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

Occupation group

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Year Number
2004 33,390
2005 33,760
2006 36,140
2007 37,250
2008 38,190
2009 37,240
2010 38,980
2011 38,710
2012 37,730
2013 36,850
2014 34,880
2015 35,670
2016 35,610
2017 37,890
2018 38,800
2019 39,530

Individual occupations

Animal Scientists
Year Number
2010 90

Food Scientists and Technologists
Year Number
2004 210
2005 230
2006 210
2007 190
2008 290
2009 300
2010 260
2011 250
2012 260
2013 230
2014 200
2015 150
2016 140
2017 80
2018 110
2019 110

Soil and Plant Scientists
Year Number
2004 280
2005 360
2006 390
2007 430
2008 390
2009 400
2010 450
2011 390
2012 420
2013 300
2014 260
2015 260
2016 520
2017 420
2018 430
2019 240

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Year Number
2004 0
2005 340
2006 470
2007 510
2008 420
2009 350
2010 310
2011 210
2012 270
2013 430
2014 380
2015 410
2016 300
2017 330
2018 300
2019 420

Microbiologists
Year Number
2004 290
2005 320
2006 370
2007 380
2008 400
2009 410
2010 400
2011 370
2012 480
2013 630
2014 560
2015 410
2016 290
2017 340
2018 380
2019 380

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Year Number
2004 1,800
2005 2,010
2006 2,230
2007 2,230
2008 2,190
2009 1,920
2010 1,860
2011 1,690
2012 1,880
2013 1,760
2014 1,780
2015 1,890
2016 1,990
2017 2,260
2018 2,370
2019 2,380

Biological Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 600
2005 720
2006 980
2007 1,330
2008 1,350
2009 1,260
2010 1,340
2011 1,280
2012 1,310
2013 1,120
2014 1,150
2015 1,100
2016 1,180
2017 1,210
2018 1,270
2019 1,330

Conservation Scientists
Year Number
2004 770
2005 860
2006 560
2007 890
2008 510
2009 570
2010 730
2011 770
2012 700
2013 1,050
2014 1,100
2015 1,080
2016 920
2017 860
2018 920
2019 1,020

Foresters
Year Number
2004 700
2006 800
2007 520
2008 300
2009 770
2010 570
2011 500
2012 530
2013 340
2014 310
2015 480
2016 520
2017 630
2018 510
2019 500

Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 180
2005 180
2006 250
2007 270
2008 300
2009 270
2010 230
2011 260
2012 270
2013 340
2014 300
2015 240
2016 270
2017 320
2018 370
2019 450

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Year Number
2004 2,740
2005 3,300
2006 3,610
2007 3,840
2008 3,850
2009 4,290
2010 4,600
2011 4,600
2012 4,310
2013 4,180
2014 4,040
2015 4,190
2016 4,430
2017 5,330
2018 5,570
2019 6,300

Life Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 730
2006 340
2007 360
2008 300
2009 240
2010 220
2011 250
2012 390
2013 200
2014 220
2015 210
2016 200
2017 210
2018 230
2019 240

Physicists
Year Number
2004 520
2005 520
2006 510
2007 490
2008 440
2009 480
2010 780
2011 810
2012 750
2013 690
2014 610
2015 720
2016 460
2017 460
2018 500
2019 650

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Year Number
2005 170
2006 210
2007 190
2008 170
2010 200
2011 210
2012 220
2013 220
2014 200
2015 220
2016 270
2017 260
2018 250

Chemists
Year Number
2004 1,400
2005 1,160
2006 1,450
2007 1,530
2008 1,600
2009 1,480
2010 1,910
2011 2,090
2012 2,080
2013 1,770
2014 1,410
2015 1,600
2016 1,590
2017 1,860
2018 1,720
2019 1,760

Materials Scientists
Year Number
2004 220
2005 180
2006 190
2007 190
2008 170
2009 180
2010 230
2011 420
2012 450
2013 350
2019 350

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Year Number
2004 3,060
2005 3,330
2006 3,570
2007 3,620
2008 3,790
2009 3,810
2010 3,880
2011 3,880
2012 3,610
2013 4,010
2014 3,930
2015 3,980
2016 3,340
2017 3,130
2018 2,880
2019 3,040

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Year Number
2004 850
2005 770
2006 920
2007 970
2008 1,120
2009 1,030
2010 900
2011 970
2012 930
2013 1,120
2014 980
2015 1,070
2016 1,070
2017 1,030
2018 880
2019 1,030

Hydrologists
Year Number
2004 370
2005 520
2006 520
2007 470
2008 370
2009 400
2010 380
2011 440
2012 360
2013 430
2014 350
2015 410
2016 370
2017 430
2018 380
2019 310

Physical Scientists, All Other
Year Number
2004 730
2005 800
2006 660
2007 570
2008 290
2009 400
2010 450
2011 490
2012 410
2013 380
2014 350
2015 340
2016 310
2017 300
2018 300
2019 270

Economists
Year Number
2004 610
2005 550
2006 480
2007 450
2008 420
2009 390
2010 380
2011 240
2012 270
2013 390
2014 340
2015 330
2016 310
2017 400
2018 400
2019 400

