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2010-2020 CT Employment Projections for Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations - Employment Projections (2010-2020)

Group Title / Job Title / Green Info		 Employment Projections 2010-2020 Annual Openings 2012 Wages Education/Requirements Employment
2010 2020 Change % Growth Total Hot Jobs Hourly Annual All Work Exp/Programs Employers/Jobs
Life, Physical, and Social Science13,63915,9182,27916.722860137.2677,506Life, Physical, and Social Science OccupationsEmployment and Wages
Life Scientists2,9903,73874825.075110
Food Scientists and Technologists job descriptionFood Scientists and Technologists1071282119.6%26Connecticut Food Scientists and Technologists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Soil and Plant Scientists job descriptionSoil and Plant ScientistsONET Green Job description7584912.0%1437.9778,965Connecticut Soil and Plant Scientists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Biochemists and Biophysicists job descriptionBiochemists and Biophysicists1472055839.5%6944.9193,411Connecticut Biochemists and Biophysicists Occupational Employment and WagesDoctoral/ProfessionalAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Microbiologists job descriptionMicrobiologists282301196.7%2833.8570,395Connecticut Microbiologists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists job descriptionZoologists and Wildlife BiologistsONET Green Job description636523.2%0142.5088,386Connecticut Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Biological Scientists, All Other job descriptionBiological Scientists, All Other737634.1%0239.5282,197Connecticut Biological Scientists, All Other Occupational Employment and WagesDoctoral/ProfessionalAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Conservation Scientists job descriptionConservation ScientistsONET Green Job description959944.2%0134.0270,760Connecticut Conservation Scientists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Foresters job descriptionForesters6675913.6%1229.7961,966Connecticut Foresters Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Epidemiologists job descriptionEpidemiologists1061231716.0%2337.9278,874Connecticut Epidemiologists Occupational Employment and WagesMaster  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists job descriptionMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists1,8562,44058431.5%5870Top Occupations by growth54.82114,046Connecticut Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Occupational Employment and WagesDoctoral/ProfessionalAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Life Scientists, All Other job descriptionLife Scientists, All Other1181402218.6%23Connecticut Life Scientists, All Other Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Physical Scientists3,0743,52645214.745141
Physicists job descriptionPhysicistsONET Green Job description14214864.2%1548.70101,282Connecticut Physicists Occupational Employment and WagesDoctoral/ProfessionalAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Chemists job descriptionChemistsONET Green Job description1,5241,74822414.7%227237.7978,590Connecticut Chemists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Materials Scientists job descriptionMaterials ScientistsONET Green Job description1191614235.3%4843.1689,784Connecticut Materials Scientists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health job descriptionEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthONET Green Job description9151,02811312.4%113835.7074,265Connecticut Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers job descriptionGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and GeographersONET Green Job description921061415.2%1434.4071,560Connecticut Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Hydrologists job descriptionHydrologistsONET Green Job description6269711.3%1334.6772,117Connecticut Hydrologists Occupational Employment and WagesMaster  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Physical Scientists, All Other job descriptionPhysical Scientists, All OtherONET Green Job description1882253719.7%41158.70122,110Connecticut Physical Scientists, All Other Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Social Scientists and Related Workers4,5355,19365814.566207
Economists job descriptionEconomistsONET Green Job description228245177.5%2945.0793,745Connecticut Economists Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Survey Researchers job descriptionSurvey Researchers60270310116.8%102626.9456,030Connecticut Survey Researchers Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists job descriptionClinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists2,9783,44446615.6%47141Top Occupation by Openings38.7380,555Connecticut Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists Occupational Employment and WagesDD/PDIntern/Res.Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Psychologists, All Other job descriptionPsychologists, All Other2042282411.8%2843.7891,060Connecticut Psychologists, All Other Occupational Employment and WagesMasterIntern/Res.Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Urban and Regional Planners job descriptionUrban and Regional PlannersONET Green Job description254275218.3%2836.5275,966Connecticut Urban and Regional Planners Occupational Employment and WagesMaster  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other job descriptionSocial Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherONET Green Job description226247219.3%21139.4582,055Connecticut Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians3,0403,46142113.942143
Biological Technicians job descriptionBiological Technicians1,0581,22817016.1%175324.8951,765Connecticut Biological Technicians Occupational Employment and WagesBachelors  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Chemical Technicians job descriptionChemical TechniciansONET Green Job description620675558.9%61521.9745,708Connecticut Chemical Technicians Occupational Employment and WagesAssociatesModerateAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Social Science Research Assistants job descriptionSocial Science Research Assistants60791931.7%2422.6747,146Connecticut Social Science Research Assistants Occupational Employment and WagesAssociates  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health job descriptionEnvironmental Science and Protection Technicians, Incl. HealthONET Green Job description516557417.9%42624.7651,502Connecticut Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Occupational Employment and WagesAssociatesModerateAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Forensic Science Technicians job descriptionForensic Science Technicians65761116.9%1433.0768,784Connecticut Forensic Science Technicians Occupational Employment and WagesBachelorsModerateAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Forest and Conservation Technicians job descriptionForest and Conservation TechniciansONET Green Job description677146.0%0332.2167,011Connecticut Forest and Conservation Technicians Occupational Employment and WagesAssociates  Available training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other job descriptionLife, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherONET Green Job description49961611723.5%123326.4555,027Connecticut Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other Occupational Employment and WagesAssociatesModerateAvailable training programsSearch for employers using InfoGroupSearch for employment using CT Job Central

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