Table 505.30.

Percentage distribution of employed 25- to 34-year-olds with a bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field, by STEM or non-STEM occupation, sex, race/ethnicity, and U.S. nativity and citizenship status: 2021

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Sex, race/ethnicity, and U.S. nativity and citizenship status	Total, all occupation types			Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) occupation												Non-STEM occupation
				STEM total			Computer scientists and mathematicians			Engineers			Life and physical scientists			Non-STEM total			Medical professionals			Healthcare support workers			Agriculture and forestry workers			Business workers/ managers			Educators			Legal professionals			Human/ protective services workers			Military personnel			Other
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16
	Percentage distribution of employed 25- to 34-year-old STEM bachelor's degree holders with each listed characteristic, by occupation
Total1	100.0		(†)	45.3		(0.32)	21.2		(0.23)	17.4		(0.26)	6.8		(0.17)	54.7		(0.32)	11.8		(0.22)	1.2		(0.08)	0.2		(0.04)	17.8		(0.29)	7.5		(0.18)	0.8		(0.05)	1.8		(0.09)	0.6		(0.06)	13.0		(0.23)
Sex
Male	100.0		(†)	52.4		(0.41)	25.7		(0.32)	21.2		(0.35)	5.5		(0.23)	47.6		(0.41)	7.6		(0.24)	0.5		(0.07)	0.2		(0.06)	17.2		(0.29)	6.2		(0.21)	0.7		(0.06)	1.6		(0.11)	0.7		(0.08)	12.7		(0.29)
Female	100.0		(†)	31.9		(0.50)	12.6		(0.31)	10.2		(0.34)	9.1		(0.32)	68.1		(0.50)	19.8		(0.40)	2.4		(0.19)	0.1	!	(0.03)	18.9		(0.51)	10.1		(0.34)	1.1		(0.10)	2.0		(0.17)	0.3		(0.07)	13.5		(0.40)
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/      Alaska Native	100.0		(†)	28.6		(5.98)	14.4	!	(4.54)	8.4	!	(3.50)	‡		(†)	71.4		(5.98)	18.8		(5.27)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	11.1	!	(3.70)	9.7	!	(3.27)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	26.7		(7.03)
Asian	100.0		(†)	57.7		(0.73)	35.8		(0.71)	14.3		(0.49)	7.6		(0.42)	42.3		(0.73)	10.5		(0.47)	1.0		(0.14)	‡		(†)	14.1		(0.52)	7.6		(0.40)	0.6		(0.10)	0.6		(0.11)	0.2		(0.06)	7.7		(0.40)
Black	100.0		(†)	32.8		(1.44)	17.9		(1.18)	10.2		(1.05)	4.7		(0.66)	67.2		(1.44)	10.8		(1.11)	3.0		(0.53)	‡		(†)	18.1		(1.01)	7.5		(0.79)	0.6	!	(0.20)	5.4		(0.73)	0.8	!	(0.28)	20.8		(1.25)
Hispanic	100.0		(†)	39.5		(1.03)	16.9		(0.88)	16.6		(0.83)	6.0		(0.43)	60.5		(1.03)	9.8		(0.59)	1.5		(0.25)	0.5		(0.13)	17.9		(0.81)	8.4		(0.55)	0.7		(0.17)	2.2		(0.30)	0.3	!	(0.11)	19.3		(0.92)
Pacific Islander	100.0		(†)	26.0	!	(10.89)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	74.0		(10.89)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	12.1	!	(4.21)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	52.1		(11.69)
White	100.0		(†)	43.8		(0.39)	17.3		(0.30)	19.6		(0.36)	6.9		(0.22)	56.2		(0.39)	12.8		(0.31)	0.9		(0.08)	0.2		(0.05)	19.1		(0.35)	7.3		(0.24)	1.0		(0.07)	1.7		(0.11)	0.8		(0.09)	12.5		(0.36)
