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Numbers of Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2005 23,150
2006 24,630
2007 26,620
2008 31,960
2009 27,530
2010 31,180
2011 33,080
2012 32,980
2013 37,980
2014 39,710
2015 40,980
2016 38,300
2017 37,750
2018 38,370
2019 32,010

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2013 0
2014 170
2015 150
2016 100

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2005 100
2006 130
2007 180
2008 230
2009 210
2010 260
2011 350
2012 320
2013 210
2014 190
2015 380
2016 0
2017 560
2018 360
2019 200

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2006 180
2007 220
2008 370
2009 200
2010 330
2011 400
2012 460
2013 350
2014 380
2015 140
2016 190
2017 190
2018 200
2019 270

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2005 1,190
2006 1,480
2007 1,120
2008 1,800
2009 1,430
2010 1,800
2011 1,560
2012 1,290
2013 1,250
2014 1,590
2015 2,160
2016 2,190
2017 1,880
2018 2,000
2019 1,950

Microbiologists
Year Number
2005 500
2006 550
2007 390
2008 660
2009 690
2010 1,530
2011 1,230
2012 0
2013 1,450
2014 1,700
2015 1,650
2016 1,270
2017 1,150
2018 1,110
2019 610

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2005 200
2006 310
2008 0
2009 0
2010 440
2011 400
2012 340
2013 530
2014 540
2015 390
2016 300
2017 230
2018 360
2019 390

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 790
2006 710
2007 570
2008 590
2009 590
2010 700
2011 830
2012 840
2013 1,610
2014 1,950
2015 2,130
2016 0
2017 2,640
2018 3,520
2019 2,770

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2005 60
2006 70
2007 100
2008 120
2009 270
2010 290
2011 380
2012 180
2013 180
2014 150
2015 110
2016 220
2017 250
2018 440
2019 340

Foresters
Year Number
2005 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 540
2019 0

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 100
2006 90
2007 0
2008 60
2009 70
2010 140
2011 150
2012 150
2013 170
2014 170
2015 0
2016 250
2017 250
2018 210
2019 160

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 4,670
2006 5,620
2007 5,450
2008 7,040
2009 5,490
2010 5,340
2011 6,310
2012 7,080
2013 7,180
2014 6,210
2015 7,670
2016 8,230
2017 8,200
2018 7,400
2019 6,190

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 270
2006 0
2007 510
2008 480
2009 400
2010 140
2011 200
2012 180
2013 490
2014 530
2015 560
2016 520
2018 480
2019 190

Physicists
Year Number
2006 0
2007 460
2008 650
2009 590
2010 550
2011 0
2012 990
2013 1,080
2014 990
2015 310
2016 960
2017 0
2018 1,350
2019 0

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2008 0
2009 120
2010 60
2011 60
2012 60
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 120
2017 120
2018 150
2019 0

Chemists
Year Number
2005 1,790
2006 2,040
2007 2,360
2008 2,810
2009 2,430
2010 2,760
2011 2,770
2012 2,660
2013 3,190
2014 3,270
2015 3,340
2016 3,390
2017 3,190
2018 3,140

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2005 160
2006 150
2007 110
2008 80
2009 80
2010 100
2011 120
2012 110
2013 170
2014 300
2015 400
2016 400
2017 170
2018 70
2019 60

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2005 1,750
2006 2,450
2007 2,240
2008 2,560
2009 2,330
2010 2,320
2011 2,100
2012 2,120
2013 2,510
2014 2,930
2015 2,940
2016 2,910
2017 2,620
2018 2,600
2019 3,210

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2005 1,010
2006 770
2007 820
2008 840
2009 790
2010 570
2011 550
2012 600
2013 1,210
2014 1,210
2015 990
2016 620
2017 510
2018 590
2019 750

Hydrologists
Year Number
2005 320
2006 240
2007 130
2008 130
2009 150
2010 90
2011 80
2012 70
2013 110
2014 120
2015 110
2016 90
2017 90
2018 90
2019 0

