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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2005 15,100
2006 17,140
2007 28,640
2008 24,700
2009 33,090
2010 25,910
2011 25,670
2012 28,530
2013 35,080
2014 27,920
2015 23,890
2016 20,740
2017 27,840
2018 32,940
2019 30,030

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2007 30
2016 40
2017 50
2018 50
2019 30

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2005 50
2006 100
2007 150
2008 150
2009 120
2010 80
2011 160
2012 160
2013 180
2014 160
2015 190
2016 170
2017 190
2018 180
2019 190

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2005 80
2006 110
2007 70
2008 100
2009 110
2010 90
2011 100
2012 80
2013 90
2014 60
2015 90
2016 90
2017 110
2018 110
2019 90

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2005 790
2006 0
2007 2,020
2008 2,490
2009 2,440
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 1,880
2014 1,680
2015 1,150
2016 1,320
2017 1,410
2018 1,310
2019 1,810

Microbiologists
Year Number
2007 420
2008 380
2009 390
2010 320
2011 430
2012 640
2013 770
2014 870
2015 0
2016 850
2017 850
2018 630
2019 580

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2005 110
2006 130
2007 0
2008 50
2009 60
2010 40
2011 40
2012 40
2013 0
2015 0
2016 40
2017 70
2018 80
2019 60

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 210
2006 160
2007 190
2008 210
2009 260
2010 350
2011 350
2012 260
2013 180
2014 280
2015 380
2016 390
2017 360
2018 420
2019 410

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2005 90
2006 130
2007 90
2008 100
2009 200
2010 210
2011 230
2012 190
2013 170
2014 190
2015 220
2016 240
2017 300
2018 280
2019 280

Foresters
Year Number
2005 90
2006 0
2007 50
2008 0
2012 30
2013 70
2014 50
2015 0

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

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 5,160
2008 0
2009 8,390
2010 5,930
2011 4,570
2012 3,680
2013 4,570
2014 0
2015 4,510
2016 0
2017 6,500
2018 7,040
2019 6,300

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 830
2006 610
2007 270
2008 260
2009 230
2010 70
2013 30
2015 60
2016 30
2017 50
2018 40
2019 30

Physicists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 100
2008 0
2009 80
2010 0
2011 240
2012 250
2013 210
2014 150
2015 140
2016 130
2017 160
2018 170
2019 190

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 60
2013 50
2014 40
2015 50
2016 80
2017 60
2018 50

Chemists
Year Number
2005 3,400
2006 3,370
2007 3,860
2008 4,050
2009 5,020
2010 4,530
2011 4,790
2012 6,630
2013 7,610
2014 7,040
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 4,280
2019 3,870

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 300
2007 350
2008 390
2009 520
2010 530
2011 500
2012 360
2013 330
2014 280
2015 230
2016 240
2017 280
2018 280
2019 240

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2005 1,090
2006 1,330
2007 1,330
2008 1,350
2009 1,220
2010 1,290
2011 1,450
2012 1,550
2013 1,580
2014 1,710
2015 1,440
2016 1,240
2017 1,350
2018 1,130
2019 1,060

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 490
2007 290
2008 220
2009 200
2010 340
2011 390
2012 460
2013 370
2014 440
2015 0
2016 350
2017 360
2018 560
2019 530

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 70
2006 80
2007 70
2008 60
2009 30
2010 50
2011 70
2012 90
2013 120
2014 130
2015 70
2016 60
2017 110
2018 90
2019 90

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 240
2006 250
2007 230
2008 230
2009 250
2010 340
2011 390
2012 370
2013 250
2014 230
2015 240
2016 260
2017 260
2018 240
2019 300

Economists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 270
2008 220
2009 360
2010 280
2011 340
2012 270
2013 320
2014 270
2015 220
2016 230
2017 300
2018 260
2019 240

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 1,250
2006 1,500
2007 1,590
2008 1,580
2009 1,340
2010 1,320
2011 1,450
2012 1,990
2013 1,960
2014 0
2015 880
2016 670
2017 450
2018 490
2019 390

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2017 0

School Psychologists
Year Number
2005 2,310
2006 2,390
2007 2,470
2008 2,530
2009 2,470
2010 2,520
2011 2,660
2012 2,640
2013 2,790
2014 2,820
2015 2,960
2016 2,970
2017 2,940
2018 3,220

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2005 70
2006 120
2007 160
2008 150
2009 180
2010 170
2011 190
2012 160
2013 220
2014 200
2015 290
2016 240
2017 250
2018 190
2019 180

Sociologists
Year Number
2005 60
2006 60
2007 50
2008 160
2010 220
2011 250
2012 160
2013 210
2014 50
2015 70
2016 50
2017 60
2018 40

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2005 330
2006 0
2007 340
2008 530
2009 630
2010 650
2011 570
2012 520
2013 490
2014 840
2015 890
2016 920
2017 570
2018 570
2019 530

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 100
2011 60
2015 0
2016 0
2018 40
2019 80

Historians
Year Number
2005 30
2006 40
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 40
2014 50
2015 70
2016 60
2017 70
2018 60
2019 60

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 460
2006 0
2007 300
2008 280
2009 270
2010 0
2011 0
2012 210
2013 220
2014 0
2015 260
2016 0
2017 370
2018 300
2019 280

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 210

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 170
2006 170
2007 0
2008 260
2009 230
2010 190
2011 250
2012 0
2013 220
2014 130
2015 90
2016 130
2017 180
2018 220

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 2,480
2008 2,550
2009 2,340
2010 2,190
2011 2,030
2012 2,410
2013 2,640
2014 2,810
2015 2,330
2016 2,610
2017 2,270
2018 2,500
2019 2,120

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 3,850
2007 4,180
2008 4,250
2009 2,830
2010 2,090
2011 2,080
2012 2,750
2013 3,110
2014 3,190
2015 2,460
2016 2,730
2017 2,670
2018 2,900
2019 2,200

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2005 360
2006 0
2007 610
2008 580
2009 560
2010 460
2011 590
2012 800
2013 760
2014 770
2015 350
2016 400
2017 430
2018 410
2019 490

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 140
2009 120
2010 160
2011 80
2012 90
2013 50
2014 90
2015 110
2016 130
2017 80
2018 90

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2011 0
2012 110
2013 110
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2018 0
2019 0

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2005 480
2008 380
2009 290
2010 110
2011 120
2012 160
2013 540
2014 550
2015 580
2016 690
2017 760
2018 870
2019 420

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 100
2012 100
2013 90
2014 90
2015 180
2016 220
2017 250
2018 270
2019 250

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,690
2006 970
2007 650
2008 0
2009 860
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 1,360
2014 1,150
2015 1,490
2016 1,220
2017 1,310
2018 1,090
2019 850

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2005 740
2006 770
2007 720
2008 880
2009 890
2010 1,090
2011 1,100
2012 1,090
2013 1,230
2014 1,350
2015 1,550
2016 1,600
2017 2,070
2018 2,160
2019 2,280

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2006 170
2007 100
2008 110
2009 110
2010 100
2011 110
2012 150
2013 190
2014 190
2015 250
2016 270
2017 270
2018 260
2019 230