Life sciences industry California by representative occupation 2021

In 2021, some 7,800 natural science managers worked in the life sciences industry of California. The statistic illustrates the employment in California's life sciences industry, by select representative occupation. The largest single group consisted of software developers.

Employment in the life sciences industry of California in 2021, by representative occupation

Characteristic	Number of employees
Software Developers	15,457
Medical Scientists (exc. epidemiologists)	11,250
General and Operations Managers	10,865
Team Assemblers	10,272
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	9,895
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	9,602
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	8,623
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, exc. Technical and Scientific Products	8,470
Natural Sciences Managers	7,801
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	7,631
Biological Scientists, All Other	7,262
Managers, All Other	6,963
Biochemists and Biophysicists	6,719
Biological Technicians	6,652
Chemists	6,650
Computer and Information Systems Managers	6,012
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	6,005
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,991
Customer Service Representatives	5,777
Engineers, All Other	5,707
Mechanical Engineers	5,488
Electrical Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers	5,440
Sales Managers	5,154
Office Clerks, General	5,068
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	5,020
Project Management Specialists	4,919
Phlebotomists	4,778
Medical & Clinical Lab Technicians	4,709
Industrial Engineers	4,643
Medical & Clinical Lab Technologists	4,549