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Media Advisory 05-016
Labor Day: NSF's Portrait of the Workforce
September 1, 2005
With the approach of another Labor Day, the National Science Foundation (NSF) can offer a rich array of data about the nation's science and engineering workforce. The foundation's biannual report, "Science and Engineering Indicators," describes how employment has evolved in a variety of categories, including gender. And a number of other NSF-funded surveys analyze factors such as immigration and emigration, labor markets, and state-by-state comparisons.
For example:
- The number of jobs in the U.S. labor force that require S&E skills is growing faster than the rest of the labor force--which means that we may soon see a gap between supply and demand of S&E-trained employees.
- The percentage of foreign-born mathematicians and computer scientists in the U.S. workforce has nearly doubled since 1990.
- The states with the more educated workforces (that is, more workers with a bachelor's degree) are not necessarily the same states that educate those workers.
NSF also funds a long-running survey called the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), which show the ups and downs of American family incomes over time. PSID is described in a Special Report on Surveys. http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/survey/index.jsp?id=income.
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Selected reports and briefs:
Science and Engineering Indicators 2004: Chapter 3 (S&E Labor Force)
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/c3/c3h.htm
Federal Scientists and Engineers
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf05304/
Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf03322/
Degrees in science and engineering occupations
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf04333/
Emigration of scientists and engineers
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf04327/
Related press releases:
NSF Puts Priority on Attracting and Educating a Skilled, Diverse Science and Engineering Workforce
http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100333
States Vary Widely on Indicators of Education, Workforce, R&D Spending and High-Tech Economies
http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100376
United States Still Leads in Science and Engineering, But Uncertainties Complicate Outlook
http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100377
National Science Foundation Releases "Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2004"
http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100398
Media Contacts
M. Mitchell Waldrop, NSF (703) 292-7752 mwaldrop@nsf.gov
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