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Geology
The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated
with a degree in Geology. We have separated the tables
depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the
bachelors degree in Geology, and those who get either a masters
in Geology, a Ph.D. in Geology.
While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in
Geology some students with a bachelors degree in Geology will get advanced
degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees
that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Geology.
Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary,
it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students
in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others
place students in many different income categories. For this reason,
we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Geology Salaries.
Histogram of Geology Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Geology who received no degree beyond the bachelors.
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Histogram of Geology Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond
The diagram below includes all students with a major in Geology while an undergraduate.
The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.
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Bachelors Degree
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Geology.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$48,746 216 47.79 Geologists, including earth scientists
$54,869 38 8.41 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$48,169 13 2.88 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$46,104 12 2.65 Engineers: Environmental
$50,442 11 2.43 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$35,855 11 2.43 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$29,409 9 1.99 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$45,978 8 1.77 Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
$46,154 7 1.55 OTHER physical scientists
$35,210 7 1.55 OTHER service occupations, except health
$42,207 6 1.33 Chemists, except biochemists
$50,633 6 1.33 Computer engineer - software
$43,144 6 1.33 Surveying and mapping
$46,027 6 1.33 Engineers: Mining or geological
$40,517 6 1.33 OTHER management related occupations
$46,000 5 1.11 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$56,694 5 1.11 Transportation/material moving occupations
$48,988 5 1.11 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$34,324 4 .88 Engineers: Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
$43,498 4 .88 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen
$60,304 4 .88 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$27,694 4 .88 Mechanics and repairers
$48,175 4 .88 Other engineers
$41,292 3 .66 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$50,760 3 .66 Engineers: Sales
$32,617 3 .66 OTHER computer, information science Occupations
$38,109 3 .66 OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
$25,728 3 .66 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$74,333 3 .66 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$23,500 2 .44 Teachers: Elementary
$26,000 2 .44 Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
$27,020 2 .44 Surveyors
$47,350 2 .44 Computer system analysts
$38,168 2 .44 Architects Engineers (Also see 101-103)
$71,250 2 .44 Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
$67,078 2 .44 Engineers: Petroleum
$34,426 2 .44 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$35,444 2 .44 Social Workers
$43,350 2 .44 Information systems scientists or analysts
$53,000 1 .22 Physicists
$56,160 1 .22 Teachers: Secondary - other subjects
$55,000 1 .22 Computer engineer - hardware
$104,000 1 .22 OTHER health occupations
$56,000 1 .22 Engineers: Marine engineer or naval architect
$10,400 1 .22 Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
$48,000 1 .22 Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
$46,000 1 .22 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$43,950 1 .22 Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
$39,000 1 .22 OTHER biological/life scientists
$35,000 1 .22 Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
$35,000 1 .22 OTHER mathematical scientists
$33,600 1 .22 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$33,280 1 .22 Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
$32,800 1 .22 Engineers: Industrial
$31,200 1 .22 Secretaries, receptionists, typists
$23,400 1 .22 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
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Masters
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree
in Geology.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$54,005 152 66.96 Geologists, including earth scientists
$55,854 16 7.05 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$51,817 12 5.29 Engineers: Environmental
$46,450 4 1.76 Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
$43,275 4 1.76 Professors: Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science
$29,333 3 1.32 Teachers: Secondary - computer, math or sciences
$48,000 2 .88 OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
$26,446 2 .88 Engineers: Materials or metallurgical
$56,500 2 .88 Other engineers
$50,000 2 .88 Engineers: Mining or geological
$35,843 2 .88 Forestry, conservation scientists
$39,000 2 .88 Computer scientists, except system analysts
$41,360 2 .88 OTHER physical scientists
$50,000 1 .44 Oceanographers
$51,792 1 .44 Chemists, except biochemists
$55,000 1 .44 OTHER management related occupations
$65,000 1 .44 Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
$72,000 1 .44 Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen
$80,000 1 .44 Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
$87,100 1 .44 Physicists
$96,000 1 .44 Engineers: Petroleum
$10,400 1 .44 OTHER service occupations, except health
$50,000 1 .44 Computer system analysts
$50,000 1 .44 Anthropologists
$48,000 1 .44 Construction trades, miners and well drillers
$43,200 1 .44 Information systems scientists or analysts
$38,000 1 .44 Statisticians
$33,200 1 .44 Engineers: Chemical
$32,265 1 .44 Agricultural and food scientists
$30,000 1 .44 OTHER postsecondary
$25,000 1 .44 Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
$23,338 1 .44 Mechanics and repairers
$20,800 1 .44 OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
$20,322 1 .44 Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
$10,400 1 .44 Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
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Ph.D.
