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Related: About this forumCalifornia leads U.S. in science and engineering employment (LA Times)
California leads U.S. in science and engineering employmentBy Eryn Brown
August 20, 2013, 6:00 a.m.
California leads U.S. states in science and engineering employment, according to a new report from researchers at the National Science Foundation
In 2011, the state employed 786,653 people in science and engineering jobs nearly 14% of the 5.7 million workers in such occupations across the United States. New York and Texas were also science jobs standouts but with 328,851 and 450,316 jobs, respectively, they trail the Golden State.
The two local regions with the highest science and engineering employment were also in California: the Santa Clara or Silicon Valley area, with 143,329 jobs; and the Los Angeles region, with 141,719 jobs.
The NSF research, which used data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey, broke out science and engineering employment into subcategories including biological sciences, computer and mathematical sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and engineering.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-california-scientists-engineers-20130819,0,4605752.story
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California leads U.S. in science and engineering employment (LA Times) (Original Post)
pinto
Aug 2013
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antiquie
(4,299 posts)1. Tangible good news!
SunSeeker
(51,664 posts)2. Proud to be a Californian. nt
petronius
(26,603 posts)3. Of course, our population is about 45% higher than Texas', and
double New York's. So while the gap is still in our favor it's not as dramatic perhaps as the raw numbers suggest. Still a good sign, however - let's hope people realize that it's our education system that is in large part responsible for this outcome.
I'd also like to see a similar analysis for the arts...