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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 33,650
2005 34,960
2006 37,240
2007 40,100
2008 44,440
2009 44,990
2010 44,620
2011 48,380
2012 48,730
2013 50,700
2014 45,630
2015 46,070
2016 44,940
2017 50,390
2018 54,930
2019 58,030

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2008 40
2012 50
2013 40
2014 90
2015 90
2016 100
2017 0

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 250
2005 260
2006 270
2007 350
2008 450
2009 410
2010 260
2011 180
2012 190
2013 220
2014 230
2015 340
2016 310
2017 360
2018 290
2019 310

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 50
2005 50
2007 50
2008 100
2009 80
2010 80
2011 70
2012 80
2013 110
2014 90
2015 100
2016 50
2017 30
2018 360
2019 390

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 890
2005 1,520
2006 1,900
2007 2,790
2008 2,890
2009 2,740
2010 2,400
2011 2,480
2012 3,080
2013 3,850
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 4,100
2018 4,650
2019 4,250

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 680
2005 820
2006 1,090
2007 950
2008 1,060
2009 1,280
2010 1,720
2011 1,870
2012 1,630
2013 1,780
2014 1,980
2015 1,910
2016 1,400
2017 950
2018 660
2019 930

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 730
2005 1,220
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 330
2010 500
2011 650
2012 770
2013 570
2014 310
2015 270
2016 260
2017 320
2018 350
2019 440

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 480
2005 530
2006 740
2007 820
2008 1,080
2009 1,030
2010 1,030
2011 920
2012 1,050
2013 1,530
2014 1,920
2015 1,820
2016 3,460
2017 3,960
2018 4,470
2019 3,340

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 270
2005 340
2006 330
2007 370
2008 360
2009 480
2010 550
2011 550
2012 530
2013 510
2014 510
2015 360
2016 300
2017 350
2018 400
2019 410

Foresters
Year Number
2005 80
2006 80
2007 80
2008 70
2009 90
2011 120
2012 130
2013 130
2014 120
2015 100
2016 110
2017 110
2018 100
2019 150

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 230
2005 230
2006 140
2007 150
2008 190
2009 250
2010 400
2011 330
2012 420
2013 380
2014 430
2015 280
2016 260
2017 280
2018 240
2019 220

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 5,860
2005 4,800
2006 5,920
2007 5,700
2008 7,820
2009 8,480
2010 8,180
2011 9,320
2012 9,270
2013 9,270
2014 10,000
2015 9,610
2016 9,710
2017 11,170
2018 13,430
2019 16,860

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 200
2005 130
2006 110
2007 190
2008 290
2009 390
2010 410
2011 370
2012 640
2013 880
2014 800
2015 800
2016 770
2017 760
2018 430
2019 450

Astronomers
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 90
2007 80
2009 100
2010 170
2011 150
2012 140
2016 70

Physicists
Year Number
2004 640
2005 440
2006 510
2007 430
2008 430
2009 370
2010 470
2011 430
2012 450
2013 620
2014 640
2015 600
2016 360
2017 330
2018 360
2019 510

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 790
2005 520
2006 560
2007 460
2008 280
2009 210
2010 430
2011 560
2012 630
2013 550
2014 440
2015 530
2016 480
2017 410
2018 430
2019 140

Chemists
Year Number
2004 2,700
2005 2,850
2006 3,090
2007 3,010
2008 3,350
2009 3,190
2010 3,560
2011 3,730
2012 3,790
2013 3,760
2014 3,490
2015 3,160
2016 2,860
2017 2,770
2018 2,890
2019 3,560

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 420
2005 240
2006 290
2007 350
2008 420
2009 420
2010 440
2011 410
2012 510
2013 640
2014 520
2015 450
2016 390
2017 440
2018 590
2019 470

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,050
2005 2,360
2006 2,140
2007 2,620
2008 2,410
2009 2,630
2010 1,920
2011 2,360
2012 2,370
2013 2,540
2014 2,340
2015 2,010
2016 1,770
2017 1,720
2018 1,950
2019 2,120

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 240
2005 250
2007 590
2008 620
2009 530
2010 310
2011 220
2012 210
2013 190
2014 200
2015 140
2016 170
2017 250
2018 400
2019 650

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 160
2006 130
2007 120
2008 110
2009 80
2010 120
2011 140
2012 150
2013 110
2014 60
2015 70
2016 50
2017 60
2018 100
2019 110

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 500
2005 430
2006 520
2007 500
2008 480
2009 370
2010 450
2011 490
2012 460
2013 420
2015 310
2016 260
2017 380
2018 350
2019 350

