STEM Careers Career Trends (2026 stats)
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Headline takeaways: Careers analyzed: 58 STEM Careers; data period: 2024-2025; average employment: 10,694 (2025); average annual wage: $126517 (2025).
Key Facts
- Careers Analyzed: 58 STEM Careers careers
- Data Period: 2024-2025
- Average Employment: 10,694 (2025)
- Average Annual Wage: $126517 (2025)
- Employment Change: 0.6% decrease from 2024 to 2025
- Wage Growth: 4.5% increase from 2024 to 2025
Employment Trends
Employment Over Time
Average employment for STEM careers shows trends over time. Latest data shows 10,694 average employment (2025).
Average employment levels for STEM Careers careers. Data from BLS OEWS.
Wage Trends
Average Wages Over Time
Average annual wages for STEM careers. Latest data shows $126,517 average annual wage (2025).
Average annual wages for STEM Careers careers. Data from BLS OEWS.
Analysis & insights
According to EDsmart Data's analysis of STEM Careers career trends and the sources cited on this page, the charts summarize historical records, not future outcomes. National aggregates flatten real variation—Ohio, Georgia, and Washington can look like different worlds. Skewed distributions split the median and the mean into different stories. Program, year, and campus still matter more than any single national line.
STEM and technology wages vary sharply by role, metro, and degree level. Health occupations face licensing barriers that many tech roles skip—same broad label, different labor market. AI exposure scores describe which tasks look automatable; they do not measure job quality or working conditions. Seattle, Austin, and Boston appear often because employers cluster there, not because outcomes are uniform. Bureau of Labor Statistics detail and program accreditation add what these charts abbreviate.
FAQ
What does the STEM Careers Career Trends dataset measure?
It summarizes the metrics shown on this page (charts and tables) using the sources listed in the Data Sources section, with national aggregates and breakdowns where available.
What is the primary data source?
Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Some pages also incorporate Census ACS context where noted.
How often is this page updated?
Pages update when the underlying processed datasets are refreshed and the HTML is regenerated; the Last updated date reflects the most recent build.
Data Sources
- BLS OEWS — Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
- Employment and wage data by occupation
- Data period: 2024-2025
- Source: bls.gov/oes