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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2005 54,490
2006 48,390
2007 50,680
2008 51,040
2009 52,760
2010 52,700
2011 54,630
2012 56,270
2013 56,800
2014 60,030
2015 59,810
2016 65,490
2017 65,940
2018 63,800
2019 63,280

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2006 50
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 100
2011 100
2012 80
2013 70
2014 70
2015 0
2016 0
2017 40
2018 40
2019 40

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2005 70
2006 100
2007 100
2008 150
2009 100
2010 90
2011 120
2012 160
2013 140
2014 90
2015 90
2016 90
2017 190
2018 270
2019 250

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2005 330
2006 0
2007 340
2008 380
2009 310
2010 280
2011 240
2012 220
2013 190
2014 180
2015 190
2016 200
2017 210
2018 210
2019 220

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2005 560
2006 390
2007 500
2008 480
2009 540
2010 570
2011 730
2012 1,070
2013 1,270
2014 1,580
2015 1,090
2016 1,130
2017 980
2018 970
2019 810

Microbiologists
Year Number
2005 1,310
2006 1,490
2007 1,330
2008 1,590
2009 1,520
2010 1,400
2011 1,240
2012 1,320
2013 1,500
2014 1,470
2015 1,790
2016 1,900
2017 2,190
2018 1,740
2019 1,840

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2005 640
2006 500
2007 410
2008 320
2009 330
2010 330
2011 330
2012 0
2013 0
2014 460
2015 490
2016 500
2017 0
2018 250
2019 270

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 4,000
2006 2,870
2007 2,980
2008 3,180
2009 3,380
2010 3,490
2011 3,540
2012 3,630
2013 3,600
2014 3,540
2015 3,390
2016 3,590
2017 4,010
2018 4,290
2019 4,260

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2005 460
2006 430
2007 480
2008 400
2009 570
2010 560
2011 510
2012 540
2013 0
2014 530
2015 610
2016 810
2017 900
2018 800
2019 490

Foresters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 60
2007 70
2008 70
2009 80
2010 60
2011 70
2012 70
2013 60
2016 70
2017 80
2018 100
2019 100

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2007 80
2008 170
2009 290
2010 250
2011 0
2012 60
2013 90
2014 130
2015 160
2016 150
2017 160
2018 140
2019 200

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 2,610
2006 2,280
2007 2,090
2008 2,400
2009 2,320
2010 2,300
2011 2,730
2012 3,020
2013 3,560
2014 3,650
2015 3,240
2016 3,450
2017 3,630
2018 4,870
2019 4,990

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 590
2006 860
2007 840
2008 810
2009 740
2010 610
2011 440
2012 390
2013 380
2014 340
2015 270
2016 180
2017 340
2018 260
2019 270

Astronomers
Year Number
2005 390
2006 360
2007 360
2008 270
2009 300
2010 370
2011 390
2012 450
2013 390
2014 370
2015 340
2016 320
2017 330
2018 420
2019 420

Physicists
Year Number
2005 1,570
2006 1,410
2007 1,410
2008 1,340
2009 1,610
2010 1,870
2011 2,160
2012 2,210
2013 2,060
2014 1,890
2015 1,620
2016 1,700
2017 1,610
2018 1,810
2019 1,880

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2005 380
2006 0
2007 520
2008 570
2009 460
2010 620
2011 580
2012 990
2013 930
2014 1,020
2015 830
2016 720
2017 800
2018 700
2019 640

Chemists
Year Number
2005 3,010
2006 3,180
2007 3,150
2008 3,240
2009 3,240
2010 2,900
2011 2,780
2012 2,820
2013 2,880
2014 2,870
2015 2,830
2016 3,030
2017 3,040
2018 2,890
2019 2,840

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2005 80
2006 100
2007 0
2008 190
2009 180
2010 170
2011 110
2012 100
2013 80
2014 130
2015 170
2016 230
2017 170
2018 190
2019 130

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2005 3,610
2006 4,320
2007 4,240
2008 3,750
2009 3,940
2010 4,110
2011 4,050
2012 3,700
2013 3,850
2014 3,800
2015 3,480
2016 3,270
2017 3,350
2018 3,980
2019 3,950

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2005 890
2006 700
2007 690
2008 730
2009 690
2010 690
2011 600
2012 600
2013 520
2014 540
2015 470
2016 450
2017 400
2018 560
2019 570

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 250
2006 0
2007 180
2008 230
2009 210
2010 260
2011 210
2012 210
2013 160
2014 170
2015 170
2016 140
2017 120
2018 110
2019 100

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 2,400
2006 2,490
2007 2,780
2008 2,680
2009 2,950
2010 2,630
2011 2,730
2012 3,220
2013 3,140
2014 3,010
2015 2,360
2016 2,480
2017 2,710
2018 2,640
2019 2,970

