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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 60,280
2005 62,760
2006 64,990
2007 80,180
2008 82,420
2009 82,370
2010 82,510
2011 85,430
2012 85,510
2013 89,320
2014 96,600
2015 99,360
2016 97,060
2017 92,540
2018 95,640
2019 102,510

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 190
2005 1,240
2006 1,160
2007 1,290
2008 0
2009 320
2010 390
2011 110
2012 170
2013 100
2014 180
2015 150
2016 180
2017 120
2018 290
2019 300

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 350
2005 410
2006 420
2007 670
2008 610
2009 520
2010 510
2011 780
2012 1,050
2013 1,130
2014 900
2015 570
2016 570
2017 780
2018 620
2019 670

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 270
2005 280
2006 310
2007 270
2008 360
2009 650
2010 570
2011 550
2012 380
2013 610
2014 760
2015 760
2016 820
2017 780
2018 690
2019 510

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 730
2005 840
2006 370
2007 540
2008 620
2009 700
2010 510
2011 390
2012 410
2013 370
2014 600
2015 910
2016 1,160
2017 1,440
2018 1,380
2019 1,640

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 370
2005 250
2006 560
2007 550
2008 670
2009 610
2010 610
2011 680
2012 670
2013 660
2014 690
2015 810
2016 800
2017 1,180
2018 1,000
2019 1,060

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 280
2005 310
2006 310
2007 270
2008 480
2009 840
2010 660
2011 480
2012 440
2013 360
2014 360
2015 340
2016 290
2017 300
2018 400
2019 490

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 790
2005 790
2006 1,040
2007 1,070
2008 1,140
2009 1,530
2010 1,640
2011 1,570
2012 1,120
2013 0
2014 1,570
2015 1,730
2016 2,270
2017 1,940
2018 2,100
2019 1,670

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 420
2005 470
2006 410
2007 710
2008 540
2009 570
2010 1,760
2011 1,740
2012 1,740
2013 1,740
2014 1,690
2015 1,740
2016 1,740
2017 1,930
2018 2,010
2019 2,050

Foresters
Year Number
2004 130
2005 160
2006 110
2007 110
2008 120
2009 140
2010 140
2011 100
2012 100
2013 80
2014 100
2015 90
2016 120
2017 130
2018 180
2019 180

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 250
2005 250
2006 310
2007 160
2008 230
2009 250
2010 280
2011 280
2012 310
2013 400
2014 400
2015 420
2016 410
2017 630
2018 690
2019 730

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 2,920
2005 4,630
2006 0
2007 9,550
2008 7,920
2009 0
2010 3,170
2011 4,730
2012 5,670
2013 5,920
2014 5,070
2015 4,210
2016 3,540
2017 4,310
2018 5,240
2019 6,280

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 430
2005 110
2006 220
2007 210
2008 220
2009 360
2010 360
2011 360
2012 230
2013 190
2014 350
2015 280
2016 280
2017 140
2018 140
2019 320

Astronomers
Year Number
2005 140
2006 330
2007 320
2008 250
2009 200
2012 70
2013 0
2014 70
2015 210
2016 220
2017 210
2018 210
2019 230

Physicists
Year Number
2004 330
2005 480
2006 470
2007 490
2008 530
2009 650
2010 780
2011 920
2012 1,340
2013 1,300
2014 1,440
2015 1,020
2016 970
2017 650
2018 1,000
2019 980

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 420
2005 460
2006 630
2007 830
2008 570
2009 820
2010 660
2011 810
2012 610
2013 730
2014 800
2015 780
2016 650
2017 680
2018 650
2019 660

Chemists
Year Number
2004 4,230
2005 4,050
2006 4,470
2007 4,420
2008 4,770
2009 5,280
2010 5,080
2011 4,620
2012 4,050
2013 4,700
2014 5,680
2015 6,230
2016 6,400
2017 5,600
2018 5,160
2019 5,000

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 420
2005 600
2006 1,070
2007 910
2008 560
2009 620
2010 560
2011 530
2012 630
2013 650
2014 540
2015 250
2016 320
2017 620
2018 680
2019 650

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 4,670
2005 4,440
2006 4,620
2007 4,600
2008 4,380
2009 7,340
2010 7,790
2011 7,760
2012 6,350
2013 5,940
2014 6,480
2015 5,380
2016 5,050
2017 4,260
2018 4,170
2019 5,190

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 6,140
2005 7,410
2006 8,110
2007 9,220
2008 8,870
2009 9,440
2010 8,780
2011 9,700
2012 11,160
2013 10,470
2014 9,650
2015 9,000
2016 9,070
2017 7,780
2018 7,810
2019 7,240

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 300
2005 420
2006 340
2007 460
2008 390
2009 430
2010 360
2011 380
2012 360
2013 340
2014 350
2015 340
2016 340
2017 310
2018 310
2019 250

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 980
2005 840
2006 650
2007 870
2008 940
2009 1,000
2010 1,390
2011 1,530
2012 1,460
2013 1,390
2014 1,240
2015 1,200
2016 1,100
2017 1,210
2018 1,310
2019 1,740

Economists
Year Number
2004 840
2005 750
2006 790
2007 590
2008 710
2009 800
2010 830
2011 860
2012 770
2013 840
2014 1,130
2015 1,030
2016 930
2017 670
2018 830
2019 860

