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Five U.S. Technical Job Classifications Show
Employment Drop, One Shows Steep Increase
WASHINGTON (15 June 2005)
— Five
major engineering and computer job
classifications showed a drop in employment in
the first quarter of 2005 vs. the 2004 average,
while one showed a large increase, according to
data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The biggest drop was among computer hardware
engineers (18,000), followed by computer
software engineers (13,000), computer
programmers (8,000), electrical and electronics
engineers (8,000) and computer and information
systems managers (5,000). Contrasted with this
loss of 52,000 jobs, the BLS reported a gain of
54,000 jobs among computer scientists and
systems analysts.
“While we are encouraged by the employment
growth among computer scientists and systems
analysts, the continuing shrinkage of other
technical specialties signals that all is not
well in electrotechnology professions,” IEEE-USA
President Gerard A. Alphonse said.
Percentage-wise, the computer hardware engineers
workforce declined by 18.8 percent, while
computer scientists and systems analysts
experienced 7.7 percent growth. The other four
job classifications fell modestly, and the
overall increase in technical employment was
less than one percent (0.1).
This table summarizes the BLS data:
|
Job Classification |
2004Avg |
1Q2005 |
Change |
Pct. |
|
Computer Hardware Engineers |
96,000 |
78,000 |
-18,000 |
-18.8 |
|
Computer & Info. Systems Managers |
337,000 |
332,000 |
-5,000 |
-1.5 |
|
Computer Programmers |
564,000 |
556,000 |
-8,000 |
-1.4 |
|
Computer Scientists & Systems Analysts |
700,000 |
754,000 |
+54,000 |
+7.7 |
|
Computer Software Engineers |
813,000 |
800,000 |
-13,000 |
-1.6 |
|
Electrical & Electronics Engineers |
343,000 |
335,000 |
-8,000 |
-2.3 |
|
Total |
2,853,000 |
2,855,000 |
+2,000 |
+0.1 |
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