|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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| Chemical engineers |
49,000
|
57,000
|
4
|
1,960
|
2,280
|
32
|
88
|
2,200
|
22,000
|
| Civil engineers, including traffic engineers |
196,000
|
231,000
|
5
|
9,800
|
11,550
|
175
|
410
|
8,200
|
82,000
|
| Electrical & electronics engineers |
367,000
|
472,000
|
2
|
7,340
|
9,440
|
210
|
394
|
19,700
|
197,000
|
| Industrial engineers, except safety engineers |
115,000
|
131,000
|
4
|
4,600
|
5,240
|
64
|
156
|
3,900
|
39,000
|
| Mechanical engineers |
228,000
|
264,000
|
4
|
9,120
|
10,560
|
144
|
324
|
8,100
|
81,000
|
| All other engineers (includes Agricultural Engineers) |
326,000
|
373,000
|
40
|
130,400
|
149,200
|
1,880
|
5,360
|
13,400
|
134,000
|
| Landscape architects |
17,000
|
20,000
|
100
|
17,000
|
20,000
|
300
|
700
|
700
|
7,000
|
|
|
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| Agricultural & food scientists |
24,000
|
29,000
|
100
|
24,000
|
29,000
|
500
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
10,000
|
| Biological scientists |
83,000
|
103,000
|
20
|
16,600
|
20,600
|
400
|
520
|
2,600
|
26,000
|
| Chemists |
91,000
|
108,000
|
5
|
4,550
|
5,400
|
85
|
180
|
3,600
|
36,000
|
| Foresters & conservation scientists |
37,000
|
43,000
|
100
|
37,000
|
43,000
|
600
|
1,400
|
1,400
|
14,000
|
| Geologists, geophysicists, oceanographers |
47,000
|
54,000
|
2
|
940
|
1,080
|
14
|
34
|
1,700
|
17,000
|
| All other life scientists |
1,000
|
1,000
|
23
|
230
|
230
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Meteorologists |
7,000
|
8,000
|
4
|
280
|
320
|
4
|
8
|
200
|
2,000
|
| Statisticians |
14,000
|
14,000
|
9
|
1,260
|
1,260
|
0
|
18
|
200
|
2,000
|
| Surveyors |
101,000
|
99,000
|
8
|
8,080
|
7,920
|
-16
|
160
|
2,000
|
20,000
|
|
|
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| Clinical laboratory technicians and technologists |
285,000
|
328,000
|
3
|
8,550
|
9,840
|
129
|
210
|
7,000
|
70,000
|
| Engineering technicians |
698,000
|
767,000
|
4
|
27,920
|
30,680
|
276
|
912
|
22,800
|
228,000
|
| Forest and conservation workers |
40,000
|
41,000
|
50
|
20,000
|
20,500
|
50
|
750
|
1,500
|
15,000
|
| Gardeners, nursery workers, and laborers, landscaping and groundskeeping* |
817,000
|
975,000
|
5
|
40,850
|
48,750
|
790
|
1,785
|
35,700
|
357,000
|
| Inspectors, testers, and graders, precision |
634,000
|
610,000
|
5
|
31,700
|
30,500
|
-120
|
575
|
11,500
|
115,000
|
| Pest controllers & assistants |
60,000
|
73,000
|
10
|
6,000
|
7,300
|
130
|
240
|
2,400
|
24,000
|
| Science & mathematics technicians |
228,000
|
258,000
|
7
|
15,960
|
18,060
|
210
|
574
|
8,200
|
82,000
|
| Water & liquid waste treatment plant & system operators |
98,000
|
121,000
|
2
|
1,960
|
2,420
|
46
|
76
|
3,800
|
38,000
|
| All other technicians |
24,000
|
23,000
|
4
|
960
|
920
|
-4
|
28
|
700
|
7,000
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Drafters |
310,000
|
317,000
|
2
|
6,200
|
6,340
|
14
|
136
|
6,800
|
68,000
|
| Veterinarians & veterinary inspectors |
58,000
|
71,000
|
100
|
58,000
|
71,000
|
1,300
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
25,000
|
|
|
4,955,000
|
5,591,000
|
491,260
|
563,390
|
7,213
|
18,538
|
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Source: "TECHNICAL ADDENDUM, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES--Agriculture, Natural Resources and Veterinary Sciences, 2000-2005" Goecker, Gilmore, and Whatley.