Environmental scientists & geoscientists

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2017 Workforce

71.6k

Average Age

Average Salary

$93,387

Average Male Salary

$103,257

Average Female Salary

$72,739

About

Environmental scientists & geoscientists are most often employed by the Administration of environmental quality & housing programs industry. The average yearly wage for Environmental scientists & geoscientists was $93,387 in 2017.

The locations that employ the most Environmental scientists & geoscientists are Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (South), The Woodlands (North) PUMA, TX, Houston City (West Central)--South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX, and Houston City (West)--East of TX-6 & West of Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Environmental scientists & geoscientists are Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (South), The Woodlands (North) PUMA, TX, Houston City (West Central)--South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX, and Houston City (West)--East of TX-6 & West of Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Environmental scientists & geoscientists workforce. Environmental scientists & geoscientists workforce in 2017 was 71,568 people, of which 32.3% were women and 67.7% were men.

Environmental scientists & geoscientists are paid most in Houston City (West)--South of I-10 & West of TX-6 PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (South), The Woodlands (North) PUMA, TX.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping

48,422

Male Workforce

± 5.4k

23,146

Female Workforce

± 3.73k

The Environmental scientists & geoscientists workforce in 2017 was 71,568 people (32.3% women and 67.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 1.16% between 2014 (70,747) and 2017 (71,568).

Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Environmental scientists & geoscientists.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Texas ($161,779), Oklahoma ($117,417), and Alaska ($114,878).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$93,387

AVERAGE WAGE

#38 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Environmental scientists & geoscientists earned an average of $93,387, $23,509 more than the average national salary of $69,878

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.385

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Environmental scientists & geoscientists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.385, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Environmental scientists & geoscientists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Environmental scientists & geoscientists compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Environmental scientists & geoscientists and on wages for those in the field. Administration of environmental quality & housing programs is the industry that employs the most Environmental scientists & geoscientists, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Environmental scientists & geoscientists, by average wage, is Gasoline stations ($212,977).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

71.6k

2017 Workforce

± 6,566

−0.767%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 13.1%

This graphic shows the share of Environmental scientists & geoscientists employed by various industries. Administration of environmental quality & housing programs employs the largest share of Environmental scientists & geoscientists at 35%, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services with 26.4% and Management, scientific & technical consulting services with 22.9%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Environmental scientists & geoscientists in the US. The workforce of Environmental scientists & geoscientists in 2017 was 71,568 people, with 32.3% woman, and 67.7% men. The average age of male Environmental scientists & geoscientists in the workforce is 44.9 and of female Environmental scientists & geoscientists is 39.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Environmental scientists & geoscientists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Environmental scientists & geoscientists in 2017 was 71,568 people, with 32.3% woman, and 67.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (10,814 people), 35 to 39 years (10,638 people), and 25 to 29 years (9,036 people). Among them they concentrated 42.8% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2017, 5.17% of Environmental scientists & geoscientists workers were Hispanic and 94.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (38.3%), Puerto Rican (20.2)%, and Colombian (10.1)%

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Races

In 2017, 88.3% of the Environmental scientists & geoscientists workforce were White, of which 31.5% were women and 68.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (5.16%) and Black (3.2%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Environmental scientists & geoscientists from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Environmental scientists & geoscientists is Physical Sciences but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Physical Sciences.

Among the necessary skills for Environmental scientists & geoscientists, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Environmental scientists & geoscientists need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Environmental scientists & geoscientists in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Physical Sciences (30,422 people), Natural Resources & Conservation (9,247 people), and Biology (8,555 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Environmental scientists & geoscientists workers were Bachelors Degree (37,596 people), Graduate Degree (32,948 people), and Some college (536 people).

The graphic shows the Environmental scientists & geoscientists workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Environmental scientists & geoscientists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Environmental scientists & geoscientists need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Writing, Science.