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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in North Carolina

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 33,470
2005 26,120
2006 28,910
2007 33,570
2008 36,650
2009 36,780
2010 36,610
2011 35,900
2012 35,040
2013 36,820
2014 37,020
2015 36,020
2016 35,260
2017 37,310
2018 37,590
2019 38,940

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2008 150
2010 0
2011 0
2012 100
2013 60
2014 90
2015 60
2017 110
2018 140
2019 140

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 90
2006 100
2007 100
2008 350
2009 360
2010 390
2011 310
2012 310
2013 280
2014 200
2015 230
2016 200
2017 170
2018 160
2019 180

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 450
2005 380
2006 580
2007 470
2008 620
2009 840
2010 810
2011 850
2012 550
2013 430
2014 880
2015 890
2016 1,140
2017 920
2018 960
2019 710

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 900
2007 850
2008 680
2009 710
2010 540
2011 470
2012 470
2013 530
2014 780
2015 810
2016 810
2017 370
2018 390
2019 570

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 340
2006 250
2007 260
2008 650
2009 760
2010 650
2011 560
2012 520
2013 450
2014 370
2015 240
2016 290
2017 410
2018 430
2019 370

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 270
2005 300
2006 320
2007 330
2008 440
2009 380
2010 450
2011 600
2012 540
2013 430
2014 390
2015 370
2016 470
2017 450
2018 430
2019 430

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 950
2005 710
2006 960
2007 1,240
2008 1,090
2009 1,090
2010 1,230
2011 1,220
2012 1,070
2013 800
2014 780
2015 850
2016 830
2017 1,050
2018 1,070
2019 1,270

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 450
2005 370
2006 380
2007 350
2008 360
2009 400
2010 410
2011 420
2012 360
2013 380
2014 410
2015 470
2016 450
2017 450
2018 390
2019 330

Foresters
Year Number
2004 330
2005 320
2006 350
2007 300
2008 300
2009 310
2010 310
2011 310
2012 310
2013 310
2014 330
2015 300
2016 290
2017 280
2018 370
2019 350

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 50
2006 80
2007 130
2008 130
2009 130
2010 100
2011 80
2012 70
2013 110
2014 150
2015 130
2016 100
2017 90
2018 90
2019 80

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 2,780
2007 2,700
2008 4,450
2009 5,120
2010 5,480
2011 5,080
2012 3,720
2013 5,380
2014 5,010
2015 4,210
2016 3,230
2017 3,840
2018 4,500
2019 5,130

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 820
2005 1,230
2006 880
2007 920
2008 470
2009 510
2010 880
2011 990
2012 1,060
2013 970
2014 960
2015 620
2016 130
2017 170
2018 180
2019 180

Physicists
Year Number
2004 70
2006 260
2007 0
2008 390
2009 270
2010 140
2011 180
2012 160
2013 240
2014 230
2015 430
2016 380
2017 440
2018 330
2019 310

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 150
2005 180
2006 170
2007 150
2008 150
2009 140
2010 130
2011 130
2012 160
2013 160
2014 160
2015 170
2016 160
2017 120
2018 150
2019 140

Chemists
Year Number
2004 4,250
2005 3,660
2006 3,700
2007 3,550
2008 3,520
2009 3,330
2010 3,360
2011 3,540
2012 3,580
2013 3,680
2014 3,280
2015 3,500
2016 3,720
2017 4,080
2018 4,370
2019 3,990

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 160
2005 130
2006 170
2007 230
2008 460
2009 320
2010 280
2011 230
2012 350
2013 300
2014 240
2015 250
2016 230
2017 140
2018 110
2019 150

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,780
2005 2,810
2006 2,840
2007 3,020
2008 3,270
2009 3,490
2010 3,470
2011 2,930
2012 3,990
2013 3,970
2014 4,060
2015 3,390
2016 3,370
2017 3,730
2018 3,790
2019 3,840

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 230
2005 240
2006 230
2007 0
2008 540
2009 680
2010 590
2011 530
2012 580
2013 560
2014 580
2015 440
2016 440
2017 520
2018 430
2019 390

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 140
2006 140
2007 150
2008 150
2009 70
2010 80
2011 70
2012 80
2013 50
2014 60
2015 160
2016 200
2017 160
2018 170
2019 160

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 960
2005 910
2006 760
2007 0
2008 390
2009 530
2010 870
2011 870
2012 1,100
2013 820
2014 1,040
2015 830
2016 810
2017 560
2018 510
2019 530

