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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 23,360
2005 23,710
2006 28,070
2007 27,010
2008 25,820
2009 24,850
2010 24,770
2011 27,060
2012 28,060
2013 29,200
2014 30,740
2015 30,810
2016 31,530
2017 28,140
2018 28,290
2019 30,810

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2008 30
2013 110
2015 180
2016 190
2017 160
2018 140
2019 60

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 130
2007 250
2008 290
2009 270
2010 280
2011 650
2012 0
2013 540
2014 330
2018 0
2019 530

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 90
2005 110
2006 110
2007 120
2008 90
2009 70
2010 60
2011 70
2012 90
2013 120
2014 330
2015 330
2016 330
2017 220
2018 220
2019 380

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2006 230
2007 170
2008 340
2009 0
2010 310
2011 550
2012 590
2013 570
2014 480
2015 470
2016 550
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Microbiologists
Year Number
2006 240
2007 220
2008 200
2009 310
2010 330
2011 220
2012 200
2013 140
2014 280
2015 300
2016 330
2017 320
2018 290
2019 280

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 230
2006 270
2007 280
2008 270
2009 270
2010 200
2012 210
2013 230
2014 240
2015 240
2016 250
2017 280
2018 320
2019 380

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2006 400
2007 450
2008 420
2009 460
2010 470
2011 630
2012 530
2013 510
2014 280
2015 260
2016 250
2017 390
2018 450
2019 440

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 240
2005 270
2006 390
2007 410
2008 450
2009 290
2010 270
2011 320
2012 310
2013 400
2014 370
2015 440
2016 290
2017 340
2018 370
2019 440

Foresters
Year Number
2004 200
2005 290
2006 310
2007 280
2008 320
2009 280
2010 280
2011 220
2012 260
2013 230
2014 230
2015 250
2016 310
2017 310
2018 290
2019 270

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 30
2005 70
2006 90
2007 0
2008 150
2009 140
2010 140
2011 120
2012 130
2013 110
2014 110
2015 120
2016 150
2017 190
2018 190
2019 170

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 560
2006 2,270
2007 2,300
2008 1,670
2009 1,500
2010 1,500
2011 1,900
2012 1,780
2013 1,750
2014 2,080
2015 2,050
2016 2,790
2017 2,420
2018 2,550
2019 2,110

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 760
2005 1,030
2006 880
2007 520
2008 0
2009 140
2010 140
2011 220
2012 200
2013 180
2014 0
2015 560
2016 0
2017 0
2018 130
2019 140

Physicists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 260
2006 260
2007 280
2008 220
2009 260
2010 250
2011 210
2012 220
2013 260
2014 350
2015 380
2016 410
2017 580
2018 510
2019 530

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 100
2006 110
2007 170
2008 190
2009 200
2010 180
2011 280
2012 280
2013 300
2014 120
2015 110
2016 120
2017 140
2018 170
2019 190

Chemists
Year Number
2004 2,550
2005 2,260
2006 2,300
2007 2,190
2008 2,670
2009 2,650
2010 2,650
2011 2,400
2012 3,630
2013 3,500
2014 3,330
2015 2,600
2016 2,920
2017 2,950
2018 3,620
2019 3,490

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 440
2007 0
2008 210
2009 160
2010 180
2012 130
2013 120
2014 200
2015 300
2016 370
2017 300
2018 330
2019 230

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 1,210
2005 1,700
2006 1,440
2007 1,320
2008 1,460
2009 1,470
2010 1,440
2011 1,290
2012 1,320
2013 1,530
2014 1,890
2015 2,140
2016 2,140
2017 2,550
2018 2,780
2019 3,030

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 210
2005 270
2006 270
2007 250
2008 300
2009 330
2010 330
2011 340
2012 320
2013 350
2014 410
2015 330
2016 400
2017 360
2018 420
2019 440

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 50
2006 40
2007 80
2008 100
2009 100
2010 120
2011 140
2012 110
2013 50
2014 70
2015 70
2016 90
2017 90
2018 80
2019 80

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 610
2005 480
2006 560
2007 940
2008 790
2009 810
2010 640
2011 630
2012 360
2013 400
2014 1,750
2015 1,750
2016 1,550
2017 0
2018 300
2019 350

