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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $79,066 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Biological scientists.
The industry that employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation majors is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Not specified manufacturing industries.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $79,066 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Biological scientists.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Highest Paying Locations
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Most Common
The most common occupations Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Biological scientists.
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Natural Resources & Conservation majors working as Conservation scientists & foresters, Environmental scientists and specialists, including health, and Biological scientists.
Highest Paid
The highest paid occupations by median income for Natural Resources & Conservation majors are Surgeons, Optometrists, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
Occupations by Share
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.29%, from 393,424 in 2021 to 414,224 in 2022.
The largest single share of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates go on to work as Other managers (6.24%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Natural Resources & Conservation by share of the total number of graduates.
Most Common
The most common industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
Highest Paid
The highest paying industries of Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by average wage, are Not specified manufacturing industries, Oil & gas extraction, and Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers.
Industries by Share
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.29%, from 393,424 in 2021 to 414,224 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation graduates by share is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Natural Resources & Conservation.
Specialty Locations
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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Diversity
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation is 40.
Workforce Age
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 26 and 25 years old, which represent 3.81% and 3.68% of the population, respectively.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Natural Resources & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
Global Diversity
- China3,008 degree recipients
- India2,533 degree recipients
- Mexico2,161 degree recipients
- Serbia7.56 times more than expected
- Algeria7.31 times more than expected
- Scotland6.05 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Serbia that hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees (7.56 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (3,008 degree recipients).
Skills
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Environmental Science field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Environmental Science majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Environmental Science majors need more than the average amount of Science, Operation and Control, and Troubleshooting.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Environmental Science majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.