Roles Life, Physical, & Social Science

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Occupation family · SOC 19-0000 · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Employment · U.S. May 2025

1.47M +1.83%up YoY
Employment · ATL / U.S.
20,640 / 1,473,260
Median Annual Pay · ATL / U.S.
$83,070 / $82,530
  • Atlanta left axis
  • U.S. right axis

Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · Atlanta May 2021 – May 2025 · U.S. May 2021 – May 2025

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations — Employment. Atlanta: 5 observations, May 2021 – May 2025. U.S.: 5 observations, May 2021 – May 2025.
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What's happening with Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Employment for Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations in the U.S. is 1,473,260 (May 2025), up 1.83% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $82,530.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Employment1,473,260May 2025
Employment Change+1.83%upYoY
Median Annual Pay$82,530May 2025
Median Annual Pay Change+4.49%upYoY
Mean Annual Pay$94,600May 2025
P10 Pay$48,420May 2025
P25 Pay$62,380May 2025
P75 Pay$114,460May 2025
P90 Pay$155,830May 2025
SOC Code19-0000
Occupation FamilyLife, Physical, & Social Science19-0000

Pay Distribution National · May 2025

  1. P10 $48,420
  2. P25 $62,380
  3. Median $82,530
  4. P75 $114,460
  5. P90 $155,830

Annual wage percentiles as published (BLS OEWS). Only the five published points are drawn; nothing between them is estimated.

Job Economy Report the market for this role · National

Employment

1.47M
+1.83%up YoY

5 annual observations

Atlanta vs. U.S. matching OEWS measures

MeasureAtlantaU.S.Atlanta vs U.S.
Employment May 2025 20,640 +1.18%up 1,473,260 +1.83%up
Median Annual Pay May 2025 $83,070 +1.39%up $82,530 +4.49%up +0.7% vs U.S.
Mean Annual Pay May 2025 $91,770 +3.19%up $94,600 +5.47%up −3.0% vs U.S.
P25 Pay May 2025 $61,060 +3.63%up $62,380 +5.64%up −2.1% vs U.S.
P75 Pay May 2025 $108,900 +1.59%up $114,460 +6.53%up −4.9% vs U.S.

Atlanta is msa:12060; no other area's figure is substituted. Badges are each geography's own published year change.

Hiring Context market-wide · National · June 2026

Job Openings 7.36M +2.15%up, generally favorable YoYJun 2026
Hires 5.35M +0.39%up, generally favorable YoYJun 2026
Openings Rate 4.4% +0.1 ppup, generally favorable YoYJun 2026
Quits Rate 2% −0.1 ppdown, mixed signal YoYJun 2026
Layoffs Rate 1.1% −0.1 ppdown, generally favorable YoYJun 2026
Unemployed per Opening 1.00 0% YoYJun 2026

BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, all nonfarm industries, seasonally adjusted. JOLTS is published nationally, not by occupation or metro; no hiring figure is attributed to this role.

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  • Compensation the published pay distribution, 10th to 90th percentile
  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
  • Employment concentration jobs per 1,000 and the location quotient
  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

+1.83%up

May 2025

  • Life, Physical, & Social Science +1.83%up
  • All occupations +0.85%up

Employment · 3 Year

+12.1%up

since 2022

Median Pay · 1 Year

+4.49%up

May 2025

  • Life, Physical, & Social Science +4.49%up
  • All occupations +2.99%up

Median Pay · 3 Year

+11.0%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Program Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (annual, May reference)
Reference Period May 2025
Geography National
SOC Code 19-0000
Occupation Family Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (19-0000)
Published Measures 7 of 9
Employment Series Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations — Employment
Employment Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_19_0000
Employment Observations 5
Hiring Context Market-wide BLS JOLTS (national); no occupation-level hiring series is published
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National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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