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Biopharmaceutical industry employee number by subsector U.S. 2015
Biopharmaceutical industry employee number by subsector U.S. 2015
Number of employees in the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry by subsector in 2015
by Matej Mikulic,
last edited
Dec 14, 2018
This statistic shows the number of employees in the US biopharmaceutical industry as of 2015, sorted by subsector. In that year, some 287 thousand employees in the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry were employed in biopharmaceutical research and development.
Number of employees in the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry by subsector in 2015
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| Subsector | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| Biopharmaceutical R&D | 287,096 |
| Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | 294,422 |
| Biopharmaceutical Distribution | 185,592 |
| Biopharmaceutical Corporate Offices | 35,757 |
| Total | 802,867 |
| Subsector | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| Biopharmaceutical R&D | 287,096 |
| Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | 294,422 |
| Biopharmaceutical Distribution | 185,592 |
| Biopharmaceutical Corporate Offices | 35,757 |
| Total | 802,867 |
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by Matej Mikulic,
last edited
Dec 14, 2018
This statistic shows the number of employees in the US biopharmaceutical industry as of 2015, sorted by subsector. In that year, some 287 thousand employees in the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry were employed in biopharmaceutical research and development.
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- Bureau of Labor Statistics; TEConomy; PhRMA
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- Release date
- October 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2015
- Supplementary notes
- “Subsector” is based on the NAICS category assigned to the establishment (i.e., the business location) captured in the BLS data, and is assigned based on the predominant activity at that location. Because all jobs within an establishment are assigned to the establishment’s NAICS, sector-based job counts may over- or under-state job functions to the extent multiple activities occur at a single establishment (e.g., co-located R&D and manufacturing). The total employment estimate is not affected, however.
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- Bureau of Labor Statistics; TEConomy; PhRMA
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- Show publisher information
- Release date
- October 2017
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2015
- Supplementary notes
- “Subsector” is based on the NAICS category assigned to the establishment (i.e., the business location) captured in the BLS data, and is assigned based on the predominant activity at that location. Because all jobs within an establishment are assigned to the establishment’s NAICS, sector-based job counts may over- or under-state job functions to the extent multiple activities occur at a single establishment (e.g., co-located R&D and manufacturing). The total employment estimate is not affected, however.
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