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TABLE 1. Employment of companies that performed or funded U.S. business R&D, by selected industry and company size: 2013
(Thousands)
Worldwide
employmenta
NonR&D
Domestic employmenta
NonAll R&D R&D
All
R&D
Foreign employmenta
NonAll R&D
R&D
10,514
7,204
1,085
451
634
719
1,438
28.6
29.1
27.5
24.5
33.8
26.5
35.4
34.8
41.7
41.5
45.0
39.4
45.2
55.9
68.2
40.4 74.0
872
336
109
227
909
751
3,111
1,905
994
210
1,775
12,899
3,353
1,625
81
131
215
119
86
12
138
828
406
290
828
620
2,896
1,786
908
198
1,637
12,071
2,947
1,335
526
415
1,854
930
751
172
952
9,589
2,182
714
61
85
157
83
64
11
92
597
277
181
465
330
1,697
847
687
161
860
8,992
1,905
533
383
336
1,257
975
243
38
823
3,310
1,171
911
20
46
58
36
22
1
46
231
129
109
363
290
1,199
939
221
37
777
3,079
1,042
802
42.1
44.7
40.4
51.2
24.4
18.1
46.4
25.7
34.9
56.1
24.7
35.1
27.0
30.3
25.6
8.3
33.3
27.9
31.8
37.6
423
1,305
51
372
65 1,240
288
1,180
42
54
246
1,126
135
125
9
11
126
114
31.9
9.6
17.6 33.9
16.9 9.2
1,992
310 1,682
1,430
223
1,207
562
87
475
28.2
28.1 28.2
808
292
892
3,102
113
695
106
186
91
801
29 3,073
512
232
686
2,342
75
72
76
27
437
160
610
2,315
296
60
206
760
38
34
15 i
2
258
26
191
758
36.6
20.5
23.1
24.5
33.6
32.1
16.5
6.9
37.1
14.0
23.8
24.7
112
80
89
128
97
85
364
254
269
618
578
567
790
986
842
762
2,537
1,599
2,903
8,482
98
72
81
112
79
68
240
141
201
403
480
495
709
874
763
694
2,297
1,458
2,702
8,079
39
59
45
233
188
281
1,651
1,732
1,710
4,577
25
51
37
217
170
264
1,527
1,619
1,642
4,362
6.3
9.4
5.4
19.1
18.3
26.9
39.4
52.0
37.1
35.0
12.5
10.0
9.0
12.5
18.6
20.0
34.1
44.5
25.3
34.8
5.0
9.3
5.0
19.9
18.2
27.6
39.9
52.6
37.8
35.1
14
8
8
16
18
17
124
113
68
215
645 i
34.4
40.8
40.3
42.0
39.2
43.9
53.0
183
505
546
746
1,091
933
958
3,824
3,077
4,344
12,441
74
9,914
6,836
1,022
413
609
689
1,298
1,055
617
626
835
1,219
1,030
1,043
4,188
3,331
4,613
13,059
719 i
600
368
63
38
25
30
140
43.8
46.8
41.4
52.6
24.3
18.7
47.5
25.5
35.4
60.1
i = > 50% of the estimate is a combination of imputation and reweighting to account for nonresponse.
NAICS = North American Industry Classification System; nec = not elsewhere classified.
a
b
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Statistics are representative of companies located in the United States that performed or funded R&D.
Industry classification was based on dominant business code for domestic R&D performance, where available. For companies that did not report business codes,
the classification used for sampling was assigned. Excludes data for federally funded research and development centers. The Business R&D and Innovation
Survey does not include companies with fewer than five employees.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Business R&D and Innovation Survey, 2013.
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80.7
19.3
80.7
19.3
79.7
20.3
79.0
21.0
73.3
26.7
70.3
29.7
67.8
32.2
Machinery, 333
67.5
32.5
66.7
33.3
64.0
36.0
61.4
38.6
52.8
0
10
20
47.2
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent
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47.9
47.2
41.4
26.6
26.2
24.8
23.6
22.1
20.3
19.6
18.7
14.5
Machinery, 333
12.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent
NAICS = North American Industry Classification System.
SOURCES: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Business R&D and Innovation Survey, 2013.
R&D Employee
Compensation
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TABLE 2. Headcount of domestic R&D employees and number of full-time equivalent domestic R&D employees, by company size: 2013
(Thousands)
FTE R&D employeesa
Headcount of
R&D employeesa
1,495
442
98
72
81
112
79
1,053
68
240
141
201
403
Full-time
employees
working on
R&D part-time
Total FTE
Full-time
R&D
R&D
employees employees
1,318
357
80
60
65
87
65
961
58
217
134
180
372
1,171
295
69
50
52
70
54
876
49
194
123
164
346
i
i
i
i
i
124
55
8
10
12
15
10
69
8
19
9
12
21
Part-time
employees
working on
R&D
i
i
i
i
i
i
22
7
2
1
1
2
1
14
1
4
1
4
4
FTE R&D
employee share
of headcount
(%)
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
88
81
82
83
80
78
82
91
85
90
95
90
92
i = > 50% of the estimate is a combination of imputation and reweighting to account for nonresponse.
FTE = full-time equivalent.
a
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Statistics are representative of companies located in the United States that performed or funded
R&D. Form BRD-1(S) collected total FTE domestic R&D employees but not the detail on numbers of full-time R&D employees vs. employees working part
time on R&D. These details were imputed for companies reporting on Form BRD-1(S). Excludes data for federally funded research and development
centers. The Business R&D and Innovation Survey does not include companies with fewer than five employees.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Business R&D and Innovation Survey, 2013.
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FIGURE 3. Annual employee compensation per domestic full-time equivalent R&D employee, by selected industry: 2013
Industry and NAICS code
Pharmaceuticals and medicines, 3254
251
198
163
152
145
144
135
126
123
122
Machinery, 333
105
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Thousands of dollars
FTE = full time equivalent; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System.
NOTES: Employee compensation comprises salaries and wages, fringe benefits, and stock-based compensation expense. Totals for aerospace products and parts
(NAICS 3364) are not reported here because of high nonresponse imputation for this industry.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Business R&D and Innovation Survey,
2013.
2013 (http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
industry/). For further information
concerning BRDIS or to request tables
with relative standard errors and imputation rates, contact Raymond M. Wolfe
(rwolfe@nsf.gov; 703-292-7789).
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FIGURE 4. Foreign share of employment of U.S.-located R&D-active firms, by type of employment, NAICS industry, and company size: 2013
Industry, NAICS code, and company size
All industries, 2133, 4281
Manufacturing industries, 3133
R&D employment
Non-R&D employment
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent
NAICS = North American Industry Classification System.
NOTE: Foreign share = (foreign employment /worldwide employment) 100 for U.S.-located R&D-active firms.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Business R&D and Innovation
Survey, 2013.
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