Economists
Year Number
2004 580
2005 630
2006 820
2007 710
2008 480
2009 390
2010 440
2011 430
2012 820
2013 850
2014 1,070
2015 980
2016 0
2017 0
2018 1,150
2019 890

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 440
2005 570
2006 510
2007 520
2008 540
2009 550
2010 490
2011 640
2012 510
2013 460
2014 320
2015 350
2016 520
2017 530
2018 730
2019 670

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 0
2006 40
2007 70
2009 220
2010 190
2011 130
2012 190
2013 210
2014 220
2015 90
2016 120
2017 120
2018 100

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 3,210
2005 3,640
2006 4,290
2007 4,060
2008 4,350
2009 4,350
2010 4,180
2011 3,960
2012 4,090
2013 4,370
2014 4,880
2015 4,890
2016 4,900
2017 3,970
2018 4,050

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 280
2005 300
2006 260
2007 330
2008 410
2009 410
2010 400
2011 380
2012 390
2013 370
2014 680
2015 740
2016 900
2017 810
2018 980
2019 820

Sociologists
Year Number
2006 0
2007 120
2008 210
2009 240
2010 200
2011 120
2012 170
2013 200
2014 130
2016 80
2017 130
2018 120
2019 110

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 990
2005 1,020
2006 1,270
2007 1,200
2008 1,240
2009 1,370
2010 1,220
2011 1,390
2012 1,460
2013 1,530
2014 1,300
2015 1,170
2016 1,200
2017 1,390
2018 1,250
2019 1,100

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 30
2007 0
2008 0
2010 60
2011 80
2012 70
2013 50
2014 30
2015 30
2017 30
2018 30
2019 30

Geographers
Year Number
2010 30

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

Political Scientists
Year Number
2015 30
2016 50
2017 40
2018 50
2019 0

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 860
2005 950
2006 960
2007 860
2008 670
2009 370
2010 400
2011 760
2012 670
2013 940
2014 810
2015 960
2016 650
2017 550
2018 430
2019 380

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 390

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 140
2005 150
2006 220
2007 290
2008 370
2009 270
2010 170
2011 160
2012 170
2013 190
2014 140
2015 120
2016 100
2017 130
2018 280

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,760
2005 3,820
2006 5,110
2007 6,240
2008 6,540
2009 5,520
2010 5,210
2011 6,180
2012 5,730
2013 5,540
2014 4,670
2015 6,060
2016 5,470
2017 5,610
2018 5,560
2019 6,290

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,120
2005 1,970
2006 2,100
2007 2,040
2008 2,450
2009 2,220
2010 2,450
2011 2,350
2012 2,170
2013 1,950
2014 1,920
2015 1,830
2016 1,970
2017 1,800
2018 1,610
2019 1,470

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 570
2005 1,030
2006 960
2007 1,030
2008 970
2009 940
2010 950
2011 1,320
2012 1,100
2013 1,110
2014 760
2015 790
2016 640
2017 420
2018 540
2019 560

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 60
2005 70
2006 80
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 100
2016 30
2017 40
2018 50

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2004 480
2005 330
2006 270
2007 0
2008 80
2009 70
2010 180
2011 170

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 520
2005 510
2006 470
2007 780
2008 1,210
2009 2,150
2010 2,330
2011 2,420
2012 1,890
2013 1,870
2014 1,560
2015 1,240
2016 1,240
2017 1,950
2018 2,040
2019 2,080

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 30
2005 40
2006 50
2007 60
2008 70
2009 160
2010 210
2011 220
2012 230
2013 190
2014 180
2015 90
2016 110
2017 150
2018 150
2019 120

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2006 30
2007 60
2008 50
2009 40
2012 60
2013 40
2014 40
2015 50
2016 40
2017 50
2018 90
2019 80

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 2,180
2005 1,410
2006 710
2007 910
2008 940
2009 860
2010 680
2011 960
2012 1,090
2013 1,370
2014 1,490
2015 2,270
2016 2,400
2017 2,370
2018 1,600
2019 1,500

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,060
2005 1,070
2006 990
2007 990
2008 1,120
2009 1,130
2010 1,140
2011 1,070
2012 1,030
2013 1,130
2014 1,050
2015 1,200
2016 1,170
2017 1,310
2018 1,410
2019 1,530

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 80
2005 80
2006 100
2007 130
2008 200
2009 220
2010 240
2011 220
2012 190
2013 180
2014 150
2015 170
2016 170
2017 200
2018 220
2019 240