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Occupations are listed that require education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

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Research, Development, Design, and Practitioners — Architecture and Engineering

CodeOccupation
17-2011.00Aerospace Engineers Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
17-2021.00Agricultural Engineers Bright Outlook
17-1011.00Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Bright Outlook
17-2141.02Automotive Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2031.00Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2041.00Chemical Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2051.00Civil Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2061.00Computer Hardware Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2071.00Electrical Engineers
17-2072.00Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Bright Outlook
17-2199.03Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
17-2199.00Engineers, All Other
17-2081.00Environmental Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2111.02Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers
17-2141.01Fuel Cell Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2111.00Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
17-2112.01Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Bright Outlook
17-2112.00Industrial Engineers Bright Outlook
17-1012.00Landscape Architects
17-2112.03Manufacturing Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2121.00Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
17-2131.00Materials Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2141.00Mechanical Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2199.05Mechatronics Engineers
17-2199.06Microsystems Engineers
17-2151.00Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
17-2199.09Nanosystems Engineers
17-2161.00Nuclear Engineers
17-2171.00Petroleum Engineers
17-2199.07Photonics Engineers
17-2072.01Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists Bright Outlook
17-2199.08Robotics Engineers
17-2199.11Solar Energy Systems Engineers
17-2051.01Transportation Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2112.02Validation Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2051.02Water/Wastewater Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2199.10Wind Energy Engineers

Research, Development, Design, and Practitioners — Computer and Mathematical

CodeOccupation
15-2011.00Actuaries Bright Outlook
15-2099.01Bioinformatics Technicians Bright Outlook
15-2041.01Biostatisticians Bright Outlook
15-1299.07Blockchain Engineers Bright Outlook
15-2051.01Business Intelligence Analysts Bright Outlook
15-2051.02Clinical Data Managers Bright Outlook
15-1221.00Computer and Information Research Scientists Bright Outlook
15-1241.00Computer Network Architects
15-1299.00Computer Occupations, All Other Bright Outlook
15-1251.00Computer Programmers
15-1211.00Computer Systems Analysts Bright Outlook
15-1299.08Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Bright Outlook
15-2051.00Data Scientists Bright Outlook
15-1243.01Data Warehousing Specialists Bright Outlook
15-1242.00Database Administrators Bright Outlook
15-1243.00Database Architects Bright Outlook
15-1299.06Digital Forensics Analysts Bright Outlook
15-1299.03Document Management Specialists Bright Outlook
15-1299.02Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook
15-1211.01Health Informatics Specialists Bright Outlook
15-1212.00Information Security Analysts Bright Outlook
15-1299.05Information Security Engineers Bright Outlook
15-1299.09Information Technology Project Managers Bright Outlook
15-2099.00Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other Bright Outlook
15-2021.00Mathematicians
15-1244.00Network and Computer Systems Administrators
15-2031.00Operations Research Analysts Bright Outlook
15-1299.04Penetration Testers Bright Outlook
15-1252.00Software Developers Bright Outlook
15-1253.00Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Bright Outlook
15-2041.00Statisticians Bright Outlook
15-1241.01Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
15-1255.01Video Game Designers Bright Outlook
15-1299.01Web Administrators Bright Outlook
15-1255.00Web and Digital Interface Designers Bright Outlook
15-1254.00Web Developers Bright Outlook

Research, Development, Design, and Practitioners — Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

