Science and Engineering Workforce Has Stalled In the US

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 2, 2012 @05:17AM from the reality-tv-workforce-booming dept.

dcblogs writes "The science and engineering workforce in the U.S. has flatlined, according to the Population Reference Bureau. As a percentage of the total labor force, S&E workers accounted for 4.9% of the workforce in 2010, a slight decline from the three previous years when these workers accounted for 5% of the workforce. That percentage has been essentially flat for the past decade. In 2000, it stood at 5.3%. The reasons for this trend aren't clear, but one factor may be retirements. S&E workers who are 55 and older accounted for 13% of this workforce in 2005; they accounted for 18% in 2010. 'This might imply that there aren't enough young people entering the S&E labor force,' said one research analyst."

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First Post by NicknameAvailable · 2012-03-02 05:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

For the coveted /. achievement.
Re:Why? by roman_mir · 2012-03-02 05:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The fundamental reason behind this is government destroying the money - the only money that is left to be made is the fake money, and you must make it by the ton for it to make sense to spend time. Who can make money by the ton in a system that has the banks as the government?

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