Table 3-5 |
Individuals with highest degree in S&E employed in non-S&E occupations, by occupation and relation of degree to job: 2003 |
(Percent) |
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Degree related to job |
Occupation |
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n (thousands) |
|
Closely |
|
Somewhat |
|
Not |
|
All non-S&E |
|
6,022 |
|
33.3 |
|
32.9 |
|
33.8 |
Sales and marketing |
|
950 |
|
16.3 |
|
34.9 |
|
48.8 |
Management related |
|
842 |
|
26.1 |
|
40.1 |
|
33.8 |
Non-S&E managers |
|
545 |
|
34.8 |
|
43.5 |
|
21.7 |
Health related |
|
402 |
|
53.3 |
|
30.4 |
|
16.3 |
Social services |
|
340 |
|
67.1 |
|
24.8 |
|
8.1 |
Technologists and technicians |
|
289 |
|
47.4 |
|
35.4 |
|
17.2 |
K–12 teachers (other than S&E) |
|
275 |
|
54.2 |
|
29.3 |
|
16.5 |
S&E K–12 teachers |
|
190 |
|
78.4 |
|
18.2 |
|
3.4 |
Management of S&E |
|
188 |
|
57.1 |
|
35.2 |
|
7.7 |
Arts and humanities |
|
163 |
|
20.7 |
|
36.7 |
|
42.6 |
Non-S&E postsecondary teachers |
|
52 |
|
62.9 |
|
24.9 |
|
12.2 |
Other S&E related |
|
44 |
|
70.0 |
|
24.7 |
|
5.3 |
Other non-S&E |
|
1,743 |
|
20.7 |
|
28.8 |
|
50.5 |
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NOTES: Non-S&E occupations includes Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) categories "non-S&E" and "S&E related." Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, SESTAT database, 2003, http://sestat.nsf.gov. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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