Presumably, high school educators that have specialized in the STEM fields are at an advantage for educating students who will then enroll in a postsecondary educational institution to further study within the STEM areas. As demand in STEM occupations continues to grow, so too will the demand for secondary educators that can lay the groundwork for educating the STEM workforce of tomorrow iii . In a January 2017 US Labor Statistics study titled STEM Occupations: Past, Present and Future employment in STEM occupations grew by 10.5 percent, or 817,260 jobs, between May 2009 and May 2015, compared with 5.2 percent net growth in non-STEM occupations iv .
Looking more closely at types of STEM occupations, we see the most projected growth coming from the mathematical science occupations group at 28.2 percent compared to 6.5 percent growth for all occupations. v
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