The information in the table below is based on data from people of all
sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in
Geology.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Occupation
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$66,092 46 47.92 Geologists, including earth scientists
$49,741 22 22.92 Professors: Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science
$55,020 5 5.21 Professors: OTHER natural sciences
$50,333 3 3.13 OTHER postsecondary
$142,000 3 3.13 Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
$72,000 1 1.04 Engineers: Mining or geological
$25,000 1 1.04 Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
$114,000 1 1.04 Engineers: Civil, including architectural and sanitary
$113,000 1 1.04 Professors: Medical Science
$110,000 1 1.04 Engineers: Electrical, electronic
$100,020 1 1.04 Oceanographers
$80,000 1 1.04 Engineers: Environmental
$75,000 1 1.04 Lawyers, Judges
$49,200 1 1.04 Professors: Biological Sciences
$67,500 1 1.04 Engineers: Aeronautical, aerospace, astronautical
$29,350 1 1.04 Professors: Chemistry
$57,699 1 1.04 Chemists, except biochemists
$30,000 1 1.04 Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
$55,000 1 1.04 OTHER marketing and sales occupations
$52,000 1 1.04 Computer engineer - hardware
$32,500 1 1.04 OTHER physical scientists
$50,000 1 1.04 Atmospheric and space scientists
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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Geology
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$52,186 155 54.20 Geology
$51,945 27 9.44 Geological sciences, other
$42,734 10 3.50 Environmental science studies
$52,612 8 2.80 Engineering: Civil
$64,293 8 2.80 Business administration and management
$46,125 4 1.40 Physics
$43,408 4 1.40 Education: OTHER education
$49,586 4 1.40 OTHER agricultural sciences
$68,750 4 1.40 Business, general
$60,100 3 1.05 Engineering: Electrical, electronics, communications
$59,417 3 1.05 Computer/information sciences, general
$53,667 3 1.05 Computer science
$50,000 3 1.05 OTHER engineering
$49,875 3 1.05 OTHER conservation/renewable natural resources
$48,643 3 1.05 OTHER physical sciences
$49,348 3 1.05 Economics
$56,500 2 .70 Engineering: Materials, including ceramics and textiles
$50,850 2 .70 Financial management
$52,975 2 .70 Engineering: Environmental
$54,250 2 .70 Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
$55,006 2 .70 Engineering sciences, mechanics, physics
$57,978 2 .70 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$44,600 2 .70 Architecture/Environmental Design
$44,500 2 .70 Education: Secondary teacher education
$32,900 2 .70 Cell and molecular biology
$71,000 2 .70 Political science and government
$64,000 1 .35 Engineering: Mining and minerals
$67,800 1 .35 Oceanography
$69,000 1 .35 Engineering: General
$78,000 1 .35 OTHER communications
$82,000 1 .35 Operations research
$88,000 1 .35 Earth sciences
$56,000 1 .35 Information services and systems
$16,404 1 .35 Engineering: Geophysical
$51,114 1 .35 Forestry sciences (Except management)
$49,358 1 .35 OTHER social sciences
$43,000 1 .35 Library Science
$42,177 1 .35 Mathematics: Applied
$41,600 1 .35 Anthropology and archeology
$41,000 1 .35 Public administration
$39,500 1 .35 Psychology: Counseling
$29,142 1 .35 Accounting
$25,000 1 .35 Education: Counselor education/guidance services
$24,000 1 .35 Marketing research
$24,000 1 .35 Plant sciences
$22,000 1 .35 OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
$19,200 1 .35 Geography
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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Geology
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$62,511 66 75.00 Geology
$65,396 9 10.23 Geological sciences, other
$83,067 3 3.41 Earth sciences
$150,000 1 1.14 Mechanical engineering-related technologies
$125,000 1 1.14 Education: OTHER education
$91,000 1 1.14 Engineering: Environmental
$31,000 1 1.14 Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
$60,000 1 1.14 OTHER agricultural sciences
$57,000 1 1.14 Ecology
$43,000 1 1.14 Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
$42,000 1 1.14 Engineering: Civil
$38,200 1 1.14 Geography
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Other Professiona Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors
degree in Geology
Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.
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Avg 1993 Number of Pct of
Salary Observations Majors Description of Field of Study
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$107,335 8 72.73 Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com