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2005 510
2006 530
2007 510
2008 440
2009 750
2010 680
2011 690
2012 420
2013 510
2014 0
2015 1,000
2016 890
2017 600
2018 490
2019 490

Economists
Year Number
2005 300
2006 280
2007 0
2008 210
2009 290
2010 460
2011 570
2012 900
2013 1,020
2014 1,200
2015 720
2016 500
2017 380
2018 390
2019 550

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2005 480
2006 0
2007 390
2008 360
2009 380
2010 270
2011 310
2012 370
2013 290
2014 390
2015 330
2016 340
2017 200
2018 200
2019 200

School Psychologists
Year Number
2005 1,340
2006 1,710
2007 1,880
2008 2,000
2009 1,970
2010 2,380
2011 2,390
2012 2,570
2013 2,650
2014 3,250
2015 3,120
2016 2,780
2017 2,460
2018 2,260

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2005 150
2006 0
2007 0
2008 510
2009 390
2010 230
2011 160
2012 200
2013 220
2014 220
2015 260
2016 280
2017 350
2018 300
2019 230

Sociologists
Year Number
2007 360
2008 370
2009 470
2010 290
2011 260
2012 200
2013 140
2014 190
2015 210
2016 450
2017 290
2018 330
2019 300

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2005 1,030
2006 720
2007 770
2008 810
2009 1,500
2010 2,170
2011 2,250
2012 2,120
2013 1,430
2014 1,360
2015 1,330
2016 1,250
2017 1,230
2018 1,500
2019 1,430

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 40
2011 50
2012 80
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 210
2017 190
2018 230
2019 150

Geographers
Year Number
2012 40
2013 50
2014 40

Historians
Year Number
2005 50
2006 60
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Political Scientists
Year Number
2010 60
2011 100
2012 70
2013 90

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 820
2006 550
2007 560
2008 520
2009 490
2010 540
2011 710
2012 790
2013 740
2014 660
2015 400
2016 510
2017 830
2018 930
2019 710

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 220

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 240
2006 280
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 180
2013 290
2014 390
2015 460
2016 520
2017 520
2018 290

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2005 2,010
2006 2,570
2007 2,620
2008 3,140
2009 2,250
2010 2,870
2011 2,610
2012 2,620
2013 2,230
2014 2,780
2015 3,890
2016 3,720
2017 3,220
2018 2,120
2019 1,550

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2005 850
2006 970
2007 1,350
2008 1,400
2009 1,380
2010 1,020
2011 1,260
2012 1,170
2013 1,080
2014 1,020
2015 1,270
2016 1,280
2017 1,130
2018 980
2019 1,010

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2005 610
2006 670
2007 800
2008 710
2009 620
2010 500
2011 660
2012 620
2013 670
2014 660
2015 0
2016 0
2017 760
2018 740
2019 1,060

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2007 720
2008 630
2011 1,120
2012 1,090
2013 710
2018 0

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2010 0
2012 60
2013 40
2014 30
2018 70

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2005 250
2006 0
2007 410
2008 470
2009 430
2010 330
2011 340
2012 490
2013 1,040
2014 1,180
2015 1,150
2016 840
2017 640
2018 650
2019 450

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2012 130
2013 0
2014 220
2015 0
2016 40
2018 0
2019 0

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2005 0
2006 120
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 260
2013 350
2014 360
2015 330
2016 250
2017 220
2018 240
2019 230

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,010
2006 670
2007 760
2008 1,130
2009 0
2010 1,180
2011 1,060
2012 0
2013 1,330
2014 1,640
2015 1,860
2016 1,240
2017 1,080
2018 980
2019 1,760

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2005 450
2006 560
2007 700
2008 740
2009 680
2010 700
2011 960
2012 1,060
2013 1,290
2014 1,040
2015 1,030
2016 1,180
2017 1,350
2018 1,410
2019 1,430

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2005 30
2006 60
2007 90
2008 100
2009 90
2010 80
2011 90
2012 90
2013 120
2014 140
2015 190
2016 260
2017 250
2018 190
2019 220