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Employment
 According
to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer
scientists and database administrators hold about 507,000 jobs in the
U.S.,
including about 66,000 who were self-employed. Employment was
distributed among the detailed occupations as follows:
Network systems and data communication analysts 231,000
Database administrators 104,000
Computer and information scientists, research 22,000
Computer specialists, all other 149,000
Although they are increasingly employed in every sector of the economy,
the greatest concentration of these workers is in the computer systems
design and related services industry. Firms in this industry provide
services related to the commercial use of computers on a contract basis,
including custom computer programming services; computer systems
integration design services; computer facilities management services,
including computer systems or data processing facilities support
services for clients; and other computer-related services, such as
disaster recovery services and software installation. Many computer
scientists and database administrators are employed by Internet service
providers; Web search portals; and data processing, hosting, and related
services firms. Others work for government, manufacturers of computer
and electronic products, insurance companies, financial institutions,
and universities.
A growing number of computer specialists, such as network and data
communications analysts, are employed on a temporary or contract basis;
many of these individuals are self-employed, working independently as
contractors or consultants. For example, a company installing a new
computer system may need the services of several network systems and
data communication analysts just to get the system running. Because not
all of the analysts would be needed once the system is functioning, the
company might contract for such employees with a temporary help agency
or a consulting firm or with the network systems analysts themselves.
Such jobs may last from several months to 2 years or more. This growing
practice enables companies to bring in people with the exact skills they
need to complete a particular project, rather than having to spend time
or money training or retraining existing workers. Often, experienced
consultants then train a company's in-house staff as a project develops.The following is a partial
list of employers of Computer Scientists:
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Technology Intensive Firms
U.S. Federal Government
and State and Local Affiliates
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Other
Firms
Other Employers
- Colleges and
Universities
- K-12 Schools
- Professional
Associations
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Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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