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)
 
        Degree related to job
Occupation   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
 

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