United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

598 Science
No. 1026. Em p l o y m e n t o f S c ie n t is t s , E n g in e e r s , a n d T e c h n ic ia n s in Pr iv a t e In d u s t r y , by
O c c u p a t io n a n d M a j o r in d u s t r ia l S e c t o r : 1 980
[In thousands. As of August]
ITEM
Total
Mining
1
Trade
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation
Communlcations
Public
utilities
Finance,
insurance,
real
estate
Services
Scientists and engineers....... 1,281.0 50.2 54.1 694.7 7.9 42.2 37.7 71.7 38.7 283.6
Scientists........................................ 320.4 23.3 1.4 123.3 2.7 4.5 5.3 28.0 32.1 99.9
Physical scientists....................... 107.1 19.5 (Z) 61.8 .4 (Z) 1.5 1.1 (Z) 22.7
Life scientists.............................. 23.3 (Z) (Z) 13.3 (z) (Z) (Z) .5 (Z) 9.5
Mathematical scientists............... 29.6 .7 (Z) 8.8 .1 .4 (z) .7 8.4 10,4
Social scientists.......................... 13.5 (z) (Z) 2.8 (Z) .1 z .4 1.5 8.7
Psychologists.............................. 2.8 (Z) (Z) (2) (z) (Z) w (zj (Z) 2.8
Computer specialists................... 144.2 3.1 1.4 36.5 2.2 4.0 3.7 25.3 22.2 46.9
Engineers *..................................... 960.6 27.0 52.7 571.4 5.2 37.7 32.5 43.7 6.6 183.9
Civil engineers............................ 100.0 1.1 19.6 4.8 (Z) .8 2.4 16.7 (2) 54.6
Electrlcal/electronics eng............ 286.5 .5 8.2 170,6 .6 26.7 15.5 18.1 2 46.4
Mechanical engineers.................. 173.7 1.2 13.9 113.6 .8 .7 5.4 2.0 iz) 36.0
Technicians............................ 1,233.3 26.2 53.9 553.5 16.2 32.2 44.4 128.1 30.7 348.2
Engineering technicians *................ 854.3 18.1 49.9 374.7 4.6 26.7 34.7 93.9 2.9 248.8
Drafters....................................... 282.1 6.7 24.8 111.9 .2 4.8 7.0 5.5 1.7 119.5
Electrical/electronic tech............ 308.4 1.5 18.2 123.8 2.0 16.8 11.4 86.9 (Z) 47.8
Science technicians....................... 99.9 3.6 (Z) 70.7 .4 (Z) 1.4 1.7 P) 22.2
Computer programmers................... 179.3 2.1 1.4 55.4 5.0 4.2 3.7 18.6 27.8 61.2
All other technicians....................... 99.7 2.4 2.7 52.8 6.2 1.1 4.6 13.9 (Z) 16.0
Z Fewer than 50. 'Includes oil and gas extraction. 1 Includes engineers and technicians not shown separately.
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data.
N o. 1027. S c ie n t is t s a n d E n g in e e r s — E m p l o y m e n t in In s t it u t io n s o f H ig h e r E d u c a t io n , b y
F ie ld : 1965 t o 1981
[In thousands. As of January. Includes full-time and part-time personnel. Excludes graduate students who receive stipends for parttime
services as scientists or engineers. R and D=research and development]
FIELD 1965 1 975 1980 1981 FIELD 1965 1975 1980 1981
Total........................ 189.9 291.4 339.1 348.7 Math, and computer scien-
178.9 278.9 324.1 333.4 75.8 113.5 • 133.6 1137.2
Teaching staff_______ 122.0 215.0 (NA) (NA) Agricultural...................... 13.5 14.3 15.9 15.9
n u ll
P I .7 27.9 33.7 34.fi Biological......................... 24.3 3 8.2 44.8 46.3
3.1 4.9 5.5 5.7 Medical........................... 38.0 6 1.0 67.1 68.5
Psychologists...................... 9.4 2 1.6 23.3 23.3
Mechanical...................... 4.1 5.3 6.1 6.3
Social scientists_________ 32.9 4 8.7 54.1 55.1
Physical and environmental
science 1...................... 2 5.5 38.7 43.4 44.1
Federally funded R & D
Chemists......................... 10.7 16.1 17.6 18.1
Earth scientists............... . 4 .0 6.0 6.6 6.6
Physicists......................... 9.1 12.3 13,0 12.9
6 .0 6 .6 8.6 8.7
NA Not available. 1Includes other breakdown not shown separately.
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation, A c a d e m ic S c ie n c e S c ie n tis ts a n d E n g in e e rs , annual.
No. 1 02 8 . Pr o f e s s io n a l S c ie n t if ic , E n g in e e r in g , a n d T e c h n ic a l P e r s o n n e l in t h e F e d e r a l
G o v e r n m e n t , b y O c c u p a t io n a l G r o u p : 1 970 t o 1980
[In thousands, except percent As of October]
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP 1970 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980
PERCENT FEMALE
1970 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980
Total................................................ 206.2 221.9 229.2 236.7 1174.7 178.0 16.4 19.7 20.8 21.5 6.4 '7.3
Scientific personnel..................... .............. 77.2 77.3 81.4 "84.8 86.0 88.4 8.0 8.8 9.8 *10.7 11.6 12.8
Physical sciences.................................... 29.8 27.1 27.1 27.5 27.6 27.6 6.4 6.6 7.3 7.9 8.4 9.5
Mathematics and statistics...................... 8.6 10.0 10.6 11.2 11.4 11.6 17.4 15.9 16.7 17.6 18.5 18.9
Life sciences........................................... 26.9 26.4 28.3 29.3 29.5 30.5 4.1 5.1 6.1 6.6 7.5 8.7
Social sciences....................................... 6.6 8.0 9.1 9.4 10.3 10.5 16.2 17.6 19.9 21.8 22.2 23.3
Geography and cartography.................... 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.6 4.1 4.9 8.5 7.9 9.2 9.8 11.9 14.8
Psychology.............................................. 2.2 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3 13.7 14.6 15.1 16.0 16.7 16.8
Engineering personnel............................... 83.0 86.6 87.8 89.2 88.8 89.6 .5 .7 .9 1.1 1.3 1.9
Health professional personnel.................... 46.0 58.0 59.9 62.8 (NA) (NA) 59.2 62.7 65.1 65.0 (NA) (NA)
Health officers....................................... 13.0 13.4 11.7 12.1 (NA) (NA) 5.5 7.8 9.8 10.6 (NA) (NA)
NA Not available. 1Excludes health professional personnel. 1 includes community planning.
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation. Compiled from data supplied by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.