Employment
 Biological
scientists hold about 87,000 jobs in the U.S. About 39 percent of all
biological scientists were employed by Federal, State, and local
governments. Federal biological scientists worked mainly for the U.S.
Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Defense and for the National
Institutes of Health. Most of the rest worked in scientific research and
testing laboratories, the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing
industry, or colleges and universities.
Employers
The following is a partial
list of employers of Biologists:
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Pharmaceutical and
Biotechnology Companies
Hospitals and Medical
Centers
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U.S. Federal Government
Educational
Institutions
- Aquaria
- Botanical Gardens
- Colleges and
Universities
- K-12 Schools
- Museums
- Zoos
Professional Associations
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Note: Some resources in this section are provided by
JGPerpich, LLC and the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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