Employees in STEM occupations in United States
United States: Employees in STEM occupations was 29,894 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employees in STEM occupations in United States, 2003–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employees in stem occupations in United States is 29,894, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employees in stem occupations in United States peaked at 29,894 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 17,441, in 2003.
United States ranks 1st of 55 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Employees in STEM occupations in United States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 17,441 | — |
| 2004 | 17,628 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 17,953 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 18,401 | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 18,957 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 19,283 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 18,845 | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 18,920 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 18,675 | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 19,379 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 19,750 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 20,528 | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 21,279 | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 21,823 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 22,365 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 23,238 | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 23,989 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 26,458 | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 24,302 | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 27,810 | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 28,807 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 29,418 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 29,894 | +1.6% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 29,894 is above the median for high income countries, which is 354.01, 84.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,358 | 17,441 | 19,283 | 7 |
| 2010s | 20,995 | 18,675 | 23,989 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,782 | 24,302 | 29,894 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
More gender data for United States
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 57,835 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4626 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 297,814 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 297,814 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.6312 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.79 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.88 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.80 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.89 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.83 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employees in stem occupations in United States?
- Employees in stem occupations in United States was 29,894 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employees in stem occupations recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 29,894 in 2025.
- What is the lowest employees in stem occupations recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,441 in 2003.
- How does United States rank for employees in stem occupations?
- United States ranks 1st out of 55 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employees in stem occupations rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees in STEM occupations. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.