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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 8,580
2005 9,660
2006 8,650
2007 9,040
2008 8,560
2009 10,090
2010 9,640
2011 9,670
2012 8,380
2013 10,240
2014 9,510
2015 9,930
2016 8,620
2017 9,570
2018 9,840
2019 10,460

Individual occupations

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 60
2005 100
2006 110
2007 70
2008 30
2017 40
2018 30
2019 80

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 70
2006 70
2007 60
2008 60
2009 100
2010 100
2011 90
2012 60
2013 60
2014 80
2015 50
2016 40
2017 30
2018 50
2019 70

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 130
2005 0
2008 40
2009 40
2010 50
2014 0
2015 0
2016 30
2018 60

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 130
2006 140
2007 160
2008 0
2009 160
2010 180
2011 170
2012 170
2013 140
2014 140
2015 120
2016 110
2017 0
2018 0
2019 140

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 90
2006 120
2009 90
2010 140
2012 100
2013 100
2014 90
2015 100
2016 80
2017 100
2018 130
2019 210

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 170
2005 180
2006 160
2007 170
2008 180
2009 180
2010 200
2011 210
2012 0
2014 170
2015 220
2016 220
2017 210
2018 260
2019 270

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 110
2006 110
2007 140
2008 140
2009 130
2010 120
2011 110
2012 110
2013 110
2014 130
2015 110
2016 110
2017 100
2018 130
2019 100

Foresters
Year Number
2004 300
2005 250
2006 310
2007 340
2008 340
2009 330
2010 230
2011 230
2012 210
2013 330
2014 210
2015 300
2017 210
2018 170
2019 260

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2006 60
2011 40
2012 40
2013 40
2014 40
2015 40
2016 40
2019 60

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 130
2005 110
2006 140
2008 0
2009 700
2010 0
2011 150
2012 130
2013 560
2014 530
2015 550
2016 190
2017 180
2018 180
2019 510

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 30
2006 120
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2012 120
2013 100
2014 50
2015 40
2016 90
2017 90
2018 120
2019 70

Physicists
Year Number
2004 170
2005 190
2006 200
2007 220
2008 220
2009 200
2010 220
2011 170
2012 180
2013 160
2014 170
2015 240
2016 190
2017 200
2018 160
2019 170

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 130
2007 260
2008 270
2009 290
2010 160
2011 160
2012 120
2013 100
2014 120
2015 200
2017 270
2018 230
2019 100

Chemists
Year Number
2004 730
2005 660
2006 580
2007 700
2008 600
2009 600
2010 570
2011 630
2012 720
2013 810
2014 690
2015 710
2016 650
2017 530
2018 610
2019 700

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 40
2010 50
2011 60
2012 60
2015 90
2016 80
2017 80
2018 70
2019 60

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,330
2005 1,500
2006 1,010
2007 1,010
2008 1,160
2009 1,050
2010 1,010
2011 1,010
2012 1,100
2013 1,050
2014 920
2015 870
2016 880
2017 890
2018 840
2019 870

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 90
2005 90
2006 160
2007 160
2008 190
2009 170
2010 200
2011 260
2012 290
2013 310
2014 260
2015 240
2016 280
2017 260
2018 210
2019 160

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 30
2005 50
2006 40

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 150
2005 160
2006 130
2007 100
2009 130
2013 180
2014 0
2015 170
2016 80
2017 100
2018 110
2019 110

Economists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 70
2006 50
2007 40
2008 30
2009 30
2010 40
2011 60
2012 60
2013 40
2014 30
2016 30
2017 40
2018 50
2019 50

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 170
2005 0
2006 100
2007 280
2008 140
2009 150
2010 150
2011 160
2012 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 380
2005 670
2006 650
2007 690
2008 540
2009 500
2010 580
2011 630
2012 670
2013 800
2014 660
2015 640
2016 560
2017 610
2018 720

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 70
2005 70
2006 70
2007 80
2008 90
2009 100
2010 100
2011 110
2012 110
2013 120
2014 120
2015 120
2016 130
2017 130
2018 140
2019 130

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 290
2005 310
2006 320
2007 310
2008 360
2009 340
2010 330
2011 310
2012 320
2013 330
2014 340
2015 330
2016 360
2017 330
2018 360
2019 430

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2009 50
2010 60
2011 50
2012 30
2013 50
2014 70
2015 90
2016 80
2017 70
2018 60
2019 60

Historians
Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 60
2007 60
2008 50
2009 50
2010 50
2011 50
2012 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 50
2016 40
2017 40
2018 40

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 250
2005 250
2006 200
2007 150
2008 150
2010 190
2011 190
2012 200
2013 210
2014 210
2015 230
2016 0
2017 240
2018 220
2019 220

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 120

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 880
2006 0
2007 0
2008 130
2009 130
2010 140
2011 130
2012 120
2013 110
2014 120
2015 130
2016 100
2017 110
2018 100

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 450
2005 440
2006 500
2007 670
2008 820
2009 880
2010 1,360
2011 1,020
2013 780
2014 820
2015 830
2016 340
2017 320
2018 300
2019 630

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 840
2005 830
2006 980
2007 1,330
2008 1,080
2009 1,530
2010 1,210
2011 1,210
2012 950
2013 940
2014 870
2015 750
2016 930
2017 990
2018 1,130
2019 1,310

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 210
2005 250
2006 250
2007 210
2008 220
2009 340
2010 330
2011 380
2012 560
2013 660
2014 580
2015 430
2016 340
2017 310
2018 300
2019 240

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 90
2010 100
2011 90
2012 50
2013 50
2014 50
2015 100
2016 90
2017 90
2018 40

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2011 50
2012 70
2013 150
2014 110
2015 100

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2007 70
2019 40

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 310
2005 280
2006 250
2007 270
2008 280
2009 300
2010 300
2011 300
2012 240
2013 210
2014 210
2015 250
2016 240
2017 220
2018 200
2019 200

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 170
2005 180
2006 0
2007 50
2008 160
2009 180
2010 170
2011 180
2012 80
2013 70
2014 90
2015 170
2016 270
2017 180
2018 210
2019 160

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 670
2005 660
2006 640
2007 500
2008 550
2009 480
2010 440
2011 390
2012 410
2013 600
2014 590
2015 600
2016 890
2017 980
2018 1,030
2019 450

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 590
2005 680
2006 760
2007 750
2008 730
2009 710
2010 740
2011 940
2012 920
2013 880
2014 860
2015 950
2016 1,050
2017 1,390
2018 1,290
2019 1,330

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 170
2005 180
2006 190
2007 190
2008 0
2009 60
2010 120
2011 130
2012 130
2013 130
2014 120
2015 110
2016 100
2017 230
2018 290
2019 340