Civilian Employment of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians, by Occupation and Industry statistics


		Wage and			Wage and			Wage and
		salary workers			salary workers			salary workers

Occupation					Trans-					Self
					por					em-
	Total ¹	Min-	Con-	Manufac-	ta-	Trade	Fire ⁴	Serv-	Govern-	ployed ⁵
		ing ²	struction	turing	tion ³			ices	ment

1996
Scientists, engineers,
and technicians	4,885.5	54.6	67.2	1,394.5	208.9	236.5	192.1	1,792.2	694.2	235.9
Scientists	665.7	11.4	0.4	79.9	5.4	3.8	11.8	258.9	197.9	92.5
Physical scientists	206.7	9.9	0.4	51.3	3.0	2.4	0.8	81.6	47.2	10.2
Life scientists	180.0	0.2	0.1	27.1	1.2	1.4	0.4	62.9	74.7	8.3
Mathematical scientists	15.6	(NA)	(NA)	1.5	0.4	(NA)	3.1	4.5	4.8	1.3
Social scientists	263.5	1.3	(NA)	(NA)	0.8	(NA)	7.6	109.9	71.2	72.7
Computer systems analysts,
engineers and scientists	932.8	3.7	2.1	196.6	42.2	60.8	86.5	375.0	107.4	58.4
Engineers ⁵	1,382.4	18.9	31.0	620.4	68.7	39.1	10.5	370.0	177.9	45.8
Civil engineers	196.1	0.6	10.9	7.5	5.3	0.5	0.4	86.6	71.3	13.0
Electrical/electronics	367.2	0.6	9.4	163.6	34.6	13.5	1.3	96.1	34.9	13.1
Mechanical engineers	227.9	1.6	5.1	131.2	4.2	7.2	(NA)	61.6	11.8	4.0
Engineering and science technicians	1,235.8	15.7	29.4	432.8	66.9	91.7	4.3	423.0	154.9	11.8
Electrical/electronics
technicians	297.4	1.0	7.9	104.3	21.4	69.5	1.4	70.0	20.3	1.7
Engineering technicians	400.2	4.9	4.2	150.9	25.5	11.4	0.3	105.9	92.9	3.2
Drafters	309.9	1.9	16.9	96.5	16.7	7.1	1.3	152.2	10.2	4.6
Science technicians	228.3	8.0	0.4	81.1	3.3	3.7	1.2	94.9	31.5	2.3
Surveyors	100.7	2.4	2.6	0.1	2.8	(NA)	0.7	62.5	22.0	7.5
Computer programmers	568.0	2.4	1.5	64.8	22.8	41.0	78.3	302.9	34.0	20.0

1998
Scientists, engineers,
and technicians	5,818.5	45.4	82.8	1,427.9	260.6	308.6	311.7	2,316.1	692.7	356.5
Scientists	711.9	8.3	0.3	57.9	6.7	8.6	13.8	274.2	198.5	120.7
Physical scientists	200.6	8.2	0.2	54.2	3.6	3.0	0.4	75.4	45.7	8.0
Life scientists	176.7	0.1	(NA)	(NA)	1.0	1.6	0.5	69.5	73.5	6.6
Mathematical scientists	14.0	(NA)	(NA)	2.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	6.9	4.0	(NA)
Social scientists	320.6	(NA) (NA)	(NA)	1.7	2.0	1.0	11.9	122.4	75.3	106.1
Computer systems analysts,
engineers and scientists	1,530.1	4.9	3.5	214.5	66.8	100.6	211.5	714.1	124.2	114.0
Engineers ⁵	1,464.0	15.0	35.4	667.0	77.3	47.4	13.2	390.4	166.1	49.9
Civil engineers	195.0	0.7	13.5	5.9	4.2	0.9	11.3	93.6	63.6	12.0
Electrical/electronics	357.0	0.4	6.8	163.4	35.4	14.9	1.5	87.1	32.1	15.6
Mechanical engineers	219.7	0.6	5.6	127.8	3.2	7.2	1.4	58.0	11.6	4.5
Engineering and science technicians	1,354.2	13.3	39.6	428.9	75.2	103.8	6.9	490.5	151.7	33.3
Electrical/electronics
technicians	334.8	0.9	15.6	113.7	29.2	71.9	2.0	78.0	16.2	5.8
Engineering technicians	771.3	2.7	6.5	259.8	54.4	91.0	2.6	227.1	101.1	8.2
Drafters	285.0	1.0	17.0	84.2	13.0	7.4	1.1	130.4	9.7	17.6
Science technicians	228.8	8.7	0.4	84.7	(NA)5.4	5.4	2.8	86.3	28.6	4.6
Surveyors^  110.1	110.1	2.1	2.8	0.2	(NA)	0.0	0.2	75.9	18.2	7.8
Computer programmers	648.2	1.8	1.2	59.4	34.9	48.2	66.1	371.0	34.0	30.8

NA Not available.
1 Includes agriculture, forestry, and fishing not shown separately.
2 Includes oil and gas extraction.
3 Includes communications and public utilities.
4 Finance, insurance, and real estate.
5 Includes secondary jobs.
6 Includes kinds of engineers and technicians not shown separately.
7 Includes cartographers, photogramnotrists, and surveying and mapping technicians.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, November 1999; and unpublished data. (Data collected biennially.)

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994. Civilian Employment of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians, by Occupation and Industry