CodeOccupation
29-1291.00Acupuncturists Bright Outlook
29-1141.01Acute Care Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1141.02Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1229.01Allergists and Immunologists
29-1071.01Anesthesiologist Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1211.00Anesthesiologists
29-1129.01Art Therapists Bright Outlook
29-9091.00Athletic Trainers Bright Outlook
29-1181.00Audiologists Bright Outlook
29-1212.00Cardiologists
29-1011.00Chiropractors Bright Outlook
29-1141.04Clinical Nurse Specialists Bright Outlook
29-1141.03Critical Care Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1292.00Dental Hygienists Bright Outlook
29-1029.00Dentists, All Other Specialists
29-1021.00Dentists, General
29-1213.00Dermatologists
29-1031.00Dietitians and Nutritionists Bright Outlook
29-1214.00Emergency Medicine Physicians
29-1128.00Exercise Physiologists Bright Outlook
29-1215.00Family Medicine Physicians
29-1216.00General Internal Medicine Physicians
29-9092.00Genetic Counselors Bright Outlook
29-9021.00Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars Bright Outlook
29-1299.00Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other
29-9099.00Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other Bright Outlook
29-1229.02Hospitalists
29-1122.01Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists Bright Outlook
29-9099.01Midwives Bright Outlook
29-1129.02Music Therapists Bright Outlook
29-1299.01Naturopathic Physicians
29-1217.00Neurologists
29-1151.00Nurse Anesthetists Bright Outlook
29-1161.00Nurse Midwives Bright Outlook
29-1171.00Nurse Practitioners Bright Outlook
29-1218.00Obstetricians and Gynecologists
29-1122.00Occupational Therapists Bright Outlook
29-1241.00Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
29-1041.00Optometrists Bright Outlook
29-1022.00Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Bright Outlook
29-1023.00Orthodontists Bright Outlook
29-1242.00Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
29-1299.02Orthoptists
29-1243.00Pediatric Surgeons
29-1221.00Pediatricians, General
29-1051.00Pharmacists
29-1229.04Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
29-1123.00Physical Therapists Bright Outlook
29-1071.00Physician Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1229.00Physicians, All Other
29-1222.00Physicians, Pathologists Bright Outlook
29-1081.00Podiatrists
29-1229.05Preventive Medicine Physicians
29-1024.00Prosthodontists
29-1223.00Psychiatrists Bright Outlook
29-1124.00Radiation Therapists
29-1224.00Radiologists
29-1125.00Recreational Therapists
29-1141.00Registered Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1126.00Respiratory Therapists Bright Outlook
29-1127.00Speech-Language Pathologists Bright Outlook
29-1229.06Sports Medicine Physicians
29-1249.00Surgeons, All Other
29-9093.00Surgical Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1129.00Therapists, All Other Bright Outlook
29-1229.03Urologists
29-1131.00Veterinarians Bright Outlook

Research, Development, Design, and Practitioners — Life, Physical, and Social Science

CodeOccupation
19-1011.00Animal Scientists Bright Outlook
19-3091.00Anthropologists and Archeologists
19-2011.00Astronomers Bright Outlook
19-2021.00Atmospheric and Space Scientists
19-1021.00Biochemists and Biophysicists Bright Outlook
19-1029.01Bioinformatics Scientists
19-1029.00Biological Scientists, All Other
19-1029.04Biologists
19-2031.00Chemists Bright Outlook
19-2041.01Climate Change Policy Analysts Bright Outlook
19-3033.00Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Bright Outlook
19-3039.03Clinical Neuropsychologists Bright Outlook
19-1031.00Conservation Scientists
19-3011.00Economists Bright Outlook
19-3011.01Environmental Economists Bright Outlook
19-2041.02Environmental Restoration Planners Bright Outlook
19-2041.00Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Bright Outlook
19-1041.00Epidemiologists Bright Outlook
19-1012.00Food Scientists and Technologists Bright Outlook
19-1032.00Foresters
19-1029.03Geneticists
19-3092.00Geographers
19-2042.00Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Bright Outlook
19-2043.00Hydrologists
19-2041.03Industrial Ecologists Bright Outlook
19-3032.00Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Bright Outlook
19-1099.00Life Scientists, All Other Bright Outlook
19-2032.00Materials Scientists Bright Outlook
19-1042.00Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Bright Outlook
19-1022.00Microbiologists Bright Outlook
19-1029.02Molecular and Cellular Biologists
19-3039.02Neuropsychologists Bright Outlook
19-1031.03Park Naturalists
19-2099.00Physical Scientists, All Other
19-2012.00Physicists Bright Outlook
19-3094.00Political Scientists Bright Outlook
19-3039.00Psychologists, All Other Bright Outlook
19-1031.02Range Managers
19-2099.01Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
19-3034.00School Psychologists
19-3099.00Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
19-3041.00Sociologists Bright Outlook
19-1013.00Soil and Plant Scientists Bright Outlook
19-3022.00Survey Researchers
19-3099.01Transportation Planners
19-3051.00Urban and Regional Planners
19-1023.00Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Source: Standard Occupational Classification external site Attachment C: Detailed 2018 SOC occupations included in STEM.