Science and engineering professionals

About 167,000 people work as Science and engineering professionals, and women make up 27% of this group. In the case of nature science, women made up 46% and in technical science 23%. The average gross monthly wage of Science and engineering professionals amounted to 65.9 thousand crowns in 2023, and compared to the average gross monthly salary of employees in the Czech Republic, it was 143%. Male Science and engineering professionals earn on average eleven thousand krowns more than women. In 2023, 24,000 people studied at universities in the field of natural sciences and 37,000 people in technical fields.

Science and engineering professionals, total
Publication date: 22. 07. 2024
Year 2022
167.1 thous.
Share of Science and engineering professionals on total employment in Czechia
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Year 2022
3.2%
Share of women in all nature science professionals in the Czechia
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Year 2022
45.6%
Share of women in all technical science professionals in the Czechia
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Year 2022
23.0%
Average gross monthly wage of nature science professionals
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Year 2023
CZK 59,129
Average gross monthly wage of technical science professionals
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Year 2023
CZK 67,548
Students of science fields of education at universities in Czechia
Publication date: 22. 07. 2024
Year 2023
23,809
Students of engineering fields of education at universities in Czechia
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Year 2023
36,669

Public database All data CZSO online

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
	*Number - thousands persons**
Nature science professionals	23.7	26.8	27.8	27.3	26.7	27.9	28.5	27.4	:
Physicists, chemists, mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals	9.9	10.5	9.4	9.2	9.3	10.2	10.3	9.5	:
Life science professionals	13.8	16.4	18.4	18.1	17.5	17.7	18.2	17.9	:
Technical science professionals	94.8	104.1	111.9	115.7	117.0	120.3	128.8	138.4	:
Engineering professionals	62.8	68.2	71.1	73.3	73.9	77.4	83.8	92.3	:
Electrotechnology engineers	14.3	16.9	20.1	20.5	20.2	18.9	20.1	20.1	:
Architects, planners, surveyors and designers	17.7	19.0	20.7	21.9	22.9	24.1	25.0	26.0	:
	Average gross monthly wages - CZK
Nature science professionals	39,312	40,136	43,351	46,587	49,156	52,532	55,081	58,032	59,129
Physicists, chemists and related professionals	40,091	39,837	43,457	45,886	49,189	50,195	54,009	57,534	59,781
Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals	45,074	45,311	49,398	55,175	56,383	60,402	61,599	64,969	69,837
Life science professionals	38,327	39,785	42,645	46,224	48,434	53,224	55,016	57,650	57,728
Technical science professionals	42,734	43,338	47,246	50,456	54,087	56,265	59,104	63,647	67,548
Engineering professionals	42,095	42,660	46,848	50,128	53,753	55,997	58,825	63,505	67,064
Electrotechnology engineers	48,805	48,756	53,299	56,743	60,814	61,676	65,059	69,221	74,428
Architects, planners, surveyors and designers	29,427	30,631	31,057	33,890	35,246	39,443	43,379	48,545	52,824

*Three-year moving averages, see the methodology
(:) is not available
Source: CZSO, Labour Force Survey and Structural Earnings Statistics

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Science and engineering professionals, total	118.5	130.9	139.7	143.1	143.7	148.3	158.4	167.1
Men	91.6	100.0	105.3	106.3	104.2	106.7	115.1	122.6
Women	26.9	30.9	34.4	36.8	39.5	41.5	43.3	44.4
Age group
under 35 years	40.1	44.5	46.7	46.3	43.5	42.7	42.6	44.2
35–44 years	32.2	38.1	41.2	42.2	43.3	44.4	49.2	52.3
45–54 years	24.5	25.5	26.4	27.3	28.6	32.1	36.0	38.3
55 years and over	21.7	22.8	25.4	27.2	28.4	29.1	30.6	32.3
Highest level of education attainment
Tertiary	111.4	124.3	132.7	136.1	136.2	141.7	151.2	158.3
Master's and Doctoral	103.1	115.0	123.2	126.2	125.1	129.6	138.9	144.9
Bachelor's and Higher professional	8.3	9.3	9.4	9.9	11.1	12.1	12.2	13.4
Secondary with A-level examination and lower	7.1	6.7	7.0	7.0	7.5	6.6	7.3	8.8