Two or more races	100.0		(†)	44.6		(1.56)	20.0		(1.39)	18.1		(1.10)	6.6		(0.82)	55.4		(1.56)	12.9		(1.00)	1.2	!	(0.43)	‡		(†)	17.7		(1.21)	7.9		(0.76)	0.5	!	(0.15)	1.4		(0.37)	0.6	!	(0.23)	13.2		(0.99)
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
American Indian/       Alaska Native	100.0		(†)	32.9		(7.33)	19.0	!	(6.25)	12.5	!	(5.08)	‡		(†)	67.1		(7.33)	13.8	!	(6.53)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	10.4	!	(4.68)	8.0	!	(3.85)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	27.3	!	(8.34)
Asian	100.0		(†)	62.8		(0.86)	39.2		(0.90)	17.0		(0.69)	6.6		(0.50)	37.2		(0.86)	7.6		(0.52)	0.5		(0.12)	‡		(†)	12.6		(0.59)	7.1		(0.48)	0.5		(0.11)	0.6		(0.13)	0.3	!	(0.09)	8.0		(0.48)
Black	100.0		(†)	41.5		(2.01)	24.3		(1.71)	13.8		(1.59)	3.5		(0.89)	58.5		(2.01)	5.6		(0.82)	1.3	!	(0.59)	‡		(†)	17.8		(1.37)	6.1		(0.91)	‡		(†)	5.0		(0.95)	1.1	!	(0.40)	21.0		(1.61)
Hispanic	100.0		(†)	46.4		(1.29)	22.2		(1.23)	19.6		(1.08)	4.6		(0.49)	53.6		(1.29)	6.4		(0.56)	0.7		(0.18)	0.6	!	(0.20)	17.4		(0.91)	6.8		(0.69)	0.6		(0.16)	2.0		(0.35)	0.4	!	(0.15)	18.8		(0.97)
Pacific Islander	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
White	100.0		(†)	51.2		(0.51)	21.9		(0.41)	23.7		(0.45)	5.6		(0.28)	48.8		(0.51)	8.2		(0.30)	0.5		(0.08)	0.3	!	(0.08)	18.7		(0.38)	5.8		(0.27)	0.8		(0.09)	1.5		(0.12)	0.9		(0.11)	12.2		(0.41)
Two or more races	100.0		(†)	54.0		(1.82)	25.7		(1.88)	23.0		(1.51)	5.3		(0.85)	46.0		(1.82)	7.9		(1.11)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	17.1		(1.40)	5.8		(0.84)	0.6	!	(0.23)	1.2	!	(0.44)	0.9	!	(0.36)	12.3		(1.51)
Female
American Indian/       Alaska Native	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Asian	100.0		(†)	48.2		(1.29)	29.4		(1.05)	9.3		(0.61)	9.5		(0.76)	51.8		(1.29)	15.7		(0.82)	1.9		(0.38)	‡		(†)	16.8		(0.85)	8.6		(0.66)	1.0		(0.23)	0.5	!	(0.17)	‡		(†)	7.2		(0.56)
Black	100.0		(†)	20.7		(1.80)	9.1		(1.37)	5.4		(1.09)	6.3		(1.05)	79.3		(1.80)	18.1		(2.22)	5.4		(1.11)	‡		(†)	18.5		(2.01)	9.5		(1.39)	0.7	!	(0.28)	6.0		(1.28)	‡		(†)	20.4		(1.77)
Hispanic	100.0		(†)	26.4		(1.46)	6.9		(0.81)	10.9		(1.09)	8.6		(0.92)	73.6		(1.46)	16.3		(1.28)	3.1		(0.68)	‡		(†)	18.8		(1.40)	11.3		(1.17)	1.0	!	(0.37)	2.6		(0.53)	‡		(†)	20.1		(1.57)
Pacific Islander	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
White	100.0		(†)	28.8		(0.60)	8.0		(0.37)	11.2		(0.44)	9.7		(0.42)	71.2		(0.60)	22.1		(0.62)	1.9		(0.18)	0.1	!	(0.04)	19.9		(0.64)	10.4		(0.46)	1.2		(0.14)	2.0		(0.23)	0.5		(0.11)	13.2		(0.58)
Two or more races	100.0		(†)	29.0		(2.29)	10.4		(1.57)	9.9		(1.51)	8.6		(1.52)	71.0		(2.29)	21.3		(2.05)	2.9	!	(1.16)	‡		(†)	18.8		(2.01)	11.5		(1.69)	‡		(†)	1.6	!	(0.63)	‡		(†)	14.8		(1.98)
Nativity
Asian
U.S.-born2	100.0		(†)	44.8		(1.22)	25.0		(1.20)	12.8		(1.02)	7.1		(0.65)	55.2		(1.22)	20.4		(1.05)	2.0		(0.44)	‡		(†)	15.0		(0.99)	5.4		(0.60)	0.9		(0.26)	1.0		(0.28)	0.2	!	(0.10)	10.2		(0.72)
