U.S. Manufacturing Industries Had over 900,000 R & D Employees in 2016

There were over 1.5 million R&D employees in U.S. manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries in 2016. The majority — about 912,000 — were employed in manufacturing industries, while about 610,000 worked in nonmanufacturing industries. Data are from the Business R&D and Innovation Survey, 2016, by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. the Census Bureau.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news
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