This table shows the total employment in the U.S. bioscience industry as of 2016 and gives the percentage change between 2001 and 2016, and then the change specifically between 2014 and 2016. Exactly 1,743,639 were employed in 2016, which represented an increase of 4.4 percent compared with 2014, and an increase of 18.6 percent overall between 2001 and 2016.
U.S. bioscience employment totals 2016
U.S. bioscience employment totals and changes between 2001 and 2016
| Employment, 2016 | 1,743,639 |
| Change in employment, 2001-2016 (%) | 18.6 |
| Change in employment, 2014-2016 (%) | 4.4 |
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Biotechnology Innovation Organization. (June 5, 2018). U.S. bioscience employment totals and changes between 2001 and 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188548/us-bioscience-employment-totals-and-changes/
Biotechnology Innovation Organization. "U.S. bioscience employment totals and changes between 2001 and 2016." Chart. June 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188548/us-bioscience-employment-totals-and-changes/
Biotechnology Innovation Organization. (2018). U.S. bioscience employment totals and changes between 2001 and 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188548/us-bioscience-employment-totals-and-changes/
Biotechnology Innovation Organization. "U.S. Bioscience Employment Totals and Changes between 2001 and 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188548/us-bioscience-employment-totals-and-changes/
Biotechnology Innovation Organization, U.S. bioscience employment totals and changes between 2001 and 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188548/us-bioscience-employment-totals-and-changes/ (last visited December 11, 2019)