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

Life, Physical and Social Science Employment & Annual Average Job Openings Base Year 2014 and Projected Year 2024 Table of Contents

SOC Occupation 2014 2024 Growth Rate Total Openings Growth Replacement 190000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 9,960 10,710 0.73 365 80 290 191000 Life Scientists 1,650 1,730 0.47 65 10 55 191012 Food Scientists and Technologists 20 30 4.14 0 0 0 191013 Soil and Plant Scientists 90 90 0.00 5 0 5 191021 Biochemists and Biophysicists *** *** 2.26 0 0 0 191022 Microbiologists 130 140 0.74 5 0 5 191023 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 110 110 0.00 5 0 5 191029 Biological Scientists, All Other 210 220 0.47 5 0 5 191031 Conservation Scientists 110 110 0.00 5 0 5 191032 Foresters 310 320 0.32 15 0 15 191041 Epidemiologists 40 40 0.00 0 0 0 191042 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 540 580 0.72 20 5 15 191099 Life Scientists, All Other 40 40 0.00 0 0 0 192000 Physical Scientists 2,620 2,820 0.74 85 20 65 192011 Astronomers 30 30 0.00 0 0 0 192012 Physicists 230 250 0.84 5 0 5 192021 Atmospheric and Space Scientists 180 210 1.55 5 5 5 192031 Chemists 720 760 0.54 20 5 15 192032 Materials Scientists 90 100 1.06 5 0 0 192041 Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 930 1,010 0.83 35 5 30 192042 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 250 280 1.14 10 5 10 192099 Physical Scientists, All Other 180 180 0.00 0 0 0 193000 Social Scientists and Related Workers 1,930 2,170 1.18 60 25 35 193011 Economists 30 30 0.00 0 0 0 193022 Survey Researchers *** *** 0.00 0 0 0 193031 Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 960 1,180 2.08 40 20 20 193032 Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 20 20 0.00 0 0 0 193039 Psychologists, All Other 150 150 0.00 5 0 5 193051 Urban and Regional Planners 350 360 0.28 5 0 5 193091 Anthropologists and Archeologists 100 110 0.96 0 0 0 193093 Historians 60 60 0.00 0 0 0 193099 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 220 200 -0.95 5 0 5 194000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians 3,760 3,990 0.60 155 25 135 194011 Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 360 390 0.80 15 0 10 194021 Biological Technicians 810 890 0.95 30 5 25 194031 Chemical Technicians 770 770 0.00 25 0 25 194041 Geological and Petroleum Technicians 100 110 0.96 5 0 5 194051 Nuclear Technicians 100 100 0.00 5 0 5 194061 Social Science Research Assistants 20 20 0.00 0 0 0 194091 Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 430 470 0.89 20 5 20 194092 Forensic Science Technicians 190 230 1.93 10 5 10 194093 Forest and Conservation Technicians 250 250 0.00 10 0 10 194099 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 730 770 0.53 35 5 30

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 (2014) and projected (2024) 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.