TABLE 31. Worldwide, domestic, and foreign total and R&D employment, by industry and company size: 2011
(Thousands)
Worldwide employees
Industry and company size
All industries
Manufacturing industries
Food
Beverage and tobacco products
Textile, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial synthetic fibers
and filaments
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation
Paint, coating, adhesive, and other chemicals
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agricultural implement
Semiconductor machinery
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment
Other machinery
Computer and electronic products
Communications equipment
Semiconductor and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and
control instruments
Electromedical, electrotherapeutic, and irradiation
apparatus
Search, detection, navigation, guidance,
aeronautical, and nautical systems and
instruments
Other measuring and controlling device
Other computer and electronic products
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles, bodies, trailers, and parts
Aerospace products and parts
Aircraft, aircraft engine, and aircraft parts
Domestic employees
NAICS code
Total
R&D
% R&D
employees
21–23, 31–33, 42–81
31–33
311
312
313–316
321
322
323
324
325
3251
29,327
17,532
2,008
832
258
120
405
141
D
2,594
704
2,025
1,211
36
6
8
3
13
3
6
225
27
6.9
6.9
1.8
0.7
3.0
2.6
3.3
2.3
D
8.7
3.8
19,285
9,998
1,072
385
201
102
235
122
73
1,479
469
1,471
865
29
4
7
3
9
3
5
160
18
3252
3253
3254
3256
3255, 3259
326
327
331
332
333
33311
333295
3336
other 333
334
3342
3344
210
52
1,003
426
200
631
221
364
561
1,805
111
41
428
1,225
2,951
322
873
8
8
147
21
15
25
12
7
33
121
9
9
D
D
392
79
153
3.8
14.4
14.7
4.9
7.4
4.0
5.4
1.8
5.8
6.7
8.5
22.0
D
D
13.3
24.5
17.6
123
38
549
172
128
475
145
260
430
1,029
77
24
237
691
1,408
186
303
3345
978
91
9.3
334510, 334517
176
26
334511
other 3345
other 334
335
336
3361, 3362, 3363
3364
336411–13
388
414
778
859
2,596
1,631
762
711
33
32
68
53
198
106
80
74
Foreign employees
Total
R&D
% R&D
employees
Total
R&D
% R&D
employees
7.6
8.7
2.7
1.0
3.5
3.0
3.7
2.3
6.6
10.8
3.8
10,042
7,534
937
447 i
56
18
170
19
D
1,115
235
554
345
7
2
1
*
5
*
1
65
9
5.5
4.6
0.8
0.4
1.1
0.1
2.7
2.0
D
5.8
3.8
6
6
107
14
10
22
8
6
31
88
7
7
25
49
258
52
87
4.5
14.8
19.5
8.2
7.8
4.7
5.5
2.2
7.2
8.6
9.5
28.5
10.4
7.1
18.3
28.1
28.7
86
14
453
254
71
156
76
104
131
776
34
18
190
534
1,543
136
571
3
2
40
7
5
3
4
1
2
33
2
2
D
D
133
27
66
3.0
13.6
8.9
2.6
6.7
2.1
5.2
0.7
1.3
4.3
6.3
13.3
D
D
8.6
19.6
11.6
624
74
11.9
353
17
4.7
14.7
142
22
15.8
34
3
9.8
8.6
7.7
8.8
6.2
7.6
6.5
10.5
10.5
280
202
295
347
1,521
738
635
590
31
21
45
29
145
61
72
67 i
10.9
10.5
15.1
8.4
9.5
8.3
11.4
11.3
108
212
483
512
1,075
893
126
121
3
11
23
24
53
44
7
7
2.6
5.0
4.9
4.6
4.9
5.0
5.9
6.1
TABLE 31. Worldwide, domestic, and foreign total and R&D employment, by industry and company size: 2011
(Thousands)
Worldwide employees
Industry and company size
Guided missile, space vehicle, and related parts
Military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component
Other transportation equipment
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Medical equipment and supplies
Other miscellaneous manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing industries
Mining, extraction, and support activities
Utilities
Wholesale trade
Electronic shopping and electronic auctions
Transportation and warehousing
Information
Publishing
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory
publishers
Software publishers
Telecommunications
Data processing, hosting, and related services
Other information
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
(except copyrighted works)
Other real estate and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Scientific research and development services