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 240
2005 350
2006 740
2007 860
2008 1,230
2009 1,090
2010 900
2011 810
2012 1,520
2013 1,920
2014 1,720
2015 1,170
2016 570
2017 560
2018 430
2019 520

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 130
2011 90

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 4,510
2005 4,660
2006 4,470
2007 4,390
2008 4,770
2009 5,270
2010 5,710
2011 6,040
2012 5,390
2013 5,580
2014 5,630
2015 5,550
2016 5,820
2017 6,250
2018 6,680

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 260
2005 320
2006 360
2007 510
2008 510
2009 550
2010 570
2011 600
2012 620
2013 630
2014 610
2015 620
2016 660
2017 670
2018 740
2019 790

Sociologists
Year Number
2006 80
2007 110
2008 120
2009 90
2010 0
2011 80
2012 90
2013 130
2014 100
2015 150
2016 100
2017 110

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 1,280
2005 1,040
2006 1,260
2007 1,520
2008 1,670
2009 1,640
2010 1,490
2011 1,420
2012 1,770
2013 1,760
2014 1,790
2015 2,000
2016 2,130
2017 2,210
2018 2,270
2019 2,050

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 270
2005 180
2006 230
2007 220
2008 340
2009 370
2010 380
2011 400
2012 370
2013 340
2014 320
2015 330
2016 310
2017 280
2018 280
2019 320

Geographers
Year Number
2005 30
2007 30
2008 40
2009 50
2010 80
2011 110
2012 120
2013 120
2014 90
2015 110
2016 120
2017 130
2018 150
2019 160

Historians
Year Number
2004 60
2005 50
2006 90
2007 80
2008 120
2009 120
2010 150
2011 160
2012 180
2013 150
2014 140
2015 100
2016 120
2017 120
2018 130
2019 180

Political Scientists
Year Number
2006 0
2007 210
2008 130
2009 230
2010 310
2011 310
2012 290
2013 220
2014 270
2015 310
2016 370
2017 320
2018 220
2019 280

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,580
2005 1,520
2006 1,680
2007 1,530
2008 1,430
2009 2,060
2010 2,140
2011 2,280
2012 1,490
2013 1,680
2014 1,930
2015 2,120
2016 2,140
2017 2,090
2018 1,970
2019 2,020

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 1,280

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,460
2005 1,880
2006 2,020
2007 2,280
2008 2,050
2009 2,370
2010 2,860
2011 2,020
2012 1,630
2013 1,180
2014 1,750
2015 1,700
2016 1,930
2017 1,170
2018 1,070

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,680
2005 2,340
2006 2,040
2007 1,990
2008 2,780
2009 3,690
2010 3,060
2011 2,860
2012 3,510
2013 3,920
2014 3,620
2015 3,440
2016 3,760
2017 4,460
2018 5,890
2019 6,810

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 6,150
2005 5,340
2006 4,780
2007 5,860
2008 6,700
2009 6,800
2010 5,280
2011 4,530
2012 4,740
2013 5,850
2014 6,220
2015 6,420
2016 6,260
2017 6,350
2018 7,050
2019 7,350

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 3,730
2005 4,070
2006 4,750
2007 3,530
2008 3,730
2009 3,280
2010 2,300
2011 2,420
2012 2,510
2013 2,820
2014 3,270
2015 3,840
2016 3,630
2017 2,830
2018 2,810
2019 3,060

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 3,630
2005 3,680
2006 3,560
2007 4,660
2008 6,110
2009 5,970
2010 5,520
2011 5,750
2012 6,920
2013 6,310
2014 6,700
2015 7,420
2016 6,340
2017 6,080
2018 6,000

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 190
2005 280
2007 40
2008 0
2009 70
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 270
2017 220
2018 250
2019 160

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 280
2005 390
2006 450
2007 470
2008 430
2009 590
2010 620
2011 630
2012 730
2013 870
2014 1,050
2015 1,180
2016 1,400
2017 1,250
2018 1,480
2019 1,510

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 250
2005 250
2006 180
2007 180
2008 410
2009 450
2010 460
2011 400
2012 420
2013 390
2014 410
2015 370
2016 370
2017 360
2018 390
2019 400

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 520
2005 580
2006 1,190
2007 1,240
2008 1,250
2009 1,250
2010 1,030
2011 1,050
2012 970
2013 990
2014 990
2015 910
2016 1,030
2017 1,100
2018 1,320
2019 1,480

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,520
2005 2,710
2006 5,970
2007 6,960
2008 7,460
2009 6,330
2010 5,210
2011 5,670
2012 4,080
2013 6,280
2014 9,030
2015 10,310
2016 7,790
2017 5,650
2018 4,980
2019 4,150

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 3,120
2005 2,990
2006 3,310
2007 4,010
2008 4,860
2009 5,710
2010 6,240
2011 7,310
2012 6,830
2013 7,280
2014 8,030
2015 10,240
2016 11,560
2017 11,660
2018 11,870
2019 12,860

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,090
2005 770
2006 1,130
2007 1,390
2008 1,400
2009 1,320
2010 1,240
2011 1,610
2012 2,240
2013 2,980
2014 2,880
2015 3,620
2016 3,150
2017 3,000
2018 2,790
2019 3,540