Environmental Science
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.
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.
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.
The most common occupations Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Biological scientists.
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.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Natural Resources & Conservation majors are Surgeons, Optometrists, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Natural Resources & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
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).