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Figure 3-1. Science and technology employment: 1950–2000.

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Figure 3-2. Average annual growth rates of S&E occupations versus all workers: 1960–2000.

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Figure 3-3. Annual average growth rate of degree production and occupational employment, by S&E field: 1980–2000.

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Figure 3-4. U.S. workforce in S&E occupations: 1983–2006.

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Figure 3-5. Projected increase in employment, for S&E and selected other occupations: 2004–14.

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Figure 3-6. Projected job openings as percentage of 2004 employment, for S&E and selected other occupations: 2004–14.

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Figure 3-7. Inflation-adjusted change in mean salary 1–5 years after degree, by field and level of highest degree: 1993–2003.

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Figure 3-8. Mean salaries of S&E and S&E-related degree recipients 1–5 years after degree, by field and level of highest degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-9. Median salaries for bachelor’s degree holders, by years since degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-10. Individuals with highest degree in S&E employed in jobs closely or somewhat related to highest degree, by years since highest degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-11. S&E bachelor’s degree holders employed in jobs closely related to degree, by field and years since degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-12. Unemployment rate, by occupation: 1983–2006.

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Figure 3-13. Unemployment rates for individuals with highest degree in S&E, by years since highest degree: 1999 and 2003.

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Figure 3-14. Involuntarily out-of-field rates of individuals with highest degree in S&E, by years since highest degree: 1999 and 2003.

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Figure 3-15. Employment distribution across science and technology or STEM occupations: May 2006.

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Figure 3-16. Employment sector for individuals with highest degree in S&E: 2003.

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Figure 3-17. Largest sectors of employment for individuals in S&E occupations, by NAICS sectors: May 2006.

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Figure 3-18. Individuals with highest degree in S&E employed in private business, by employer size: 2003.

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Figure 3-19. Educational distribution, by nonacademic S&E occupations: 2005.

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Figure 3-20. Distribution of S&E degree holders with R&D as major work activity, by level of education: 2003.

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Figure 3-21. Distribution of S&E degree holders with R&D as major work activity, by field of highest degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-22. S&E doctorate holders with R&D as major work activity, by field and years since degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-23. Salary distribution of S&E degree holders employed full time, by degree level: 2003.

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Figure 3-24. Median salaries of S&E graduates, by degree level and years since degree: 2003.

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Figure 3-25. Age distribution of individuals in S&E occupations, by sex: 2003.

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Figure 3-26. Age distribution of doctorate holders in S&E occupations, by sex: 2003.

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Figure 3-27. College-educated women and ethnic minorities in nonacademic S&E occupations: 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2005.

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Figure 3-28. Women and ethnic minority doctorate holders in nonacademic S&E occupations: 1990, 2000, and 2005.r

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Figure 3-29. Women as proportion of S&E workforce, by broad field of occupation: 1993 and 2003.

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Figure 3-30. Age distribution of individuals in S&E occupations, by race/ethnicity: 2003.

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Figure 3-31. Age distribution of S&E doctorate holders in S&E occupations, by race/ethnicity: 2003.

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Figure 3-32. Recent S&E recipients in career-path jobs within 3 months of degree, by field: 1999.

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Figure 3-33. Doctorate recipients holding tenure and tenure-track appointments at academic institutions 4–6 years after degree, by field: 1993–2006.

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Figure 3-34. Field of doctorate of U.S.-educated S&E doctorate recipients in postdoc positions: 2006.

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Figure 3-35. Proportion ever holding a postdoc among S&E doctorate holders, by field and year of doctorate: 2006.

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Figure 3-36. Median time spent in postdoc postions for S&E doctorate recipients completing postdocs, by field and year of doctorate: 2006.

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Figure 3-37. Growth of job benefits for S&E doctorate holders in postdoc positions, by field and year of doctorate: 2006.

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Figure 3-38. Former or current postdocs who took first postdoc position because other employment not available, by field and year of doctorate: 2006.

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Figure 3-39. Former postdocs’ evaluation of degree to which postdoc position helped career, by year of doctorate: 2006.

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Figure 3-40. S&E doctorate holders in tenured or tenure-track positions in 2006, by field, postdoc status, and year of doctorate: 2006.

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Figure 3-41. S&E doctorate holders in 1997–2001 graduation cohort in tenured or tenure-track positions, by degree field and postdoc status: 2006.

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Figure 3-42. S&E doctorate holders in 1997–2001 graduation cohort with R&D as primary or secondary work activity, by degree field and postdoc status: 2006.

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Figure 3-43. S&E doctorate holders in 1997–2001 graduation cohort with job closely related to degree field, by degree field and postdoc status: 2006.

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Figure 3-44. Salary of former postdocs relative to nonpostdocs for S&E doctorate holders in 1992–96 graduation cohort, by degree field and sector of employment: 2006.

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Figure 3-45. Age distribution of individuals in labor force with highest degree in S&E: 2003.

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Figure 3-46. Age distribution of individuals in labor force with highest degree in S&E, by degree level: 2003.

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Figure 3-47. Cumulative age distribution of individuals in labor force with highest degree in S&E, by degree level: 2003.

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Figure 3-48. Age distribution of S&E doctorate holders in labor force: 1993 and 2003.

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Figure 3-49. Employed S&E degree holders older than 50, by selected field: 2003.

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Figure 3-50. Older S&E degree holders working full time, by degree level: 2003.

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Figure 3-51. Researchers in OECD countries: Selected years, 1993–2002.

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Figure 3-52. Tertiary-educated population more than 15 years old: 2000 or most recent year.

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Figure 3-53. R&D employment of U.S. MNCs at their foreign affiliates and foreign MNCs at their U.S. affiliates: 1994, 1999, and 2004.

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Figure 3-54. R&D employment of U.S. MNCs in United States and at their foreign affiliates: 1994, 1999, and 2004.

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Figure 3-55. Canadian awards of permanent residency to university graduates, by degree level: 1996–2005.

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Figure 3-56. Stock of workers in Canada on high-skilled temporary work visas, by skill level: 1996–2005.

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Figure 3-57. High-skilled workers with visas in Japan, by region of origin: Selected years,1992–2003.

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Figure 3-58. Foreign-born individuals with highest degree in S&E living in United States, by place of birth: 2003.

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Figure 3-59. Citizenship of junior and guest scientists at Max Planck Institutes: 2005.

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Figure 3-60. Foreign-born S&E degree holders with highest degree from foreign institution, by year of entry to United States: 2003.

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Figure 3-61. Distribution of foreign-born S&E degree holders, by citizenship/visa status and year of entry to United States: 2003.

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Figure 3-62. Distribution of occupations of new recipients of U.S. H-1B temporary work visas: FY 2006.

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Figure 3-63. Country of citizenship for new recipients of U.S. H-1B temporary work visas: 2006.

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Figure 3-64. Country of citizenship for new recipients of U.S. H-1B temporary work visas holding doctorates: FY 2006.

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Figure 3-65. Five-year stay rates for U.S. S&E doctorate recipients with temporary visas, by place of origin: 1992–2005.

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Figure 3-66. Top countries of origin of persons with tertiary-level education or better who reside abroad in OECD countries: 2000.

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