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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 11,400
2005 11,420
2006 11,890
2007 11,090
2008 11,840
2009 10,300
2010 9,880
2011 10,290
2012 10,740
2013 11,240
2014 11,270
2015 11,630
2016 12,210
2017 12,970
2018 12,640
2019 11,780

Individual occupations

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 60
2005 50
2006 80
2007 70
2008 100
2009 90
2010 100
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 90
2015 100
2016 120
2017 110
2018 160
2019 160

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 160
2006 120
2007 140
2008 110
2009 70
2011 70
2012 70
2013 70
2014 60
2015 70
2016 60
2017 60
2018 50
2019 60

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 130
2007 100
2008 140
2009 220
2010 110
2011 140
2012 90
2013 200
2014 140
2015 230
2016 210
2017 170
2018 100
2019 150

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 170
2006 220
2007 230
2008 240
2009 210
2010 90
2011 110
2012 130
2013 150
2014 170
2015 180
2016 190
2017 160
2018 130
2019 150

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 250
2005 270
2006 290
2007 300
2008 330
2009 330
2011 330
2012 340
2013 340
2014 350
2015 280
2016 280
2017 260
2018 260
2019 290

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 240
2005 240
2006 260
2007 320
2008 320
2009 340
2010 270
2011 310
2012 290
2013 280
2014 230
2015 220
2016 230
2017 260
2018 270
2019 340

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 230
2006 320
2007 340
2008 270
2009 270
2010 270
2011 310
2012 260
2013 270
2014 260
2015 270
2016 260
2017 270
2018 260
2019 240

Foresters
Year Number
2004 170
2005 150
2006 140
2007 140
2008 70
2009 60
2010 70
2011 70
2012 80
2013 80
2014 80
2015 70
2019 60

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 50
2007 110
2008 120
2009 140
2010 90
2011 60
2012 70
2016 90

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 830
2005 690
2006 660
2007 900
2008 840
2009 810
2010 300
2011 240
2012 230
2013 320
2014 480
2015 590
2016 550
2017 610
2018 890
2019 1,350

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2019 50

Physicists
Year Number
2007 40
2008 40
2009 50
2010 40
2011 40
2012 30
2016 30
2017 60
2018 60
2019 50

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 230
2005 160
2006 90
2007 100
2008 90
2009 80
2010 70
2011 100
2012 80
2013 120
2014 100
2015 130
2016 160
2017 260
2018 290
2019 260

Chemists
Year Number
2004 690
2005 660
2006 640
2007 730
2008 790
2009 820
2010 960
2011 960
2012 940
2013 690
2014 690
2015 790
2016 880
2017 780
2018 730
2019 660

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2007 0
2008 80
2009 90
2010 160
2011 150
2012 160
2013 110
2014 90
2015 50
2016 50
2017 60
2018 60
2019 150

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 680
2005 720
2006 1,000
2007 640
2008 610
2009 640
2010 640
2011 600
2012 650
2013 650
2014 660
2015 640
2016 620
2017 770
2018 830
2019 780

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 280
2005 250
2006 330
2007 350
2008 430
2009 370
2010 340
2011 350
2012 390
2013 340
2014 270
2015 240
2016 210
2017 250
2018 260
2019 270

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 280
2006 0
2007 80
2008 70
2009 90
2010 70
2011 70
2012 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 100
2016 120
2017 120
2018 70
2019 70

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 90
2005 110
2006 120
2007 130
2008 130
2009 120
2010 130
2011 150
2012 160
2013 170
2014 130
2015 110
2016 110
2019 120

Economists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 80
2006 50
2007 80
2008 90
2009 70
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 50
2015 60
2016 60
2017 70
2018 90
2019 100

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 780
2005 920
2006 1,130
2007 670
2008 830
2009 840
2010 510
2011 180
2012 190
2013 120
2014 160
2015 120
2016 180
2017 210
2018 260
2019 140

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 940
2005 820
2006 870
2007 680
2008 710
2009 650
2010 870
2011 850
2012 890
2013 1,110
2014 1,340
2015 1,390
2016 1,410
2017 1,450
2018 1,330

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 30
2005 30
2009 40
2010 40
2011 70
2012 60
2013 60
2014 60
2015 60
2016 0
2017 70
2018 70
2019 80

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 90
2005 90
2006 80
2007 90
2008 0
2016 30
2017 50
2018 60
2019 60

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 270
2005 260
2006 290
2007 270
2008 350
2009 350
2010 310
2011 330
2012 390
2013 490
2014 500
2015 460
2016 320
2017 320
2018 330
2019 360

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 0
2006 60
2009 60
2010 70
2011 110
2012 100
2013 130
2014 70
2015 120
2016 110
2017 120
2018 110
2019 70

Geographers
Year Number
2012 60
2013 60
2014 50

Historians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 70
2010 100
2011 100
2012 80
2013 40
2014 40
2016 60
2017 260
2018 240
2019 220

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 130
2005 130
2006 80
2007 90
2008 130
2009 130
2010 140
2011 100
2012 90
2013 70
2014 150
2015 210
2016 260
2017 140
2018 150
2019 140

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 110

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 120
2005 170
2006 320
2007 360
2008 260
2009 80
2010 50
2011 90
2012 80
2013 80
2014 100
2015 90
2016 100
2017 80
2018 100

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,240
2005 1,330
2006 1,270
2007 1,010
2008 990
2009 990
2010 510
2011 500
2012 410
2013 610
2014 630
2015 630
2016 710
2017 760
2018 850
2019 610

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 690
2005 720
2006 560
2007 810
2008 700
2009 680
2010 680
2011 920
2012 1,060
2013 1,100
2014 840
2015 930
2016 970
2017 1,070
2018 990
2019 1,040

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 260
2005 330
2006 250
2007 230
2008 340
2009 300
2010 280
2011 260
2012 340
2013 420
2014 380
2015 300
2016 310
2017 270
2018 200
2019 130

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 90
2005 80
2006 0
2007 110
2008 0
2009 60
2010 130
2011 170
2012 180
2013 150
2014 150
2015 210
2016 200
2017 250
2018 210

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 90
2005 90
2006 180
2007 0
2008 80
2009 60
2013 160
2014 210
2015 270
2016 470
2017 520
2018 0
2019 470

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,400
2005 1,200
2006 1,230
2007 890
2008 1,250
2010 1,290
2011 1,300
2012 1,350
2013 1,310
2014 1,290
2015 1,370
2016 1,370
2017 1,380
2018 1,350
2019 580

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 90
2006 130
2007 110
2008 130
2009 120
2010 120
2011 150
2012 200
2013 180
2014 150
2015 140
2016 120
2017 120

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 290
2005 240
2006 410
2007 460
2008 530
2009 390
2010 300
2011 290
2012 310
2013 280
2014 250
2015 300
2016 470
2017 710
2018 790

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 380
2005 380
2006 530
2007 430
2008 500
2009 440
2010 520
2011 570
2012 680
2013 780
2014 860
2015 750
2016 720
2017 720
2018 880
2019 920

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 160
2005 160
2006 130
2007 80
2008 170
2009 170
2010 210
2011 130
2012 140
2013 130
2014 130
2015 150
2016 170
2017 200
2018 210
2019 170