Editing Physicist (section)

==Careers==
[[File:Fyysikot_työssään.jpg|thumb|right|Experimental physicists at work at the accelerator laboratory of the [[University of Jyväskylä]] (Finland)]]

The three major employers of career physicists are academic institutions, laboratories, and private industries, with the largest employer being the last. Physicists in academia or government labs tend to have titles such as Assistants, [[Professor]]s, Sr./Jr. Scientist, or [[Postdoctoral researcher|postdocs]]. As per the [[American Institute of Physics]], some 20% of new physics Ph.D.s holds jobs in engineering development programs, while 14% turn to computer software and about 11% are in business/education.<ref>{{cite web | author=AIP Statistical Research Center | url=https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/statistics/phd-plus-10/physprivsect-chap11.pdf | title=Industrially Employed Physicists: Primarily in Non-STEM Fields | access-date=August 21, 2006}}</ref> A majority of physicists employed apply their skills and training to interdisciplinary sectors (e.g. [[finance]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8461f5e6-35f5-11e3-952b-00144feab7de |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/8461f5e6-35f5-11e3-952b-00144feab7de |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |title=Physicists and the Financial Markets|newspaper=Financial Times |date=18 October 2013}}</ref>).<ref>American Institute for Physics (AIP) Statistical Research Center Report [https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/physics-doctorates-initial-employment-0 Physics Doctorates Initial Employment] published March 2016.</ref> 

Job titles for graduate physicists include [[Agricultural scientist|Agricultural Scientist]], [[Air traffic controller|Air Traffic Controller]], [[Biophysics|Biophysicist]], [[Computer programmer|Computer Programmer]], [[Electrical Engineer]], [[Environmental analyst|Environmental Analyst]], [[Geophysicist]], [[Medical physicist|Medical Physicist]], [[Meteorologist]], [[Oceanographer]], [[Physics teacher|Physics Teacher]]/[[Professor]]/[[Researcher]], [[Research Scientist]], [[Reactor physics|Reactor Physicist]], [[Engineering physicist|Engineering Physicist]], [[Satellite]] Missions Analyst, [[Science writer|Science Writer]], [[Stratigrapher]], [[Software engineer|Software Engineer]], [[Systems Engineer]], [[Microelectronic Engineering|Microelectronics Engineer]], [[Radar]] Developer, Technical Consultant, etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.augusta.edu/scimath/chemistryandphysics/documents/physicshandout.pdf|title=What can I do with a degree in Physics?|date=2016|publisher=Augusta University|access-date=September 11, 2016|archive-date=November 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102165226/http://www.augusta.edu/scimath/chemistryandphysics/documents/physicshandout.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.iit.edu/physics/research-technical|title=Physicist Career Opportunities|date=2016|publisher=Illinois Institute of Technology|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineergirl.org/cms/6071.aspx|title=Physics Education, Applied to Engineering|date=2016|publisher=National Academy of Engineering (NAE)|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate-students/programs-and-requirements/engineering-physics.html|title=Engineering Physicist careers|date=2016|publisher=Simon Fraser University, Canada|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref>

The majority of Physics terminal bachelor's degree holders are employed in the private sector. Other fields are academia, government and military service, nonprofit entities, labs and teaching.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aip.org/statistics/pie |title=Initial Employment Sectors of Physics Bachelor's, Classes of 2011 & 2012 Combined|date=26 August 2013|publisher=American Institute of Physics |access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>

Typical duties of physicists with master's and doctoral degrees working in their domain involve research, observation and analysis, data preparation, instrumentation, design and development of industrial or medical equipment, [[computing]] and software development, etc.<ref name="NOC2111">{{cite web|url=http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/ProfileQuickSearch.aspx?val=2&val1=2111|title=2111 Physicists and astronomers|date=2016|publisher=National Occupational Classification - Canada|access-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111125832/http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/ProfileQuickSearch.aspx?val=2&val1=2111|archive-date=November 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>