Table 3 
Federal government personnel engaged in science and technology, by type of science 

Federal government personnel engaged in science and technology, by type of science
  2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2018/2019 to 2019/2020
  full-time equivalentsfull-time equivalentsfull-time equivalentsfull-time equivalents % change
Total personnel, all sciences 34,219 36,317 36,059 36,100 0.1
Scientific and professional personnel 18,879 20,407 20,117 20,210 0.5
Technical personnel 6,692 6,874 6,926 6,947 0.3
Other personnel 8,649 9,036 9,016 8,943 -0.8
Total personnel, natural sciences and engineering 23,348 24,578 25,002 25,055 0.2
Scientific and professional personnel 11,984 12,298 12,624 12,709 0.7
Technical personnel 5,819 6,066 6,113 6,124 0.2
Other personnel 5,545 6,213 6,266 6,222 -0.7
Total personnel, social sciences, humanities and the arts 10,872 11,739 11,057 11,045 -0.1
Scientific and professional personnel 6,895 8,108 7,493 7,501 0.1
Technical personnel 873 808 814 823 1.1
Other personnel 3,104 2,823 2,751 2,720 -1.1
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