Employment by Major Industry GroupEmployment by Occupational GroupAnnual Average Openings by Occupational GroupFastest Growing Occupations by Job GrowthFastest Declining Occupations by Job GrowthFastest Growing Occupations by Percentage ChangeOccupational Employment and Annual Average Job Needs
 
North Carolina Occupational Trends
 

Durham County WDB
(Durham County)
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Employment by Occupational Group
in 2006 and Projected to 2016

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Major Occupational Group
2006
Emp.
2016
Emp.
Annualized
Change
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians  *  *  *  *  * 
Atmospheric and Space Scientists  *  *  *  *  * 
Biochemists and Biophysicists  100  130  2.30 
Biological Scientists, All Other  160  190  2.16 
Biological Technicians  330  420  2.40 
Chemical Technicians  200  220  1.00 
Chemists  450  520  1.49 
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists  160  180  1.66 
Conservation Scientists  *  *  *  *  * 
Economists  *  *  *  *  * 
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians,  *  *  *  *  * 
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Includin 190  270  3.63 
Epidemiologists  *  *  *  *  * 
Forensic Science Technicians  *  *  *  *  * 
Forest and Conservation Technicians  *  *  *  *  * 
Foresters  *  *  *  *  * 
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists & Geographers  *  *  *  *  * 
Hydrologists  *  *  *  *  * 
Life Scientists, All Other  100  130  2.53 
Life, Physical & Social Science Technicians, Other 200  240  1.72 
Market Research Analysts  420  500  1.78 
Materials Scientists  *  *  *  *  * 
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists  250  300  2.11 
Microbiologists  *  *  *  *  * 
Physicists  *  *  *  *  * 
Psychologists, All Other  *  *  *  *  * 
Social Science Research Assistants  *  *  *  *  * 
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other  120  140  1.60 
Sociologists  *  *  *  *  * 
Soil and Plant Scientists  *  *  *  *  * 
Survey Researchers  50  60  1.64 
Urban and Regional Planners  50  60  1.95 
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists  *  *  *  *  * 

* Indicates suppressed employment lower than 50