Economists
Year Number
2005 4,250
2006 4,470
2007 4,430
2008 4,670
2009 4,540
2010 4,590
2011 4,350
2012 5,110
2013 6,040
2014 7,460
2015 8,490
2016 8,970
2017 9,380
2018 7,950
2019 8,060

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 1,850
2006 1,890
2007 2,080
2008 2,070
2009 2,010
2010 1,850
2011 1,320
2012 1,400
2013 0
2014 0
2015 1,410
2016 1,450
2017 1,080
2018 830
2019 910

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2005 110
2006 150
2007 140
2008 170
2009 180
2010 190
2011 170
2012 60
2013 60
2014 90
2015 90
2016 260
2017 200
2018 180
2019 100

School Psychologists
Year Number
2005 1,760
2006 1,920
2007 2,060
2008 2,090
2009 2,010
2010 2,040
2011 1,940
2012 1,950
2013 1,990
2014 1,950
2015 1,860
2016 2,040
2017 2,330
2018 2,540

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2005 440
2006 310
2007 0
2008 0
2009 370
2010 0
2011 610
2012 0
2013 510
2014 530
2015 550
2016 570
2017 610
2018 610
2019 650

Sociologists
Year Number
2005 660
2006 780
2007 670
2008 760
2009 630
2010 0
2011 250
2012 160
2013 240
2014 150
2015 250
2016 200
2017 190
2018 80
2019 80

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2005 910
2006 1,060
2007 1,050
2008 950
2009 1,040
2010 1,040
2011 980
2012 0
2013 970
2014 970
2015 1,050
2016 1,140
2017 1,280
2018 1,260
2019 1,190

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 660
2006 490
2007 340
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 240
2013 240
2014 190
2015 210
2016 190
2017 0
2018 130
2019 180

Geographers
Year Number
2005 210
2006 200
2008 210
2009 240
2010 230
2011 240
2012 0
2013 0
2014 210
2018 310
2019 320

Historians
Year Number
2005 670
2006 490
2007 470
2008 570
2009 540
2010 560
2011 390
2012 410
2013 460
2014 440
2015 0
2016 350
2017 390
2018 360
2019 320

Political Scientists
Year Number
2005 3,860
2006 2,930
2007 2,870
2008 2,620
2009 2,700
2010 3,090
2011 3,630
2012 4,140
2013 4,050
2014 4,090
2015 2,080
2016 4,570
2017 4,570
2018 4,250
2019 4,270

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 5,390
2006 6,170
2007 6,050
2008 6,300
2009 6,620
2010 6,640
2011 6,780
2012 6,110
2013 6,340
2014 6,280
2015 7,660
2016 8,310
2017 7,670
2018 6,740
2019 6,020

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 90

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2006 140
2007 320
2008 300
2009 220
2010 60
2011 0
2012 270
2013 220
2014 200
2015 120
2016 170
2017 210
2018 140

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2005 2,160
2006 1,790
2007 1,470
2008 1,750
2009 2,480
2010 2,570
2011 2,820
2012 2,470
2013 2,250
2014 2,400
2015 2,020
2016 2,060
2017 2,170
2018 2,100
2019 1,920

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2005 270
2006 0
2007 730
2008 610
2009 490
2010 490
2011 500
2012 620
2013 470
2014 550
2015 610
2016 650
2017 500
2018 330
2019 400

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2005 760
2006 710
2007 610
2008 630
2009 500
2010 440
2011 580
2012 770
2013 830
2014 610
2015 410
2016 350
2017 450
2018 530
2019 520

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2010 0
2011 50
2012 110
2013 100
2018 40

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2010 0
2011 80
2012 0
2013 0

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2005 2,020
2006 1,990
2007 1,700
2008 1,050
2009 1,210
2010 2,210
2011 3,150
2012 3,230
2013 2,960
2014 3,720
2015 4,310
2016 4,540
2017 4,320
2018 4,210
2019 4,820

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2006 30
2012 100
2013 110
2014 110
2015 70
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 480
2009 540
2010 460
2011 470
2012 690
2013 790
2014 820
2015 770
2016 680
2017 460
2018 440
2019 450

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2005 4,290
2006 0
2007 1,880
2008 1,610
2009 1,410
2010 1,440
2011 1,610
2012 2,600
2013 2,320
2014 2,110
2015 2,790
2016 2,780
2017 2,940
2018 1,380
2019 1,220

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2005 760
2006 1,040
2007 1,120
2008 1,100
2009 1,090
2010 1,140
2011 1,050
2012 970
2013 980
2014 1,020
2015 1,190
2016 1,400
2017 1,580
2018 1,740
2019 1,630

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2005 180
2006 180
2007 140
2008 150
2009 180
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 290
2015 280
2016 320
2017 260
2018 320
2019 290