STEM jobs in the Department of Energy are solving global issues.
October 9, 2020
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STEM jobs in the Department of Energy are solving global issues. STEM professionals are reducing carbon emissions, cleaning water sources, fighting pollution, creating systems to recycle solar panels and plastics, fueling rovers to Mars, and much, much more.
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Some key stats:
- In 2015, there were 9 million STEM workers in the United States. About 6.1 percent of all workers were in STEM occupations at that time -- and just five years earlier, in 2010, only 5.5 percent of all workers were in STEM.
- Now, in 2020, there's an estimated 17.3 million STEM jobs in the United States. STEM jobs are clearly on the rise.
- Energy is key to that growth. The energy sector outperformed the rest of the economy in job creation, employing 6.8 million people and adding over 26,000 jobs in 2019.
- Solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine technicians are predicted by experts to be the top two fastest-growing occupations through 2028.
People in STEM report high job satisfaction, and STEM jobs provide well-paying salaries, even at entry levels of the workforce. See our sources on our infographic above.
In short, STEM jobs are a smart career choice to benefit your bottom line and the environment's bottom line. Learn more at STEM Rising: energy.gov/STEM.
AnneMarie Horowitz
AnneMarie Horowitz is the Chief of Staff for the Arctic Energy Office. She joined the Arctic Energy Office in May 2023, and previously served as the Acting Communications Director until September 2023. AnneMarie has been with the Energy Department since 2010, and was previously on the digital team of the Office of Public Affairs, where she managed digital projects and internal employee communications efforts. AnneMarie was the Digital Communications Manager from March 2023 - September 2023 for the Department of Health and Human Affairs' Public Education Campaign, We Can Do This, to share information about the COVID vaccine.
AnneMarie founded two active employee resource groups at the Department of Energy: POWER (Professional Opportunities for Women in Energy Realized) and the Emerging Professionals Group. From 2015 - 2017 she served as the Special Advisor on workforce issues for Deputy Secretary of Energy Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. She has also previously worked in the Under Secretary for Management and Performance and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.
AnneMarie created the STEM Rising: Women @ Energy series, featuring profiles of women from the agency who work in STEM careers. She was critical to establishing the Equality in Energy Transitions Initiative, a dual-hatted effort of the International Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Ministerial to advance the transition to a clean energy economy by engaging more women in clean energy, and is involved with the U.S. C3E Initiative as an award reviewer and communication. During the Obama Administration she was a DOE designee to the White House Council on Women and Girls. AnneMarie was a U.S. delegate to the APEC Women in the Economy Forum in 2014 in Beijing, China.
AnneMarie has a BA in Political Science from the University of Portland and a Masters of Government from Johns Hopkins University. She resides in Philadelphia.