Foreign-born	100.0		(†)	62.6		(0.77)	39.9		(0.82)	14.9		(0.61)	7.8		(0.53)	37.4		(0.77)	6.6		(0.48)	0.6		(0.13)	‡		(†)	13.8		(0.61)	8.5		(0.48)	0.5		(0.11)	0.4		(0.11)	0.2	!	(0.08)	6.8		(0.44)
Hispanic
U.S.-born2	100.0		(†)	39.9		(1.21)	16.9		(1.08)	16.9		(0.97)	6.1		(0.56)	60.1		(1.21)	11.1		(0.74)	1.4		(0.27)	0.2	!	(0.11)	17.2		(1.01)	9.2		(0.69)	0.9		(0.23)	2.4		(0.39)	0.4	!	(0.15)	17.1		(0.97)
Foreign-born	100.0		(†)	38.4		(2.07)	16.7		(1.56)	15.9		(1.43)	5.7		(0.82)	61.6		(2.07)	6.5		(0.99)	1.8	!	(0.62)	1.0	!	(0.36)	19.5		(1.43)	6.0		(1.03)	‡		(†)	1.4	!	(0.52)	‡		(†)	25.0		(1.88)
Citizenship status
U.S.-born citizen	100.0		(†)	42.4		(0.37)	17.8		(0.25)	18.1		(0.34)	6.5		(0.19)	57.6		(0.37)	13.1		(0.27)	1.2		(0.09)	0.2		(0.04)	18.4		(0.32)	7.3		(0.22)	0.9		(0.06)	2.1		(0.11)	0.7		(0.07)	13.7		(0.28)
Naturalized citizen	100.0		(†)	44.0		(1.24)	21.5		(1.04)	16.6		(1.00)	6.0		(0.71)	56.0		(1.24)	15.5		(0.94)	2.0		(0.32)	‡		(†)	18.8		(0.99)	4.2		(0.42)	0.8		(0.20)	1.5		(0.30)	0.5	!	(0.16)	12.4		(0.83)
Noncitizen	100.0		(†)	59.3		(0.76)	36.4		(0.75)	14.3		(0.58)	8.5		(0.47)	40.7		(0.76)	4.3		(0.37)	0.5		(0.11)	0.2	!	(0.06)	14.6		(0.67)	10.2		(0.51)	0.4		(0.11)	0.5		(0.10)	‡		(†)	9.9		(0.48)
	Percentage distribution of employed 25- to 34-year-old STEM bachelor's degree holders with each listed occupation, by citizenship status
Citizenship status	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
U.S.-born citizen	75.7		(0.25)	70.7		(0.41)	63.5		(0.64)	78.9		(0.71)	72.3		(1.24)	79.8		(0.36)	84.0		(0.81)	80.6		(2.42)	73.8		(8.64)	78.3		(0.69)	73.0		(1.17)	84.0		(2.55)	88.8		(1.59)	92.7		(2.10)	79.9		(0.70)
Naturalized citizen	7.5		(0.19)	7.3		(0.25)	7.6		(0.40)	7.1		(0.42)	6.6		(0.79)	7.7		(0.27)	9.8		(0.60)	12.7		(1.95)	‡		(†)	7.9		(0.41)	4.2		(0.44)	7.5		(1.82)	6.4		(1.20)	6.0	!	(1.92)	7.1		(0.53)
Noncitizen	16.8		(0.24)	22.0		(0.41)	28.9		(0.63)	13.9		(0.58)	21.2		(1.10)	12.5		(0.28)	6.2		(0.50)	6.7		(1.50)	17.1	!	(5.56)	13.8		(0.63)	22.8		(1.11)	8.5		(2.23)	4.8		(0.93)	‡		(†)	12.9		(0.63)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.

2Includes those born in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas, as well as those born abroad to U.S.-citizen parents.

NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). This table includes only employed persons who have a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field of study. The first bachelor’s degree major reported by respondents was used to classify their field of study, even though they were able to report a second bachelor’s degree major and may possess advanced degrees in other fields. Aggregated occupation classifications were used to assemble the data, except that managers of STEM activities were counted as practitioners of STEM occupations instead of "Business workers/managers." Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2021. (This table was prepared February 2023.)