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Employment Projections

Employment in STEM occupations

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Table 1.11 Employment in STEM occupations, 2025 and projected 2035 (Employment in thousands)
Occupation category Employment, 2025 Employment, 2035 Employment change, numeric, 2025–35 Employment change, percent, 2025–35 Median annual wage, dollars, 2025

Total, all occupations

170,280.8 176,198.5 5,917.6 3.5 50,980

STEM occupations

10,910.5 11,718.2 807.7 7.4 106,360

Non-STEM occupations

159,370.4 164,480.3 5,109.9 3.2 49,050

Note:

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations include computer and mathematical, architecture and engineering, and life and physical science occupations, as well as managerial and postsecondary teaching occupations related to these functional areas and sales occupations requiring scientific or technical knowledge at the postsecondary level. For more information, see https://www.bls.gov/oes/topics.htm#stem.

Wage data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. The wage data cover non-farm wage and salary workers and do not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers.

Employment subcategories do not necessarily add to higher categories due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last modified date: August 27, 2026