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Science and engineering professionals, total	41,412	43,207	45,674	48,568	53,081	55,205	57,992	62,498	65,885
Men	43,242	44,982	47,623	50,516	55,461	57,357	60,293	65,119	68,942
Women	36,014	37,794	39,767	42,869	46,257	49,157	51,793	55,613	57,979
Sphere of activity (remuneration)
Business (wage) sphere	42,249	44,030	46,497	49,348	54,116	56,192	59,147	63,993	67,456
Government (salary) sphere	33,189	34,605	37,029	40,334	42,630	45,495	46,904	48,280	51,181
Highest level of education attainment
Master's and Doctoral	42,925	44,783	47,205	50,220	55,727	57,594	60,825	65,057	68,483
Bachelor's and Higher professional	37,504	39,885	43,387	46,358	49,082	51,469	54,684	59,291	63,478
Secondary with A-level examination	38,894	40,310	43,226	45,887	49,341	51,469	53,944	58,692	62,045

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	20,449	19,362	18,919	18,572	19,637	21,728	22,994	23,334	23, 809
Males	8,495	7,998	7,829	7,657	8,147	9,170	9,803	10,130	10,507
Females	11,954	11,364	11,090	10,916	11,491	12,559	13,191	13,207	13,302
Citizenship
Czech	17,420	16,251	15,728	15,133	15,881	17,193	17,944	18,078	18,414
Foreigners	3,029	3,111	3,192	3,441	3,757	4,536	5,050	5,259	5,396
Age group
under 20 years	2,008	1,833	1,708	1,762	2,068	2,454	2,455	2,261	2,456
20-24 years	12,047	11,257	11,091	10,802	11,473	12,443	13,168	13,576	13,861
25-29 years	4,538	4,375	4,187	4,128	4,154	4,405	4,683	4,759	4,727
30 years and over	1,856	1,897	1,933	1,881	1,943	2,427	2,688	2,741	2,765
Study programme
Bachelor	12,088	11,081	10,910	10,685	11,811	13,068	13,539	13,680	13,928
Master	3,937	3,880	3,706	3,655	3,738	4,179	4,805	4,964	5,153
Doctoral	4,448	4,415	4,320	4,253	4,102	4,503	4,672	4,724	4,748
Field of education
Biological and related sciences	8,023	8,047	7,977	7,887	7,663	7,860	7,746	7,788	7,802
Environment	1,383	1,228	1,239	1,208	2,089	2,740	3,060	3,010	2,986
Physical sciences	6,051	5,661	5,547	5,417	5,732	7,212	8,229	8,898	9,456
Mathematics and statistics	1,754	1,543	1,433	1,392	1,375	1,719	1,821	1,990	2,129
other	3,293	2,932	2,761	2,710	2,819	2,258	2,185	1,699	1,487

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	54,131	51,091	48,071	45,646	42,914	40,705	38,542	36,973	36,669
Males	36,860	34,629	32,326	30,767	29,456	28,623	27,494	26,467	26,440
Females	17,271	16,462	15,745	14,878	13,458	12,083	11,049	10,526	10,229
Citizenship
Czech	47,946	44,651	41,711	39,273	36,750	34,771	32,813	31,194	30,922
Foreigners	6,185	6,440	6,361	6,372	6,165	5,936	5,731	5,802	5,748
Age group
under 20 years	3,999	3,999	3,697	3,606	3,670	3,686	3,709	3,835	4,000
20-24 years	33,213	30,776	28,903	27,271	25,827	24,620	23,741	23,128	23,310
25-29 years	10,737	10,349	9,863	9,494	8,657	7,902	7,050	6,374	5,863
30 years and over	6,182	5,967	5,608	5,274	4,760	4,498	4,043	3,656	3,496
Study programme
Bachelor	33,246	30,630	28,582	27,087	25,696	24,744	23,916	23,368	23,667
Master	14,928	14,880	14,256	13,510	12,328	11,094	10,040	9,376	9,120
Doctoral	6,005	5,629	5,270	5,092	4,939	4,924	4,622	4,290	3,916
Field of education
Engineering and engineering trades	23,830	22,503	21,477	21,267	21,557	21,726	20,789	20,237	19,864
Manufacturing and processing	4,843	4,510	4,173	3,971	3,523	3,145	3,021	2,873	2,694
Architecture and construction	13,982	13,493	12,905	11,945	11,334	11,260	11,285	11,344	11,926
Inter-disciplinary programmes	11,594	10,695	9,606	8,541	6,575	4,674	3,509	2,601	2,233

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