Descriptor
Employment Patterns | 36 |
Employment Statistics | 36 |
Scientists | 36 |
Engineers | 27 |
Higher Education | 17 |
Science Education | 16 |
Engineering Education | 10 |
Scientific Personnel | 9 |
College Science | 7 |
Doctoral Degrees | 7 |
Engineering | 7 |
More ▼ |
Source
Chemical and Engineering News | 7 |
BioScience | 1 |
Current Population Reports | 1 |
Engineering Education | 1 |
Monthly Labor Review | 1 |
SRS Data Brief | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Policymakers | 2 |
Practitioners | 2 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Peter, Walter G., III – BioScience, 1971
Descriptors: Biology, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Salaries

Chemical and Engineering News, 1975
Reports on employment statistics of minority groups among doctorate level scientists, engineers, and scholars indicating field of employment and minority representation in each field. (GS)
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers

Chemical and Engineering News, 1980
Reports survey results from the American Chemical Society (ACS) that indicate an erosion of chemists' salaries by soaring living costs. Numerous tables provide information regarding the employment status of industrial and academic ACS members and their salaries. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics

National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1985
This report presents national estimates of employment of scientists, engineers, and technicians (SETs) in manufacturing industries in 1983. The estimates are provided as data in five charts and three detailed statistical tables. Data in charts include: SETs by sector of employment; employment growth in high-technology and other manufacturing…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineering

Moylan, Maurice P. – Monthly Labor Review, 1974
Private industry is gradually replacing the Federal Government in peaceful atomic energy activities. As a consequence, employment in the field of atomic energy is increasing in private industry and decreasing in government-owned establishments. (AG)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers, Government Role
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1978
This survey was conducted by the Census Bureau under a contract with the National Science Foundation to measure the number of persons working as scientists, engineers, and technicians in the private business sector. A sample was drawn from all active employer establishments in the United States excluding colleges, universities, and governments.…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers, Industrial Personnel

Chemical and Engineering News, 1977
The results of the annual survey, conducted by the American Chemical Society of the salaries and employment status of its members in March 1977, are presented. The findings indicate that unemployment is dropping and salary increases are merely in step with the cost of living. (BT)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics

Chemical and Engineering News, 1977
Cites statistics of a National Science Foundation report on scientists and engineers in 1974. Reports that chemists are better educated, older, have a better chance of being employed, and do more work for industry, than other scientific personnel. (MLH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers

Chemical and Engineering News, 1975
According to a recent study made by the National Science Foundation (NSF), racial minority groups represented about 4 percent (or 53,000) of the 1.3 million scientists and engineers in the U.S. labor force during both 1970 and 1972. The bulk of the minority chemists were in two groups: 2900 were of Oriental descent, and 2100 were blacks. (MLH)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers, Minority Groups
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Board on Agriculture. – 1988
The Committee on Evaluation of Trends in Agricultural Research at the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Level was established to analyze issues related to the next generation of agricultural scientists. This report contains the findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding the status and future needs of agricultural scientists. This report focuses…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, College Science
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Human Resources. – 1976
This report focuses primarily on the 1975 employment status of 1930-1974 recipients of doctorates in science and engineering residing in the United States. Approximately 63,400 persons of the 314,000 individuals on the 1975 Roster of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers compiled by the National Research Council were sampled. A variable sampling ratio…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers
Blair, Larry M. – 1977
This report provides information about the number and characteristics of doctoral level engineers and scientists in primarily energy-related activities for 1975. The data included are part of an attempt to monitor the supply and demand of energy technology professionals. Chapter titles which indicate the types and arrangement of data are: (1)…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics

Chemical and Engineering News, 1987
Reports survey findings on the current status of employment and salaries of members of the American Chemical Society. The 1987 survey indicated that unemployment among chemists is about a third lower than it was last year, but that there was little change in the median salary. (ML)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Higher Education
Crowley, Michael F.; And Others – 1981
This report presents information describing labor market conditions for scientists and engineers, focusing only on those scientists and engineers who hold scientific or engineering (S/E) jobs. The scope of this report consists of an analysis of trends in the seventies, an attempt to identify in a qualitative way some of the factors that underlie…
Descriptors: College Science, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineering Education
Maxfield, Betty D.; Spisak, Andrew W. – 1979
This report looks at the characteristics of science and engineering (S/E) Ph.D.'s employed in business and industry. Data are presented from the 1973 and 1977 Surveys of Doctorate Recipients on demographic characteristics, academic background, the type of job held within business and industry, and the primary work actually performed. Contrasts…
Descriptors: Business, Data, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns