Employment Trends
Number of geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers employed in 2006: 31,000
Projected Number of geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers that will be employed in 2016: 37,510
The numbers of positions for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers is expected to increase by 21% between 2006 and 2016.
*Some careers have been clustered with closely related occupations for some statistics.
**Employment projections are derived from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07 Edition
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