Energy-related scientists and engineers: statistical profile of new entrants into the work force, 1976

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6514298· OSTI ID:6514298

Rall, J E

Data describing the 1976 employment and educations characteristics of recent science and engineering graduates involved in energy-related activities are presented. The data are from the 1976 National Surevey of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates, a survey of about 9800 persons who received bachelor's or master's degrees between 1973 and 1975. Of the 724,000 persons represented by the survey, 33,000 indicated they were involved in energy-related work. Roughly one-third of these were scientists, and two-thirds, engineers. The energy-related respondents were more apt to have received higher degrees than the total population of recent science and engineering graduates. Both females and nonwhites are underrepresented in the energy-related group. The new energy-related workers are most often employed by private industry, and report a higher median salary than do all recent graduates. A comparison of the recent graduates with experienced workers indicates greater involvement in energy-related work by new engineers and less by new scientists than by their experienced counterparts. The percentage who are female of the new energy-related scientists and engineers is much higher than the percentage for the experienced energy-related group; this trend is not found for nonwhites.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-05-0033
• OSTI ID: 6514298
• Report Number(s): ORAU-147
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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