Economists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 260
2006 310
2007 310
2008 290
2009 260
2010 230
2011 210
2012 180
2013 210
2014 230
2015 190
2016 190
2017 220
2018 230
2019 120

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 240
2005 230
2006 0
2007 550
2008 500
2009 430
2010 340
2011 360
2012 430
2013 420
2014 440
2015 230
2016 230
2017 330
2018 350
2019 150

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 50
2013 80
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 2,270
2005 2,230
2006 2,240
2007 2,260
2008 2,550
2009 2,650
2010 2,600
2011 2,560
2012 2,640
2013 2,710
2014 2,540
2015 3,010
2016 3,090
2017 2,990
2018 3,030

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 220
2005 190
2006 190
2007 150
2008 150
2009 200
2010 250
2011 270
2012 0
2013 250
2014 320
2015 300
2016 310
2017 300
2019 410

Sociologists
Year Number
2007 120
2008 170
2009 190
2010 120
2011 80
2012 50
2013 50
2014 50
2015 90
2016 180
2017 140
2018 70
2019 40

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 890
2005 990
2006 1,190
2007 1,350
2008 1,340
2009 1,350
2010 1,290
2011 1,220
2012 1,220
2013 1,150
2014 1,140
2015 1,180
2016 1,230
2017 1,370
2018 1,420
2019 1,490

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 70
2005 60
2006 60
2007 0
2008 120
2009 120
2010 100
2011 130
2012 120
2013 140
2014 110
2015 100
2016 80
2017 100
2018 80
2019 100

Geographers
Year Number
2009 30
2010 30

Historians
Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 30
2007 40
2008 40
2009 50
2010 30
2011 70
2012 40
2013 40
2014 30
2015 50
2016 40
2017 60
2018 50
2019 70

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,090
2005 1,130
2006 1,080
2007 1,670
2008 1,930
2009 1,980
2010 1,020
2011 1,130
2012 880
2013 1,050
2014 1,250
2015 1,270
2016 1,200
2017 1,280
2018 1,130
2019 1,220

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 480

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 750
2006 870
2007 800
2008 0
2009 450
2010 430
2011 510
2012 640
2013 590
2014 530
2015 430
2016 500
2017 400
2018 410

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,850
2005 3,190
2006 3,960
2007 3,410
2008 2,980
2009 1,810
2010 1,850
2011 2,040
2012 1,570
2013 1,530
2014 1,650
2015 1,860
2016 2,260
2017 2,480
2018 2,240
2019 2,360

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 2,310
2005 2,300
2006 1,940
2007 1,850
2008 1,730
2009 1,430
2010 1,460
2011 1,600
2012 2,080
2013 2,280
2014 2,380
2015 2,130
2016 2,110
2017 2,110
2018 1,770
2019 1,720

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 800
2005 930
2006 790
2007 790
2008 1,260
2009 1,200
2010 1,360
2011 1,030
2012 1,170
2013 1,170
2014 1,100
2015 1,090
2016 1,110
2017 1,150
2018 1,200
2019 1,010

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 40
2011 30

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2008 340
2009 360
2010 320
2011 320
2013 330
2014 380
2015 400
2017 320
2018 400

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 960
2005 910
2006 960
2007 0
2008 560
2009 610
2010 1,080
2011 1,190
2012 1,260
2013 1,380
2014 1,250
2015 1,290
2016 1,210
2017 1,140
2018 1,370
2019 2,220

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 590
2005 520
2006 510
2007 490
2008 470
2009 600
2010 630
2011 500
2012 510
2013 470
2014 470
2015 560
2016 560
2017 580
2018 550
2019 640

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 240
2005 280
2006 420
2007 530
2008 520
2009 380
2010 440
2011 520
2012 440
2013 330
2014 340
2015 350
2016 500
2017 520
2018 520
2019 440

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,860
2007 3,220
2008 1,790
2009 1,740
2010 1,250
2011 1,040
2012 690
2013 710
2014 920
2015 1,320
2016 1,130
2017 1,330
2018 1,050
2019 1,100

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 740
2005 760
2006 990
2007 1,070
2008 1,090
2009 1,230
2010 1,290
2011 1,390
2012 1,620
2013 1,650
2014 1,610
2015 1,540
2016 1,790
2017 2,110
2018 2,440
2019 2,580

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 210
2005 240
2006 300
2007 210
2008 260
2009 270
2010 320
2011 330
2012 370
2013 370
2014 280
2015 280
2016 290
2017 320
2018 310
2019 380