Table 8-3
Personnel engaged in research and development — by industry and by occupational category, 2009^p

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by industry and by occupational category, 2009

Table summary
This table displays the results of by industry and by occupational category professionals, technicians, other and total, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number
	Professionals	Technicians	Other	Total
Total	86,964 ^A	47,358 ^A	15,601 ^A	149,923 ^A
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	627 ^C	925 ^B	518 ^C	2,070 ^B
Agriculture	520 ^C	803 ^B	470 ^C	1,793 ^B
Forestry and logging	48 ^C	86 ^A	19 ^B	153 ^B
Fishing, hunting and trapping	59 ^C	36 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	29 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	124 ^C
Mining and oil and gas extraction	949 ^B	747 ^A	129 ^C	1,825 ^B
Oil and gas extraction	756 ^B	436 ^A	101 ^C	1,293 ^B
Mining	193 ^B	311 ^B	28 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	532 ^C
Utilities	785 ^A	361 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1,377 ^A
Electric power	590 ^A	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	994 ^A
Other utilities	195 ^A	123 ^A	65 ^A	383 ^A
Construction	733 ^B	857 ^B	318 ^C	1,908 ^D
Manufacturing	37,244 ^A	19,747 ^A	9,116 ^A	66,107 ^A
Food	1,029 ^A	1,048 ^A	475 ^A	2,552 ^B
Beverage and tobacco	76 ^D	96 ^D	62 ^D	234 ^C
Textile	196 ^A	240 ^A	128 ^A	564 ^B
Wood products	Note F: too unreliable to be published	410 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	392 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	1,055 ^D
Paper	311 ^A	268 ^A	91 ^A	670 ^D
Printing	391 ^A	550 ^A	148 ^B	1,089 ^A
Petroleum and coal products	784 ^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Pharmaceutical and medicine	2,072 ^A	1,032 ^A	1,251 ^A	4,355 ^A
Other chemicals	1,350 ^A	848 ^A	701 ^A	2,899 ^B
Plastic products	707 ^A	823 ^A	302 ^A	1,832 ^A
Rubber products	204 ^A	134 ^C	Note F: too unreliable to be published	369 ^A
Non-metallic mineral products	386 ^A	428 ^A	129 ^C	943 ^A
Primary metal (ferrous)	132 ^A	119 ^B	46 ^C	297 ^D
Primary metal (non-ferrous)	394 ^A	268 ^A	104 ^B	766 ^B
Fabricated metal products	1,412 ^A	2,261 ^A	572 ^B	4,245 ^A
Machinery	4,076 ^A	3,167 ^A	970 ^A	8,213 ^A
Computer and peripheral equipment	488 ^A	125 ^B	67 ^D	680 ^A
Communications equipment	8,496 ^A	708 ^A	240 ^A	9,444 ^A
Semiconductor and other electronic components	3,697 ^A	555 ^A	222 ^A	4,474 ^A
Navigational, measuring, medical and control instruments	3,383 ^A	1,144 ^A	351 ^B	4,878 ^A
Other computer and electronic products	197 ^A	139 ^A	39 ^B	375 ^B
Electrical equipment, appliance and components	1,224 ^B	649 ^A	225 ^B	2,098 ^B
Motor vehicle and parts	1,191 ^A	1,039 ^A	391 ^A	2,621 ^B
Aerospace products and parts	2,590 ^A	1,224 ^A	1,132 ^A	4,946 ^A
All other transportation equipment	601 ^A	329 ^A	186 ^A	1,116 ^A
Furniture and related products	305 ^C	447 ^A	207 ^B	959 ^C
Other manufacturing industries	1,299 ^A	1,426 ^A	548 ^B	3,273 ^B
Services	46,626 ^A	24,721 ^A	5,289 ^A	76,636 ^A
Wholesale trade	6,275 ^A	2,926 ^A	1,171 ^B	10,372 ^B
Retail trade	374 ^B	488 ^A	141 ^C	1,003 ^B
Transportation and warehousing	354 ^B	293 ^C	150 ^D	797 ^A
Information and cultural industries	6,777 ^A	5,684 ^A	409 ^D	12,870 ^A
Finance, insurance and real estate	1,933 ^A	819 ^B	193 ^C	2,945 ^B
Architectural, engineering and related services	6,932 ^A	1,606 ^A	310 ^B	8,848 ^A
Computer system design and related services	11,294 ^A	5,369 ^A	1,069 ^B	17,732 ^A
Management, scientific and technical consulting services	659 ^A	394 ^A	74 ^D	1,127 ^B
Scientific research and development services	8,545 ^A	4,469 ^A	1,240 ^A	14,254 ^A
Health care and social assistance	657 ^A	515 ^A	142 ^A	1,314 ^A
All other services	2,826 ^A	2,158 ^A	390 ^B	5,374 ^A
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published

Note(s):

Components may not add to totals due to rounding. Personnel counts are reported as full-time equivalent.

Date modified:: 2015-11-27

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Personnel engaged in research and development — by industry and by occupational category, 2009^p

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Table 8-3
Personnel engaged in research and development — by industry and by occupational category, 2009^p