Employment Attributes of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 1979

摘要

The report examines the 1979 employment attributes of the 1977 graduating cohort of bachelor's and master's degree recipients in science and engineering (S/E) fields. The focus of the report is on those graduates who were employed in S/E jobs since such employment is a measure of the demand for scientific and technical skills. In addition to an analysis of the extent to which these graduates were able to find S/E employment, the report provides more specific information on how many were working within their degree fields. The report also presents a brief assessment of supply/demand balance in S/E fields by relating the number of recent graduates within an S/E field who were in the labor force (supply) with the number gaining employment in that field (demand). Additionally, information is presented on the pattern of S/E employment within sectors of the economy and among work activities, and compares the salaries of S/E employment with non-S/E employment.