"Knowledge Workers" (was Re: A mocking look at the social sciences)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 03:10 PM 11/22/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>The bottom line is, however, that as the supply of knowledge workers
>>increases, so does the volume of intellectual commodity they produce, which
>>has the net effect of the declining science/drivel ratio.
>>
>>wojtek
>
>Can anyone give me ballpark figures of just how many "knowledge 
>workers" exist in the USA; the ratio of public to private sector 
>"knowledge workers"; changes in the number & proportion of "knowledge 
>workers"; etc.?
>
>Yoshie

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

section 13, table 675 will give you the labor force by occupation

wojtek