Number of Oceanographers by Employment Sector and Age

  25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 Total
Academia 350 600 100 50 - 50 200 50 1,400
Business / Industry                  
Environmental - 50 - 50 - - - - 100
Other - - 50 50 - - - - 100
Total Industry - 50 50 100 - - - - 200
Federal Government                  
Environmental 150 50 - 200 50 - - - 450
Other 400 - 150 - - - - - 550
Total Federal 550 50 150 200 50 - - - 1,000
Total 900 700 300 350 50 50 200 50 2,600

Data is from the NSF National Survey of College Graduates, 1993
Data reflects status as of 15 April 1993
- = Insufficient data

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