Survey Researchers
Year Number
2004 50
2005 110
2006 90
2007 160
2008 110
2009 100
2010 100
2011 100
2012 100
2013 100
2014 140
2015 150
2016 140
2017 140
2018 130
2019 90

School Psychologists
Year Number
2004 2,080
2005 2,130
2006 2,150
2007 1,920
2008 1,910
2009 1,850
2010 1,940
2011 2,000
2012 1,730
2013 1,640
2014 1,760
2015 1,880
2016 2,050
2017 2,160
2018 2,330

Psychologists, All Other
Year Number
2004 150
2005 140
2006 190
2007 220
2008 220
2009 240
2010 290
2011 350
2012 340
2013 400
2014 410
2015 380
2016 390
2017 410
2018 370
2019 470

Sociologists
Year Number
2007 80
2009 150
2010 140
2011 170
2012 140
2013 140
2014 90
2015 80
2016 80
2017 80
2018 80
2019 90

Urban and Regional Planners
Year Number
2004 2,460
2005 2,330
2006 2,500
2007 2,470
2008 2,760
2009 2,940
2010 2,670
2011 2,780
2012 2,760
2013 2,510
2014 2,180
2015 2,150
2016 2,070
2017 2,090
2018 2,110
2019 2,250

Anthropologists and Archeologists
Year Number
2004 160
2005 140
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 140
2011 190
2012 190
2013 150
2014 150
2015 210
2016 220
2017 210
2018 190
2019 170

Geographers
Year Number
2004 30
2005 30
2010 30
2011 50
2012 60
2013 50
2014 30
2015 30
2016 30
2017 40
2018 40
2019 50

Historians
Year Number
2004 40
2005 40
2006 70
2007 60
2008 60
2009 50
2010 40
2011 60
2012 60
2013 40
2018 30

Political Scientists
Year Number
2004 80
2005 70
2006 90
2007 90
2008 120
2009 140
2010 60
2011 100
2012 100
2013 90
2014 100
2015 120
2016 100
2017 110
2018 110
2019 120

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 830
2005 1,040
2006 870
2007 880
2008 710
2009 840
2010 830
2011 840
2012 730
2013 630
2014 650
2015 680
2016 740
2017 800
2018 760
2019 900

Agricultural Technicians
Year Number
2019 240

Food Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 660
2005 590
2006 420
2007 470
2008 470
2009 470
2010 510
2011 450
2012 470
2013 390
2014 390
2015 300
2016 330
2017 270
2018 270

Biological Technicians
Year Number
2004 3,480
2005 3,310
2006 3,410
2007 3,320
2008 3,420
2009 3,540
2010 3,610
2011 3,460
2012 3,200
2013 3,220
2014 2,950
2015 2,950
2016 2,760
2017 3,050
2018 3,200
2019 3,210

Chemical Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,000
2005 1,020
2006 910
2007 970
2008 960
2009 810
2010 1,040
2011 1,050
2012 1,010
2013 710
2014 760
2015 940
2016 910
2017 1,000
2018 890
2019 830

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Year Number
2004 590
2005 920
2006 830
2007 970
2008 740
2009 720
2010 750
2011 1,110
2012 1,160
2013 1,160
2014 910
2015 830
2016 1,050
2017 1,270
2018 1,280
2019 1,310

Hydrologic Technicians
Year Number
2004 80
2005 30
2007 40
2008 100
2009 90
2010 80
2011 110
2012 90
2013 80
2014 50
2015 60
2016 90
2017 60
2018 70

Nuclear Technicians
Year Number
2010 390
2012 90
2014 260
2016 40
2017 40

Social Science Research Assistants
Year Number
2004 660
2005 740
2006 960
2007 980
2008 930
2009 830
2010 660
2011 490
2012 370
2013 290
2014 280
2015 350
2016 330
2017 400
2018 420
2019 380

Forest and Conservation Technicians
Year Number
2004 1,460
2005 1,590
2006 1,610
2007 1,450
2008 1,810
2009 1,410
2010 1,410
2011 1,260
2012 1,270
2013 1,230
2014 1,290
2015 1,230
2016 1,290
2017 1,320
2018 1,260
2019 480

Forensic Science Technicians
Year Number
2004 350
2005 310
2006 310
2007 300
2008 300
2009 160
2010 140
2011 170
2012 200
2013 280
2014 280
2015 300
2016 460
2017 600
2018 550
2019 400

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
Year Number
2004 1,510
2005 1,250
2006 1,160
2007 1,470
2008 1,390
2009 1,530
2010 1,340
2011 1,370
2012 1,240
2013 1,100
2014 1,020
2015 1,200
2016 1,420
2017 1,550
2018 1,600
2019 1,390

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Year Number
2004 1,470
2005 1,460
2006 1,650
2007 1,700
2008 3,100
2009 2,080
2010 2,180
2011 1,950
2012 2,100
2013 2,400
2014 2,340
2015 2,300
2016 2,160
2017 2,430
2018 3,000
2019 2,930

Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Year Number
2004 190
2005 190
2006 200
2007 270
2008 410
2009 340
2010 460
2011 530
2012 420
2013 300
2014 370
2015 440
2016 470
2017 0
2018 340
2019 510