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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 24,730
2005 27,390
2006 28,780
2007 29,350
2008 28,630
2009 29,180
2010 29,630
2011 29,130
2012 29,890
2013 32,110
2014 33,400
2015 33,500
2016 35,380
2017 33,810
2018 33,510
2019 33,940

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2008 60
2009 70
2010 70
2017 0

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 80
2006 100
2007 70
2008 70
2009 50
2010 80
2011 70
2012 110
2013 100
2014 70
2015 60
2016 80
2017 90
2018 90
2019 160

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 130
2005 160
2006 160
2007 160
2008 200
2009 170
2010 140
2011 110
2012 100
2013 110
2014 100
2015 120
2016 120
2017 130
2018 130
2019 150

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 250
2005 140
2006 80
2007 190
2008 220
2009 200
2010 240
2011 400
2012 520
2013 610
2014 600
2015 500
2016 500
2017 540
2018 450
2019 460

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 200
2005 140
2006 270
2007 230
2008 470
2009 460
2010 440
2011 250
2012 320
2013 520
2014 560
2015 430
2016 380
2017 490
2018 380
2019 480

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 330
2005 280
2006 290
2007 290
2008 250
2009 230
2010 270
2011 260
2012 270
2013 210
2014 200
2015 270
2016 280
2017 280
2018 250
2019 270

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 650
2005 790
2006 600
2007 630
2008 670
2009 730
2010 780
2011 720
2012 740
2013 670
2014 550
2015 560
2016 580
2017 640
2018 540
2019 560

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 390
2005 420
2006 440
2007 410
2008 300
2009 360
2010 400
2011 430
2012 410
2013 440
2014 430
2015 660
2016 650
2017 640
2018 600
2019 490

Foresters
Year Number
2004 240
2005 260
2006 270
2007 260
2008 250
2009 280
2010 250
2011 270
2012 230
2013 240
2014 220
2015 270
2016 280
2017 330
2018 280
2019 310

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 120
2005 50
2006 50
2007 50
2008 160
2009 250
2010 230
2011 0
2012 50
2013 90
2014 90
2015 90
2016 110
2017 140
2018 180
2019 190

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2005 1,140
2006 1,120
2007 830
2008 700
2009 830
2010 960
2011 960
2012 1,030
2013 1,380
2014 2,000
2015 1,810
2016 1,900
2017 2,040
2018 1,800
2019 1,630

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 830
2005 440
2006 510
2007 0
2008 390
2009 340
2010 360
2011 140
2012 170
2013 230
2014 270
2015 320
2016 180
2017 120
2018 100
2019 180

Astronomers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 130
2007 160
2008 0
2009 0
2019 100

Physicists
Year Number
2004 760
2005 670
2006 720
2007 740
2008 720
2009 810
2010 810
2011 950
2012 960
2013 960
2014 890
2015 960
2016 830
2017 820
2018 750
2019 850

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2004 130
2005 130
2006 140
2007 90
2008 120
2009 120
2010 330
2011 280
2012 420
2013 240
2014 410
2015 380
2016 400
2017 0
2018 330
2019 290

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,830
2005 1,780
2006 1,690
2007 1,740
2008 1,890
2009 1,870
2010 1,550
2011 1,310
2012 1,360
2013 1,620
2014 1,660
2015 1,560
2016 1,540
2017 1,440
2018 1,390
2019 1,420

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 140
2005 230
2006 210
2007 190
2008 130
2009 130
2010 160
2011 160
2012 170
2013 130
2014 200
2015 280
2016 350
2017 260
2018 230
2019 140

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 2,390
2005 3,160
2006 3,640
2007 3,410
2008 2,790
2009 3,080
2010 3,520
2011 3,500
2012 3,150
2013 3,300
2014 3,100
2015 2,800
2016 2,840
2017 2,810
2018 3,150
2019 3,270

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 710
2005 720
2006 740
2007 550
2008 640
2009 560
2010 580
2011 500
2012 510
2013 450
2014 460
2015 380
2016 400
2017 370
2018 320
2019 300

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 200
2005 140
2006 90
2007 70
2008 110
2009 120
2010 160
2011 160
2012 160
2013 150
2014 90
2015 70
2016 70
2017 60
2018 60
2019 60

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,310
2005 890
2006 880
2007 960
2008 1,120
2009 1,190
2010 1,110
2011 1,120
2012 1,180
2013 1,310
2014 1,120
2015 1,070
2016 1,040
2017 1,690
2018 1,600
2019 1,700

Economists
Year Number
2004 600
2005 500
2006 610
2007 570
2008 540
2009 440
2010 450
2011 470
2012 880
2013 1,060
2014 1,110
2015 1,080
2016 1,170
2017 1,350
2018 1,230
2019 1,200

