. "Appendix A: Selected Employment Data." The Competitive Edge: Research Priorities for U.S. Manufacturing. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1991.
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THE COMPETITIVE EDGE: Research Priorities for U.S. Manufacturing
TABLE A-1 Civilian Employment in Occupations with 25,000 Workers or More, Actual 1988 and Projected to 2000, Under Low, Medium, and High Scenarios for Economic Growth (Numbers in Thousands)
Total employment
1988–2000 employment change
Occupation
1988
2000
Number
Percent
Low
Moderate
High
Low
Moderate
High
Low
Moderate
High
Total, all occupations
118,104
127,118
136,211
144,146
9,015
18,107
26,043
8
15
22
Professional specialty occupations
14,628
17,083
18,137
19,072
2,455
3,509
4,444
17
24
30
Engineers
1,411
1,625
1,762
1,933
214
351
522
15
25
37
Aeronautical and astronautical engineers
78
80
88
101
3
10
23
3
13
29
Chemical engineers
49
52
57
62
3
8
13
7
16
27
Civil engineers, including traffic engineers
186
206
219
236
20
32
49
10
17
26
Electrical and electronics engineers
439
565
615
676
126
176
237
29
40
54
Industrial engineers, except safety engineers
132
142
155
171
10
24
40
8
18
30
Mechanical engineers
225
247
269
294
23
44
69
10
20
31
Architects and surveyors
205
227
244
265
22
39
60
11
19
29
Architects, except landscape and marine
86
99
107
117
14
21
31
16
25
36
Surveyors
100
105
112
121
5
12
22
5
12
22
Teachers, librarians, and counselors
5,379
5,937
6,228
6,499
558
849
1,121
10
16
21
Teachers, special education
275
304
317
332
29
43
57
11
16
21
Teachers, preschool
238
290
309
316
53
72
79
22
30
33
Teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
1,359
1,499
1,567
1,638
140
208
279
10
15
21
Teachers, secondary school
1,164
1,328
1,388
1,451
164
224
287
14
19
25
College and university faculty
846
831
869
908
−14
23
63
−2
3
7
Other teachers and instructors
490
514
545
571
24
55
81
5
11
17
Adult and vocational education teachers
467
493
523
548
27
56
81
6
12
17
Instructors, adult (nonvocational) education
227
250
268
282
22
41
54
10
18
24
Teachers and instructors, vocational education and training
239
243
255
266
4
16
27
2
7
11
Librarians, archivists, curators, and related workers
