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Workforce Survey of 2021 US AAS members, Summary Results — From the AAS Demographics Committee
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Member Salaries, 2021 — From the AIP Statistical Research Center
Faculty Job Market in Physics and Astronomy Departments — Results from the 2018 Academic Workforce Survey (AIP Statistical Research Center)
Roster of Astronomy Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data — Results from the 2020 Survey of Enrollments and Degrees (AIP Statistical Research Center)
NSF Science and Engineering Statistics — Long term data on federal research funding, student and workforce demographics, public attitudes and understanding, industry, and more.
Identifying Career Paths for PhDs in Science from September, 2016.
AIP article "Astronomy Degree Recipients Initial Employment" from April, 2015.
AIP report "Physics Bachelors: One Year After Degree " from September, 2016.
The Production Rate and Employment of PhD Astronomers — A paper about the astronomy job market, originally presented at the summer 2007 AAS meeting.
Downloadable PDF with statistics for STEM — The Nonacademic Careers of STEM PhD Holders by Turk-Bickard, Berger and Haxton