Alabama Department of Labor

SELECT Occupation Architecture and Engineering Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations Business and Financial Operations Occupations Community and Social Services Occupations Computer and Mathematical Occupations Construction and Extraction Occupations Education, Training and Library Occupations Farming, Fishing and Forestry Occupations Food Preparation and Serving-Related Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations Healthcare Support Occupations Installation, Maintenance and Repair Occupations Legal Occupations Life, Physical and Social Science Occupations Management Occupations Office and Administrative Support Occupations Personal Care and Service Occupations Production Occupations Protective Service Occupations Sales and Related Occupations Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Workforce Development Region 3

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Life, Physical and Social Science Employment & Annual Average Job Openings Base Year 2012 and Projected Year 2022

SOC Occupation 2012 2022 Growth Rate Total Openings Growth Replacement 190000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 460 510 1.04 20 5 15 191000 Life Scientists 60 60 0.00 0 0 0 191012 Food Scientists and Technologists 10 10 0.00 0 0 0 191013 Soil and Plant Scientists 10 20 7.18 0 0 0 191032 Foresters 20 20 0.00 0 0 0 192000 Physical Scientists 110 130 1.68 5 0 5 192012 Physicists *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 192021 Atmospheric and Space Scientists *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 192031 Chemists 10 10 0.00 0 0 0 192041 Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 30 30 0.00 0 0 0 192042 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 50 70 3.42 5 0 0 193000 Social Scientists and Related Workers 150 160 0.65 5 0 5 193011 Economists *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 193031 Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 90 90 0.00 0 0 0 193039 Psychologists, All Other *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 193041 Sociologists *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 193051 Urban and Regional Planners 20 20 0.00 0 0 0 193091 Anthropologists and Archeologists *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 193099 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 194000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians 150 160 0.65 5 0 5 194031 Chemical Technicians 30 30 0.00 0 0 0 194041 Geological and Petroleum Technicians 20 30 4.14 0 0 0 194061 Social Science Research Assistants *** *** 7.18 0 0 0 194091 Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, 10 10 0.00 0 0 0 194093 Forest and Conservation Technicians 10 10 0.00 0 0 0 194099 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 70 80 1.34 5 0 5

Data provided by the Alabama Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Division in cooperation with the Projections Managing Partnership and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Totals in some occupational groups may not add due to exclusion of sub-groups and/or individual occupations with employment of less than 10 in the base (2010) and projected (2020) years or where publication of the occupation would violate confidentiality. *** The data for these occupations are confidential according to standards provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1. Employment is rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Average Annual Growth is compounded. 3. Openings are rounded to the nearest 5.