Biology Overview - Preparation - Specialty Areas - Day In The Life - Earnings - Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations

Employment
Biological scientists hold about 91,300 jobs in the United States. In addition, many biological scientists held biology faculty positions in colleges and universities but are not included in these numbers. About 40 percent of all biological scientists were employed by Federal, state, and local governments. Federal biological scientists worked mainly for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Defense and for the National Institutes of Health. Most of the rest worked in scientific research and testing laboratories, the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry, or educational institutions.

Employers
The following is a partial list of employers of Biologists:

Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies Abbott Laboratories Amgen Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Genentech GlaxoSmithKline Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Johnson & Johnson Merck & Company Procter & Gamble Company Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Hospitals and Medical Centers Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Cleveland Clinic Foundation Massachusetts General Hospital MD Andersen Cancer Center Members of Association of Academic Health Centers

U.S. Federal Government Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Department of Defense Environmental Protection Agency NASA National Institutes of Health Walter Reed Army Medical Center Educational Institutions Aquaria Botanical Gardens Colleges and Universities K-12 Schools Museums Zoos Professional Associations Professional Associations Serving Biologists Professional Associations Serving Women and Minority Groups

Note: Some resources in this section are provided by JGPerpich, LLC and the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.