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Table 3-4

Individuals with S&E as highest degree 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 non-S&E	1,743	20.7	28.8	50.5

NOTES: Non-S&E occupations include the 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, Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), preliminary estimates (2003), http://sestat.nsf.gov.

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