The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America’s Science & Engineering Enterprise

The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America’s Science & Engineering Enterprise National Science Board 2024 The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America’s Science & Engineering Enterprise The United States faces a talent crisis in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that threatens the nation’s NSB recommends: security, economic prosperity, and global prominence in sc. [...] • Maximize the impact of federal STW programs through strategic coordination Growing the Skilled Technical Workforce (STW) is the quickest • Collect, analyze, and centralize data on STW way to start addressing our nation’s need for domestic STEM careers, job openings, and anticipated talent. [...] Skilled Technical Workers – Who are They and What do They do? 61% 39% Skilled technical workers are essential in every sector Men Women Registered Nurses 152M Carpenters Electricians Americans in Automotive service technicians & mechanics 1M the workforce Maintenance & repair workers First-line production & operation supervisors 800k Plumbers, pipeftters, & steamftters 37M $ Farmers, ranchers, & a. [...] A coordinated federal strategy to build out their infrastructure – such as NSF’s Advanced Technical Education (ATE) and Regional Innovation Engines programs – in partnership with the private sector, will have the maximal impact in flling the nation’s STW needs. [...] Mean salary: $47,540 • 26,400 semiconductor technicians needed by 2030 • Thousands of clean energy jobs – grid technologies and storage, traditional electricity transmission and distribution, nuclear energy, biofuels, and plug-in hybrid, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and components * December 2022 NSB panel "Addressing Workforce Shortages in Critical Technologies”; American Wel.