May 19 1975
From The Space Library
The unemployment rate for scientists and engineers, which had been 1.1% in 1970, rose to 1.9% in 1972 and then fell to 1.1% again in 1974, the National Science Foundation reported. Of the employed engineers and scientists, only 0.5% were not working in their field because of a lack of available positions. Business and industry was by far the largest employer, with 60% of all the employed engineers and scientists throughout the 1970-74 period. Educational institutions employed about 13%; Federal and state and local governments employed about 10.5 and 8%, respectively. Between 1972 and 1974 the proportion of engineers in the group had increased from 62% to 64%. Physical scientists constituted 12% of the science and engineering workforce. Environmental scientists were the smallest group, making up 2.5% of the science and engineering workforce. (NSF Highlights, 19 May 75)
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