Biotechnology research and development
Physical, engineering, and life sciences (except
biotechnology) research and development
Social sciences and humanities research
and development
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
Health care services
Other nonmanufacturing
All companies (number of domestic employees)
Small companiesa
5–499
R&D
Domestic employees
% R&D
employees
Total
R&D
Foreign employees
% R&D
employees
Total
R&D
% R&D
employees
NAICS code
Total
336414–15, 336419
336992
other 336
337
339
3391
3399
21–23, 42–81
21
22
42
454111–12
48–49
51
511
51
4
200
199
D
483
D
11,795
495
448
436
85
824
2,647
1,185
5
*
13
5
66
39
27
814
14
2
21 i
5
1
326
229
10.5
5.8
6.3
2.3
D
8.0
D
6.9
2.8
0.5
4.7
5.3
0.1
12.3
19.3
45
3
145
160
551
316
236
9,287
284
436
327
60
691
1,876
566
5
*
11
4
54
33
21
606
11
2
16 i
4
1
232
147
11.8
6.4
7.8
2.8
9.8
10.3
9.1
6.5
3.9
0.4
5.0
7.2
0.2
12.3
25.9
6
*
55
39
D
167
D
2,508
211
11
109 i
25
133
771
619
*
0
1
*
12
6
6
209
3
*
4i
*
*i
94
83
0.4
0.0
2.2
0.2
D
3.6
D
8.3
1.2
1.7
4.0
1.0
0.1
12.3
13.4
5111
5112
517
518
other 51
52
53
65
1,120
882
221
359
1,729
50
4
225
24 i
37
36
31
2
6.3
20.1
2.7
16.6
10.1
1.8
3.8
55
511
864
166
280
1,499
46
4
143
22 i
33
30
26
1
6.8
27.9
2.6
19.8
10.6
1.8
3.0
10
609
18
55
79
230
4
*
82
1
4
7
5
1
3.3
13.5
7.1
6.9
8.5
2.2
15.1
533
other 53
54
5413
5415
5417
541711
9
41
2,799
479
1,050
237
75
2
*
369
66
156
97
21
17.5
0.9
13.2
13.8
14.9
41.1
28.0
6
40
1,977
380
597
196
72
1
*
270
62
103
73
20
16.9
0.9
13.7
16.3
17.2
37.0
27.2
3
1
822
99
454 i
40
3
1
*
99
4
53
25
1
18.8
3.6
12.0
4.1
11.8
60.9
52.0
541712
155
72
46.7
117
49
41.9
38
23
61.5
541720
other 54
621–23
23, 44–45 (excluding
454111–12), 55–56, 624,
71–72, 81
–
7
1,033
344
4
50
9
56.9
4.8
2.5
7
804
339
4
33
9
56.9
4.1
2.5
*
229
5
*
17
*i
64.8
7.3
2.3
1,939
29,327
35
2,025
1.8
6.9
1,752
19,285
33
1,471
1.9
7.6
188
10,042
3
554
1.4
5.5
–
4,796
529
11.0
3,635
481
13.2
1,162
47
4.1
TABLE 31. Worldwide, domestic, and foreign total and R&D employment, by industry and company size: 2011
(Thousands)
Worldwide employees
Industry and company size
NAICS code
Total
R&D
Domestic employees
% R&D
employees
Total
R&D
Foreign employees
% R&D
employees
Total
17.7
1,469
274
18.7
206
5–99
–
1,675
297
5–49
–
1,042
204
19.6
927
189
20.3
115
5–9
–
132
38
28.8
129
37
28.9
4
10–24
–
370
84
22.5
328
74
22.6
43
25–49
–
539
83
15.3
470
77
16.4
69
50–99
–
633
92
14.6
543
86
15.8
91
100–249
–
1,289
123
9.6
1,057
113
10.7
233
250–499
–
1,832
109
5.9
1,109
94
8.5
723
Medium and large companies
500–999
–
1,024
76
7.4
750
61
8.1
273
1,000–4,999
–
4,828
346
7.2
3,064
233
7.6
1,764
5,000–9,999
–
3,304
199
6.0
1,916
113
5.9
1,388
10,000–24,999
–
4,076
273
6.7
2,689
204
7.6
1,387
25,000 or more
–
11,300
602
5.3
7,231
379
5.2
4,069
* = amount < 500 employees; D = data withheld to avoid disclosing operations of individual companies; i = value > 50% of the estimate is a combination of imputation and reweighting to account for nonresponse.
R&D
% R&D
employees
22
16
1
10
5
7
10
15
10.9
13.6
25.5
22.4
7.6
7.4
4.3
2.1
15
114
86
70
223
5.5
6.5
6.2
5.0
5.5
NAICS = 2007 North American Industry Classification System.
a
Upper bound based on U.S. Small Business Administration's definition of a small business; Business R&D and Innovation Survey does not include companies with fewer than five domestic employees.
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Industry classification based on dominant business code for domestic R&D performance where available. For companies that did not report business codes, classification used
for sampling was assigned. Statistics are representative of companies located in the United States that performed or funded R&D.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Business R&D and Innovation Survey, 2011.