{"id":1768,"date":"2019-01-18T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/geology\/?page_id=1768"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:59:25","slug":"eacs-jobs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/about\/eacs-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"A Degree in Earth and Climate Sciences:  Jobs, Salaries and Projected Job Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bachelor&#8217;s degree in EACS at Bates can prepare you well for beginning a career in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/geoscientists.htm#tab-2\">geosciences,<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm#tab-2\">environmental science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/geoscientists.htm\">geoscientists<\/a>\u00a0 was ~ <strong>$99,000<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0The median annual salary for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm#tab-1\">environmental scientists<\/a> was ~<strong>$80,000<\/strong>.\u00a0 These salaries represent the median (half the salaries are below these values and half of the salaries are above these values) for working geoscientists (except <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/hydrologists.htm#tab-1\">hydrologists<\/a>) and environmental scientists in all fields and at all levels. Some of the salaries in this statistic are for folks with advanced degrees (Masters and\/or Doctorates).<\/p>\n<p>With continued high demand for workers in the fields of resource management, alternative energy extraction and planning, and environmental protection, the number of jobs available in the geosciences and environmental sciences are projected to grow!\u00a0 Between 2024 to 2034, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an increase in job availability of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/geoscientists.htm#tab-6\"><strong>3-4%<\/strong> in geosciences<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm#tab-6\"> in environmental sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the types of jobs available for students majoring in Earth and Climate Sciences\/Geosciences and Environmental Science,\u00a0 please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\">Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a> and search for Geosciences, Environmental Sciences, and\/or Hydrology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bachelor&#8217;s degree in EACS at Bates can prepare you well for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1007,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768\/revisions\/3694"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/earth-climate-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}