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Skilled technical workforce occupations and employment in the American Community Survey: 2017
The American Community Survey does not cover employment among self-employed workers and employment in private households. Employment estimates are of employed individuals aged 25 and older. Values do not include those employed in military occupations.
September 26, 2019
Public assessment of the danger of climate change to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018
Responses are to the following: In general, do you think that a rise in the world's temperature caused by the "greenhouse effect" is…[1 Extremely dangerous], [2 Very dangerous], [3 Somewhat dangerous... In general, do you think that a rise in the world's temperature caused by climate change is…[1... Categories do not add to total n because "don't know" responses and refusals to respond are not shown. b For science and mathematics education, "low" equates to five or fewer high school and college science or mathematics courses, "middle" is six
May 15, 2020
Temporary work visas issued in categories with many high-skill workers: FYs 1991–2017
September 26, 2019
SEH doctorate holders employed in academia, by type of position: 1973–2017
September 26, 2019
Estimated number of researchers in selected regions, countries, or economies: 2009–16
September 26, 2019
Scientists and engineers, by occupation and highest degree field: 2019
Scientists and engineers include those with one or more S&E or S&E-related degrees at the bachelor's level or higher or those who have only a non-S&E degree at the bachelor's level or higher and are employed in an S&E or S&E-related occupation. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
August 31, 2021
Employment in the STEM workforce, by state: 2021
STEM is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Quartiles are based on point estimates and do not account for sampling variability.
March 13, 2024
Employment sector of workers with a bachelor's degree or higher, by broad occupational category and degree field: 2019
Scientists and engineers include those with one or more S&E or S&E-related degrees at the bachelor's level or higher or those who have only a non-S&E degree at the bachelor's level or higher and are employed in an S&E or S&E-related occupation. Detail may not add to total because of rounding
August 31, 2021
Employed scientists and engineers, by sex and occupation: 2019
Scientists and engineers include those with one or more S&E or S&E-related degrees at the bachelor's level or higher and those who have only a non-S&E degree at the bachelor's level or higher and are employed in an S&E or S&E-related occupation. Non-S&E occupations include middle-skill and non-STEM
August 31, 2021
Respondents expressing confidence in scientists to act in the best interests of the public, by education level: 2016, 2020, and 2022
Data collected in May–June 2016, November 2020, and September 2022. Percentages do not add to 100% because not all responses are shown.
March 13, 2024
Median earnings and prevalence of the skilled technical workforce in select occupations, by STEM group and educational attainment: 2021
S&E = science and engineering; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; STW = skilled technical workforce.... Data include the employed, civilian, non-institutionalized population ages 16–75 and exclude those currently enrolled in primary or secondary school. Earnings data represent full-time, year-round workers only. Only select occupations are shown; therefore, granular occupations do not add up
May 30, 2024
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited journal articles in natural resources and conservation, whole count, by region, country, or economy: 1996–2018
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October 28, 2021
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