<p>Occupational Employment and Wages 2010 </p><p>STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) STEM occupations are technical jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Although many possible definitions exist, the STEM group is defined here to include computer and mathematical, architecture and engineering, and life and physical science occupations, as well as managerial and postsecondary teaching occupations related to these functional areas, and sales occupations requiring scientific or technical knowledge at the postsecondary level. For more information on STEM occupations, see “Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations: a visual essay” in the May 2011 issue of Monthly Labor Review, available online at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/05/ art1full.pdf. 11 </p>