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October 23, 2020
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system to categorize occupations at the federal level. We use BLS datasets to estimate employment projections, salaries, and the industries where geoscientists work, and we periodically re-assess the SOC...
October 19, 2020
Whole population diversity
The U.S. Census Bureau publishes annual demographic data for the United States that can be used to establish whole population trends for women and minorities. We analyzed this dataset to understand whole population trends for gender, race, and ethnicity for individuals...
October 09, 2020
As a whole, geoscience-related median salaries increased by 1% between 2018 and 2019, which is slightly lower than other science and engineering occupations which increased by 3% and 2% respectively. Geoscience-related occupations with the largest salary increases were engineering and natural...
September 30, 2020
During Spring 2020, over 80% of geoscience academic departments deferred faculty and student research, while approximately 40% cancelled planned research activities. Active research was more frequently cancelled for undergraduate students (46% of departments) than for graduate students or faculty...
September 25, 2020
This data brief examines the changes in instructional environments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the Spring 2020 term, nearly all academic departments shifted to online instruction. Throughout the summer, departments offering courses were able to gradually re-incorporate in-person...
September 08, 2020
As of August 2020, 94% of geoscience graduates who earned their degree between 2014-2018 were employed, while 77% of graduates from 2019 and 44% of graduates from 2020 reported the same. For geoscience graduates who earned their degree this year, 16% of bachelor's, 57% of master's, and 91% of...
September 04, 2020
In August, we surveyed how much the COVID-19 pandemic was driving concerns about education, employment, workplace safety, and financial stability. Among geoscience academic departments, faculty and students, workplace safety was listed as the top COVID-19 concern.
The top COVID-19-related...
August 28, 2020
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was established to provide small businesses, eligible nonprofit organizations, veterans organizations, tribal businesses, and eligible self-employed or independent contractors with financial assistance to cover business operational expenses such as payroll,...
August 21, 2020
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was established to provide small businesses, eligible nonprofit organizations, veterans organizations, tribal businesses, and eligible self-employed or independent contractors with financial assistance to cover business operational expenses such as payroll,...
August 14, 2020
To capture COVID-19 impacts to small businesses, the U.S. Census Bureau deployed the weekly Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS) from April 26, 2020 to June 27, 2020. The survey specifically targeted non-farm, single location businesses with receipts greater than or equal to $1,000 and with less than...
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