180
2011 140
2012 110
2013 120
2014 130
2015 160
2016 170
2017 160
2018 180
2019 160

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 50
2006 60
2007 60
2008 110
2009 0
2010 120
2011 100
2012 100
2013 110
2014 110
2015 100
2017 200
2018 230
2019 240

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 430
2005 310
2006 460
2007 820
2008 780
2009 710
2010 340
2011 560
2012 620
2013 620
2014 1,060
2015 1,290
2016 1,540
2017 1,470
2018 1,370
2019 1,310

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 70
2005 100
2006 80
2007 70
2008 60
2009 50
2010 70
2011 60
2012 60
2013 60
2014 90
2015 80
2016 70
2017 40
2018 40

Physicists
Year Number
2004 700
2006 170
2007 230
2008 330
2009 310
2010 360
2011 470
2012 510
2013 510
2014 330
2015 280
2016 220
2017 390
2018 440
2019 380

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

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,050
2005 830
2006 760
2007 1,030
2008 1,200
2009 1,260
2010 1,120
2011 950
2012 940
2013 970
2014 1,050
2015 1,210
2016 1,140
2017 1,080
2018 1,140
2019 1,240

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 110
2005 120
2006 170
2007 250
2008 210
2009 0
2010 60
2011 270
2012 260
2013 270
2014 110
2015 130
2016 180
2017 260
2018 250
2019 120

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,370
2005 1,400
2006 1,490
2007 1,340
2008 1,290
2009 1,180
2010 1,240
2011 1,400
2012 1,360
2013 1,460
2014 1,340
2015 1,360
2016 1,210
2017 1,400
2018 1,410
2019 1,500

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 250
2005 300
2006 310
2007 280
2008 230
2009 180
2010 250
2011 270
2012 250
2013 200
2014 210
2015 220
2016 220
2017 190
2018 200
2019 190

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 40
2007 30
2008 40
2009 40
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 80
2015 110
2016 90
2017 70
2018 40
2019 60

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 330
2005 270
2006 390
2007 410
2008 270
2009 110
2010 100
2011 210
2012 200
2013 0
2014 70
2015 70
2016 80
2017 80
2018 110
2019 90

Economists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 90
2006 120
2007 0
2008 80
2009 50
2010 60
2011 60
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 70
2016 60
2017 70
2018 60
2019 60

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 80
2007 150
2008 150
2009 0
2010 200
2011 250
2012 240
2013 120
2014 90
2015 0
2016 60
2017 60
2018 190
2019 140

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 50
2013 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 1,290
2005 1,370
2006 1,550
2007 1,620
2008 1,700
2009 1,440
2010 1,230
2011 1,150
2012 1,300
2013 1,190
2014 1,510
2015 1,690
2016 1,700
2017 1,750
2018 1,800

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 90
2005 90
2006 90
2007 140
2008 150
2009 170
2010 140
2011 130
2012 140
2013 180
2014 180
2015 180
2016 180
2017 210
2018 230
2019 260

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 340
2005 360
2006 370
2007 390
2008 390
2009 370
2010 380
2011 370
2012 310
2013 340
2014 370
2015 400
2016 340
2017 300
2018 300
2019 390

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 50
2008 70
2009 70
2010 130
2011 130
2012 120
2013 0
2014 110
2015 90
2016 90
2017 80
2018 50
2019 50

Historians
Year Number
2004 0
2007 40
2008 40
2009 60
2010 60
2011 50
2012 40
2013 30
2015 0
2016 0

Political Scientists
Year Number
2008 40
2009 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 240
2005 250
2006 180
2007 300
2008 300
2009 310
2010 0
2011 210
2012 270
2013 300
2014 290
2015 220
2016 380
2017 410
2018 590
2019 460

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 220

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 250
2005 170
2006 180
2007 130
2008 70
2009 0
2010 230
2011 360
2012 380
2013 390
2014 480
2015 500
2016 350
2017 160
2018 220

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 600
2005 600
2006 880
2007 900
2008 820
2009 540
2010 790
2011 830
2012 970
2013 880
2014 870
2015 730
2016 660
2017 1,050
2018 1,240
2019 1,340

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,160
2005 1,130
2006 990
2007 1,250
2008 1,120
2009 1,370
2010 1,420
2011 1,510
2012 1,380
2013 1,760
2014 1,930
2015 1,920
2016 1,550
2017 1,620
2018 1,990
2019 2,120

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 510
2005 910
2006 820
2007 850
2008 760
2009 550
2010 600
2011 850
2012 770
2013 910
2014 600
2015 660
2016 690
2017 720
2018 750
2019 660

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 140
2005 70
2006 60
2010 70
2011 90
2012 70
2013 130
2014 90
2015 90
2016 50
2017 80
2018 80

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2006 450
2008 0
2009 80
2010 280
2011 500
2012 600
2013 700
2014 360
2016 240
2017 200
2018 210
2019 190

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2007 190
2008 0
2009 180
2010 280
2011 390
2012 440
2013 570
2014 440
2015 420
2016 260
2017 280
2018 300
2019 410

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 270
2005 300
2006 290
2007 300
2008 340
2009 350
2010 370
2011 330
2013 340
2014 340
2015 340
2016 0
2017 340
2018 320
2019 360

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 90
2005 150
2006 180
2007 160
2008 170
2009 160
2010 190
2011 190
2013 250
2014 240
2015 370
2016 390
2017 540
2018 520
2019 510

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,000
2005 890
2006 650
2007 370
2008 360
2009 350
2010 390
2011 520
2012 710
2013 900
2014 850
2015 1,230
2016 1,090
2017 1,030
2018 1,040
2019 960

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 610
2005 380
2006 0
2007 720
2008 810
2009 840
2010 950
2011 1,300
2012 1,420
2013 1,590
2014 1,910
2015 1,970
2016 2,140
2017 1,560
2018 1,710
2019 1,700

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 200
2005 190
2006 180
2007 140
2008 150
2009 140
2010 210
2011 280
2012 320
2013 610
2014 500
2015 580
2016 550
2017 590
2018 530
2019 430