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Technical table A-1 and table A-2 were updated to the field of study and occupation taxonomy used in the 2023 NSCG questionnaire. Table 2-4, table 3-1, and table 3-2 added a footnote to clarify the “sociologists” occupation category.
Occupation and field of study labels were corrected in the SAS file formats and codebooks of the 2023 NSCG public use files. Of note, prior to 2023, occupation code 432360 represented all psychologists, including clinical. In 2023, a new code (611150) was introduced for psychologists in health services (e.g., clinical), and code 432360 was updated to represent only research and applied psychologists.
The derivation of three location variables (RESPLO3/RESPLCUS/RESPLOC) was corrected in the 2021 NSCG public use files (as of 23 May 2025) and the 2017 and 2019 NSCG public use files (as of 23 September 2025).
In addition, because of a data processing error, information about some respondents’ first bachelor’s degrees was missing from the 2021 NSCG data file. This information was restored and resulted in changes to other related educational history variables, including undergraduate financing information, updated on 23 May 2025.
All corrections to the public use files also have been updated in the restricted use files.
There were errors in processing highest degree information that, once discovered, led to a change in the data file from which the tables are produced. The data in tables: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 3-1, 3-4, 4-1, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-1, 6-3, and 6-4 have been revised. In an unrelated error, the Technical Notes section on imputation has been corrected to say that the nonresponse rate of returning sample members on citizenship status was 0.6%.
The text of this product has been corrected to change the end year from 2022 to 2020 in the following sentence: “During the COVID pandemic, the number of temporary visa holders enrolled first-time, full-time as master’s students in SEH sank from 28,568 to 12,678 for men and fell from 19,042 to 9,703 for women between 2019 and 2020.” The figure beneath this text is unaffected.
This product’s text has been corrected to properly place the biotechnology contributions of the city of Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The original text incorrectly identified Boston as a city in Middlesex County. Boston is within Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The county data within the figure is unaffected.
Four of the technical tables were updated by correcting data or adding missing data. For table A-4, 2022 data were corrected for all unit counts for the following fields: agricultural sciences; chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering; civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields; electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering; industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research; metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields; other engineering; and other health.
For table A-8, detailed fields were added under the broad fields of science, engineering, and health for fall 2022.
For table A-11, imputation rate data for Total, Unknown ethnicity and race (Excel cell B16) was corrected from 18.3 to 3.4 and the number imputed for Total, Unknown ethnicity and race (Excel cell B29) was corrected from 600 to 91.
For table A-16, Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes with fewer than six characters were corrected by appending trailing zeros. Missing labels for CIP code 60.0750 were provided.
The titles, descriptions, and callouts of data files SWBINV-1, SWBINV-2, and SWBINV-3 were inadvertently switched between the three files. These items have been corrected in all locations; the data values within the files are unchanged.
In table 2, the estimates for FY 2021 were generated from microdata that included some uncorrected balance errors. This affected all cells except for the one with All R&D, Total. This error was also seen in the text describing the table findings, where the proportion of nonfederally funded R&D total was listed as 32% instead of 31%. The table and the text have been corrected, so text now reads, “A higher proportion of the federally funded R&D total was spent on applied research (44%) compared to the nonfederally funded R&D total (31%).
Table 9-11 contained incorrect data under the column heading “Reason for part-time status, Chronic illness or permanent disability.” This response was not a survey option in 2013, and numbers given were the total number of persons working part time. This column has been deleted; no other data in the table are affected.
In table 9-36, the estimates presented for “Management or administration” were actually for its sub-category “Managing and supervising” (this subcategory is not reported on the table). In addition, the estimates reported in the “Other” category were incorrect. The estimates in both categories have been corrected. The replacement table corrects these issues and updates all estimates to use final, rather than preliminary, 2013 SESTAT data.
In the Occupation theme’s Figure 5-D (Employed Hispanics within the science and engineering workforce as a percentage of selected occupations: 2013), the share for health technologists or technicians was corrected to be 14.5%. Also, Computer system analysts was inadvertently listed under S&E-related occupations rather than S&E occupations. The figure has been corrected.
In the Occupation theme’s Figure 5-E (Age at onset of disability within the science and engineering workforce: 2013) ten-year-olds were inadvertently included in the category “Younger than 10 years” and excluded from the category “10–19 years.” The figure has been corrected. The value for “Younger than 10 years” is 8.0%, and the value for “10–19 years” is 15.3%.
Table 9-11 contained incorrect data under the column heading “Reason for part-time status, Chronic illness or permanent disability.” This response was not a survey option in 2010, and numbers given were the total number of persons working part time. This column has been deleted; no other data in the table are affected.
In table 9-36, the estimates presented for “Management and administration” were actually for its sub-category “Managing and supervising” (this subcategory is not reported on the table). In addition, the estimates reported in the “Other” category were incorrect. The estimates in both categories have been corrected.
In the Persons with Disabilities theme’s Figure 6-E (Age at onset of disability among scientists and engineers: 2010), ten-year-olds were inadvertently included in the category: “Younger than 10 years” and excluded from the category “10–19 years.” The figure has been corrected. The value for “Younger than 10 years” is 6.2%, and the value for “10–19 years” is 13.1%.
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