Figure 1. U.S. civilian labor force in IT occupations (all industries), 2010–14 average
Occupation Number Percent distribution

Computer programmers

 2,347,210 10.9

Computer scientists and systems analysts, network systems analysts, and web developers

 6,424,841 29.9

Software developers, applications and systems software

 5,039,145 23.5

Computer and information systems managers

 2,717,383 12.7

Computer hardware engineers

 301,919 1.4

Computer support specialists

 2,905,396 13.5

Database administrators

 572,784 2.7

Network and computer systems administrators

 1,149,197 5.4

Note: Because of rounding, percentages may not add up to 100.

Source: IPUMS-USA and authors' calculations.