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 270
2005 230
2006 220
2007 0
2008 130
2009 150
2010 260
2011 280
2012 340
2013 300
2014 280
2015 320
2016 310
2017 300
2018 330
2019 230

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Year Number
2004 100
2005 110
2006 100
2007 110
2008 180
2009 0
2010 0
2011 40
2012 50
2013 50
2014 80
2016 310
2017 240
2018 200
2019 90

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 2,270
2005 2,320
2006 2,100
2007 2,200
2008 2,060
2009 1,970
2010 2,220
2011 2,320
2012 2,440
2013 2,500
2014 2,490
2015 2,460
2016 2,340
2017 2,550
2018 2,680

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 200
2005 200
2006 140
2007 170
2008 190
2009 200
2010 260
2011 280
2012 300
2013 320
2014 320
2015 330
2016 340
2017 400
2018 400
2019 440

Sociologists
Year Number
2004 40
2005 80
2006 130
2007 130
2008 0
2014 50
2016 100

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 1,220
2005 1,160
2006 1,330
2007 1,340
2008 1,380
2009 1,410
2010 1,360
2011 1,310
2012 1,380
2013 1,360
2014 1,270
2015 1,190
2016 1,210
2017 1,240
2018 1,380
2019 1,330

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 160
2005 150
2006 230
2007 230
2008 170
2009 130
2010 130
2011 220
2012 230
2013 220
2014 140
2015 150
2016 150
2017 140
2018 100
2019 250

Geographers
Year Number
2004 90
2005 90
2006 80
2007 80
2008 80
2009 80
2010 70
2011 70
2012 90
2013 100
2014 90
2015 80
2016 70
2019 80

Historians
Year Number
2004 210
2005 250
2006 200
2007 140
2008 150
2009 140
2010 140
2011 150
2012 140
2013 150
2014 130
2015 150
2016 140
2017 170
2018 150
2019 160

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 200
2005 240
2006 310
2007 460
2008 440
2009 460
2010 400
2011 490
2012 630
2013 720
2014 910
2015 850
2016 850
2017 930
2018 1,030
2019 1,140

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 2,020
2005 2,950
2006 3,320
2007 3,650
2008 3,630
2009 3,950
2010 3,560
2011 3,610
2012 3,000
2013 3,190
2014 3,130
2015 4,080
2016 4,850
2017 4,770
2018 4,050
2019 3,240

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 270

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 100
2005 280
2006 270
2007 350
2008 350
2009 270
2010 200
2011 120
2012 180
2013 190
2014 160
2015 210
2016 360
2017 480
2018 410

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 460
2005 810
2006 810
2007 840
2008 530
2009 660
2010 750
2011 930
2012 1,030
2013 1,110
2014 2,090
2015 1,800
2016 1,790
2017 0
2018 0
2019 1,650

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,360
2005 1,050
2006 930
2007 970
2008 990
2009 1,020
2010 930
2011 960
2012 1,120
2013 1,410
2014 1,490
2015 1,450
2016 1,240
2017 1,150
2018 1,120
2019 1,260

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 770
2005 720
2006 800
2007 590
2008 600
2009 460
2010 540
2011 640
2012 650
2013 610
2014 540
2015 620
2016 680
2017 770
2018 1,010
2019 930

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 120
2009 70
2010 70
2011 70
2016 40
2017 0
2018 0

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2007 380
2008 370
2009 330
2010 660
2011 0
2014 0
2016 360
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 380
2005 250
2006 350
2007 430
2008 670
2009 700
2010 610
2011 660
2012 700
2013 940
2014 900
2015 810
2016 900
2017 910
2018 970

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 290
2005 470
2006 370
2007 320
2008 290
2009 350
2010 420
2011 410
2012 340
2013 280
2014 270
2015 260
2016 260
2017 280
2018 290
2019 280

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 320
2005 200
2006 190
2007 410
2008 430
2009 430
2010 350
2011 340
2012 360
2013 390
2014 620
2015 650
2016 660
2017 430
2018 430
2019 440

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,160
2005 2,050
2006 2,180
2007 2,760
2008 1,730
2009 1,630
2010 1,310
2011 1,590
2012 1,690
2013 1,710
2014 1,470
2015 1,490
2016 1,660
2017 1,610
2018 1,760
2019 1,530

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,560
2005 1,660
2006 1,870
2007 2,050
2008 2,140
2009 2,210
2010 2,240
2011 2,260
2012 2,180
2013 2,450
2014 2,490
2015 2,580
2016 2,670
2017 2,850
2018 2,980
2019 2,870

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 240
2006 110
2007 140
2008 200
2009 270
2010 260
2011 320
2012 300
2013 290
2014 350
2015 350
2016 390
2017 350
2018 360
2019 580