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March 2026
March 2026

We have updated our federal employee interactive tools and our tool that provides data on the number of degrees awarded over time in the physical science and select engineering. In addition, we just published our Spring 2026 Physics Trends Flyers and posted our latest high school report. Finally, our policy-focused research colleagues have just finished their first policy guide. All are shown below.

Updated Interactives

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Exploring Potential Changes to the Federal Workforce in the Physical Sciences and Engineering
JUN 17, 2025
This tool now includes data from November 2025. You can now visualize and compare OPM data from 2024 and 2025. These tools will help explore the impacts of recent job cuts.
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Federal Employees in the Physical Sciences and Engineering
FEB 24, 2025
We have also updated this interactive tool with 2025 data. It includes trend data on salary, agency, and occupations of federal workers employed in the physical sciences and engineering.
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Degrees Earned in the Physical Sciences and Engineering Fields
JAN 25, 2024
Our updated tool includes data for both bachelor’s and doctoral degrees through 2024. Data are available by race and gender for all physical science and selected engineering fields.

Spring 2026 Physics Trends Flyers

What Do New Bachelors Earn? - Spring 2026
Physics Trends Flyer: What Do New Bachelors Earn?
MAR 06, 2026
What Do High School Physics Teachers Teach? - Spring 2026
Physics Trends Flyer: What Do High School Physics Teachers Teach?
MAR 06, 2026
Field of Employment for New Physics PhDs-Spring 2026
Physics Trends Flyer: Field of Employment for New Physics PhDs
MAR 06, 2026
Astronomy Bachelors - 1 Year Later - Spring 2026
Physics Trends Flyer: Astronomy Bachelors - 1 Year Later
MAR 06, 2026

New Report

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High School Physics Enrollments and Class Availability
MAR 19, 2026
The physics-taking rate among US high school students has remained unchanged for the past 20 years. In 2023-24, physics enrollments overall were down despite a growth in the number of seniors.

New Policy Guide

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Visa and immigration policy
MAR 02, 2026
Our colleagues in the history of science, policy, and culture have just published their first policy guide. Here are answers to your questions about visa and immigration policy.

Thank you for your interest in our publications and for your support. We would love to hear from you. In the meantime, here are two more of our interactive data tools:

Who’s hiring physics bachelors?

Who’s hiring physics PhDs?

If you have any questions or comments, please reply to this message or write to Susan White, Director of Statistical Research, at swhite@aip.org.

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