Economists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 170
2006 160
2007 210
2008 140
2009 160
2010 210
2011 180
2012 210
2013 140
2014 210
2015 270
2016 270
2017 270
2018 250
2019 210

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 300
2005 750
2006 1,050
2007 970
2008 820
2009 840
2010 840
2011 880
2012 720
2013 810
2014 530
2015 610
2016 400
2017 290
2018 240
2019 200

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 2,950
2005 3,010
2006 3,130
2007 3,140
2008 3,270
2009 3,060
2010 2,590
2011 2,190
2012 2,300
2013 2,520
2014 2,710
2015 2,760
2016 2,750
2017 2,320
2018 2,430

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 150
2005 190
2006 220
2007 280
2008 300
2009 460
2010 430
2011 360
2012 350
2013 340
2014 340
2015 290
2016 270
2017 180
2018 190
2019 240

Sociologists
Year Number
2007 60
2010 240
2011 240
2012 240
2013 220
2014 70
2015 60
2016 70
2018 110
2019 110

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 720
2005 680
2006 730
2007 740
2008 910
2009 830
2010 870
2011 890
2012 740
2013 850
2014 710
2015 720
2016 670
2017 710
2018 960
2019 870

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 30
2006 30
2007 30
2013 30

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

Political Scientists
Year Number
2013 40
2014 60
2015 70
2017 50
2018 60
2019 80

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 520
2006 530
2007 500
2008 470
2009 350
2010 310
2011 250
2012 280
2013 250
2014 380
2015 390
2016 440
2017 370
2018 380
2019 370

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 190

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 170
2005 140
2006 160
2007 220
2008 270
2009 210
2010 270
2011 340
2012 350
2013 390
2014 310
2015 280
2016 240
2017 220
2018 170

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,120
2005 1,380
2006 1,400
2007 1,080
2011 2,570
2012 2,690
2013 2,660
2014 770
2015 830
2016 1,110
2017 2,370
2018 0
2019 3,460

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,820
2005 2,600
2006 2,880
2007 2,740
2008 1,980
2009 2,040
2010 1,950
2011 2,030
2012 2,400
2013 2,430
2014 2,600
2015 2,320
2016 2,240
2017 2,000
2018 2,170
2019 1,870

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 550
2005 1,030
2006 1,120
2007 1,320
2008 1,240
2009 1,000
2010 920
2011 880
2012 970
2013 920
2014 1,090
2015 1,260
2016 840
2017 780
2018 710
2019 670

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 70
2005 60
2006 0
2010 170
2011 230
2012 0
2013 170
2014 140
2015 210
2016 120
2017 210
2018 180

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2006 200
2007 0
2008 110
2010 170
2011 150
2012 190
2013 170
2014 170
2015 200
2016 140
2017 140
2018 160
2019 120

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 130
2005 250
2006 350
2007 490
2008 1,600
2009 1,650
2010 1,650
2011 1,570
2012 1,450
2013 1,490
2014 360
2015 370
2016 530
2017 840
2018 890
2019 650

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 280
2005 340
2006 340
2007 290
2008 360
2009 370
2010 440
2012 360
2013 320
2014 310
2015 330
2016 310
2017 330
2018 320
2019 170

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 60
2005 210
2006 410
2007 380
2008 300
2009 180
2010 220
2011 220
2012 190
2013 180
2014 190
2015 230
2016 270
2017 330
2018 330
2019 360

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 6,720
2005 3,730
2006 3,120
2007 2,540
2008 2,360
2009 2,590
2010 2,380
2011 2,610
2012 2,460
2013 2,510
2014 5,480
2015 5,170
2016 5,480
2017 2,840
2018 2,920
2019 2,060

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 820
2005 830
2006 1,150
2007 1,330
2008 1,210
2009 1,100
2010 1,100
2011 1,040
2012 1,190
2013 980
2014 1,190
2015 1,290
2016 1,670
2017 2,000
2018 2,250
2019 2,320

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 390
2005 480
2006 410
2007 400
2008 260
2009 250
2010 200
2011 240
2012 260
2013 340
2014 230
2015 230
2016 230
2017 250
2018 370
2019 380