Employment
Science technicians hold about 270,800
jobs in the United States. As indicated by the following tabulation,
chemical and biological technicians accounted for 54 percent of all jobs:
|
Biological technicians |
79,500 |
|
Chemical technicians |
61,100 |
|
Environmental science
and protection technicians, including health |
35,000 |
|
Forest and conservation
technicians |
34,000 |
|
Agricultural and food
science technicians |
21,900 |
|
Forensic science
technicians |
12,800 |
|
Geological and
petroleum technicians |
15,000 |
|
Nuclear
technicians |
6,400 |
About 30 percent of
biological technicians work in professional, scientific, or technical
services firms; most other biological technicians work in educational
services, Federal, State, and local governments, or pharmaceutical and
medicine manufacturing. Chemical technicians hold jobs in a wide range
of manufacturing and service-providing industries. About 39 percent work
in chemical manufacturing and another 30 percent work in professional,
scientific, or technical services firms. Most environmental science and
protection technicians work for State and local governments and
professional, scientific, and technical services firms. About 76 percent
of forest and conservation technicians hold jobs in the Federal
Government, mostly in the Forest Service; another 17 percent work for
State governments. Around 32 percent of agricultural and food science
technicians work in educational services and 20 percent work for food
processing companies; most of the rest are employed in agriculture.
Forensic science technicians work primarily for State and local
governments. Approximately 37 percent of all geological and petroleum
technicians work for oil and gas extraction companies.
Note: Some resources in this section provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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