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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2005 18,780
2006 19,030
2007 26,340
2008 27,750
2009 29,110
2010 26,630
2011 28,270
2012 30,750
2013 33,790
2014 35,480
2015 36,190
2016 36,050
2017 33,810
2018 34,560
2019 33,700

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0

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

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2005 50
2008 70
2009 140
2010 140
2011 130
2013 0
2014 70
2015 90
2016 220
2017 220
2018 240
2019 110

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2007 90
2008 130
2009 100
2010 0
2011 0
2012 200
2013 220
2014 280
2015 320
2016 390
2017 530
2018 380
2019 600

Microbiologists
Year Number
2006 0
2007 100
2008 90
2009 130
2010 120
2011 130
2012 80
2013 80
2014 130
2015 130
2016 130
2017 410
2018 390
2019 400

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 50
2009 200
2010 210
2011 150
2012 150
2013 120
2014 80
2015 80
2016 80
2017 70
2018 70
2019 60

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 160
2006 140
2008 170
2009 270
2010 310
2011 290
2012 210
2014 0
2015 0
2016 440
2017 440
2018 500
2019 500

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2005 40
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 240
2011 250
2012 230
2013 230
2014 210
2015 230
2016 240
2017 280
2018 280
2019 290

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2007 0
2008 60
2009 60
2010 70
2011 90
2012 130
2013 210
2014 200
2015 230
2016 160
2017 340
2018 310
2019 330

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2007 3,620
2008 2,780
2009 1,600
2010 1,260
2011 1,040
2012 1,810
2013 1,820
2014 1,700
2015 1,130
2016 1,330
2017 2,190
2018 2,910
2019 2,960

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2009 80
2010 80
2011 90
2012 70
2013 90
2015 0
2016 0
2017 40
2018 30

Astronomers
Year Number
2014 40
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40
2018 0
2019 0

Physicists
Year Number
2005 190
2006 100
2007 200
2008 120
2009 140
2010 140
2011 220
2012 620
2013 590
2014 750
2015 530
2016 460
2017 200
2018 110
2019 130

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2005 90
2007 150
2008 160
2009 310
2010 0
2011 350
2012 200
2013 240
2014 210
2015 260
2016 180
2017 230
2018 220
2019 170

Chemists
Year Number
2005 1,370
2006 1,620
2007 1,710
2008 1,690
2009 2,060
2010 1,960
2011 1,990
2012 1,600
2013 2,300
2014 2,600
2015 3,040
2016 2,760
2017 2,450
2018 2,010
2019 1,910

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2005 150
2006 200
2007 130
2008 130
2009 180
2010 170
2011 150
2013 370
2015 90
2016 100
2017 160
2018 200
2019 190

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2005 1,420
2006 1,440
2007 1,650
2008 1,870
2009 2,650
2010 2,540
2011 2,450
2012 2,320
2013 2,040
2014 2,620
2015 2,050
2016 2,040
2017 1,440
2018 1,110
2019 1,090

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2005 5,060
2006 4,730
2007 5,020
2008 5,200
2009 5,240
2010 5,170
2011 5,740
2012 7,720
2013 7,070
2014 6,810
2015 6,140
2016 6,470
2017 5,170
2018 5,040
2019 4,370

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

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2007 120
2008 120
2009 190
2010 240
2011 390
2012 390
2013 370
2014 260
2015 190
2016 170
2017 160
2018 150
2019 0

Economists
Year Number
2005 90
2006 110
2007 100
2008 110
2009 200
2010 230
2011 0
2012 190
2013 290
2014 480
2015 410
2016 340
2017 150
2018 150

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 80
2006 190
2007 270
2008 270
2009 170
2010 70
2011 220
2012 240
2013 370
2014 0
2015 0
2016 110
2017 0
2018 0

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2009 40

School Psychologists
Year Number
2005 1,160
2006 1,060
2007 930
2008 970
2009 1,000
2010 1,180
2011 1,350
2012 1,560
2013 1,580
2014 1,550
2015 1,230
2016 1,250
2017 1,180
2018 1,530

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2005 50
2006 50
2007 0
2008 120
2009 120
2010 70
2011 70
2012 70
2013 90
2014 90
2015 90
2016 100
2017 110
2018 120
2019 150

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2005 180
2006 160
2007 460
2008 460
2009 440
2010 210
2011 240
2012 0
2013 330
2014 360
2015 350
2016 430
2017 400
2018 380
2019 280

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 40
2013 60
2014 80
2015 80
2016 100
2017 70
2018 60
2019 50

Historians
Year Number
2019 0

Political Scientists
Year Number
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 250
2006 190
2007 130
2008 120
2009 220
2010 220
2011 220
2012 160
2013 170
2014 330
2015 290
2016 310
2017 150
2018 260
2019 280

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 290

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 150
2006 120
2007 120
2008 80
2009 210
2010 150
2011 180
2012 0
2013 170
2014 140
2015 0
2016 100
2018 180

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2005 600
2007 910
2008 1,030
2009 850
2010 610
2011 940
2012 1,750
2013 1,850
2014 1,530
2015 1,520
2016 1,800
2017 2,080
2018 3,440
2019 3,190

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2005 2,210
2006 2,170
2007 2,550
2008 2,690
2009 2,740
2010 2,070
2011 2,080
2012 2,220
2013 2,940
2014 2,850
2015 2,950
2016 2,720
2017 2,990
2018 3,160
2019 3,280

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2005 980
2006 1,250
2007 930
2008 1,140
2009 900
2010 900
2011 650
2012 560
2013 770
2014 1,050
2015 1,440
2016 1,250
2017 1,080
2018 980
2019 1,060

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2005 2,230
2006 1,950
2007 2,270
2008 3,080
2009 2,860
2010 2,580
2011 2,760
2012 3,550
2013 3,630
2014 3,840
2015 3,400
2016 2,780
2017 2,520
2018 2,650

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2007 60
2008 50
2009 40
2011 60
2012 70
2013 100
2014 0
2015 310
2016 310
2017 210
2018 130
2019 180

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2009 30
2013 30
2014 30
2015 30
2016 40
2017 30
2019 40

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 70
2006 130
2007 140
2008 160
2009 330
2010 310
2011 310
2012 230
2013 240
2014 230
2015 160
2016 240
2017 240
2018 380
2019 470

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2005 740
2006 1,870
2007 2,520
2008 2,680
2009 2,750
2010 2,520
2011 2,200
2012 960
2013 1,220
2014 2,560
2015 3,790
2016 3,190
2017 2,690
2018 1,870
2019 1,240

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2005 1,090
2006 1,120
2007 1,450
2008 1,580
2009 2,210
2010 2,360
2011 2,900
2012 2,570
2013 2,750
2014 3,090
2015 4,090
2016 4,600
2017 4,370
2018 4,310
2019 4,300

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2005 240
2006 340
2007 550
2008 520
2009 530
2010 390
2011 510
2012 710
2013 1,310
2014 1,150
2015 1,390
2016 1,050
2017 1,000
2018 860
2019 1,090