Geographers
Tasks Include:
- Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography, such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.
- Write and present reports of research findings.
- Develop, operate, and maintain geographical information computer systems, including hardware, software, plotters, digitizers, printers, and video cameras.
- Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Teach geography.
- Gather and compile geographic data from sources such as censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Conduct field work at outdoor sites.
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$88,900.00
State
$107,140.00
Regional
Geographers
Description
Career Cluster: | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics |
Study the nature and use of areas of the Earth's surface, relating and interpreting interactions of physical and cultural phenomena. Conduct research on physical aspects of a region, including land forms, climates, soils, plants, and animals, and conduct research on the spatial implications of human activities within a given area, including social characteristics, economic activities, and political organization, as well as researching interdependence between regions at scales ranging from local to global.
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Geographers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 45%
- Doctoral Degree = 25%
- Master's Degree = 20%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 5%
- Post-Doctoral Training = 5%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 35%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 20%
- None = 15%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 10%
- Up to and including 1 month = 5%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 5%
- Over 10 years = 5%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 30%
- None = 20%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 15%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5%
- Over 10 years = 5%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 25%
- None or short demonstration = 15%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 15%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 10%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5%
- Over 10 years = 5%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography, such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.
- Write and present reports of research findings.
- Develop, operate, and maintain geographical information computer systems, including hardware, software, plotters, digitizers, printers, and video cameras.
- Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Teach geography.
- Gather and compile geographic data from sources such as censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Conduct field work at outdoor sites.
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- Provide consulting services in fields such as resource development and management, business location and market area analysis, environmental hazards, regional cultural history, and urban social planning.
- Collect data on physical characteristics of specified areas, such as geological formations, climates, and vegetation, using surveying or meteorological equipment.
- Provide geographical information systems support to the private and public sectors.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Height gauges (Abney levels)
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled (All terrain vehicles ATV)
- Anemometers
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers (Atomic emission spectroscopes)
- Levels (Automatic levels)
- Transmission electron microscopes (Cathodoluminescence microscopes)
- Power saws (Chain saws)
- Soil testing kits (Compaction meters)
- Conductivity meters
- Forestry saws (Crosscut saws)
- Ion exchange apparatus (Deionizers)
- Electromagnetic geophysical instruments (Demagnetizing equipment)
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Videoscopes (Digital imaging microscopes)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Digital video cameras)
- Scanners (Digitizers)
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Drying cabinets or ovens (Drying ovens)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Dutch augers)
- Electromagnetic field meters (Electromagnetic current meters)
- Laboratory balances (Electronic precision balances)
- Scanners (Flatbed scanners)
- Flow sensors (Flow meters)
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled (Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles)
- Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Gas-mixing furnaces)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Grab samplers)
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Gravity convection ovens)
- Radarbased surveillance systems (Ground penetrating radar GPR)
- Portable data input terminals (Handheld data loggers)
- Laboratory box furnaces (High temperature laboratory box furnaces)
- Benchtop centrifuges (High-speed centrifuges)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Hiller corers)
- Hygrometers (Humidity sensors)
- Hydrometers
- Heat tracing equipment (Infrared IR thermometers)
- Ion chromatographs
- Analytical balances (Laboratory analytical balances)
- Dropping pipettes (Laboratory dropping pipettes)
- Laboratory crushers or pulverizers (Laboratory sample splitters)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Laser printers (Large format printers)
- Levels (Laser levels)
- Particle size measuring apparatus (Laser particle sizers)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Livingstone corers)
- Precipitation or evaporation recorders (Lysimeters)
- Voltage or current meters (Mechanical current meters)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Muffle furnaces)
- Comparators (Optical comparators)
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- Polarizing microscopes (Petrographic microscopes)
- pH meters (pH analyzers)
- Darkfield microscopes (Phase contrast microscopes)
- Solar radiation surface observing apparatus (Photosynthetically active radiation PAR meters)
- Plotter printers (Plotters)
- Polarizing microscopes
- Portable data input terminals (Portable data collectors)
- Fume hoods or cupboards (Portable fume hoods)
- Weather stations (Portable weather stations)
- Pneumatic rock drills (Powered rock-coring drills)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Powered vibracorers)
- Permeability or porosity estimation apparatus (Pressure plate apparatus)
- Recreational motorboats (Research motorboats)
- Rock cutters (Rock saws)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Russian corers)
- Salinity meter (Salinity meters)
- General purpose refrigerators or refrigerator freezers (Sample storage refrigerators)
- Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Sediment coring equipment)
- Water samplers (Sediment samplers)
- Water samplers (Sediment traps)
- Portable seismic apparatus (Seismic stations)
- Laboratory sifting equipment (Sieve shakers)
- Laboratory mixers (Soil mixers)
- Moisture meters (Soil moisture meters)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Soil samplers)
- Anemometers (Sonic anemometers)
- Laboratory sifting equipment (Sonic sifters)
- Magnetometer geophysical instruments (Spinner magnetometers)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo light microscopes)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo zoom microscopes)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereographic microscopes)
- Pressure indicators (Submersible pressure sensors)
- Height gauges (Survey altimeters)
- Tablet computers
- Temperature transmitters (Temperature sensors)
- Theodolites
- Water samplers (Total dissolved solids TDS meters)
- Theodolites (Total stations)
- Forestry increment borers (Tree increment borers)
- Land drilling rigs (Truck-mounted drilling rigs)
- Turbidimeters (Turbidity probes)
- Test sieves (Ultrasonic sieving systems)
- Hand held camcorders or video cameras (Video cameras)
- Video attachments for microscopes (Video microscopes)
- Open stream current meters (Water current meters)
- Water samplers
- Anemometers (Wind direction sensors)
- X ray diffraction equipment
- X ray diffraction equipment (X ray diffractometers)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- MODPATH
- Groundwater Vistas software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV software
- SPSS software
- SAS software
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Pattern searching software
- Minitab software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Scientific Software Group RiverMorph
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Lemkesoft GraphicConverter
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Golden Software Grapher
- ACD Systems Canvas
- Internet browser software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Map creation software
- MapInfo MapMarker
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Golden Software Surfer
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS* software
- ESRI ArcView
- ESRI ArcInfo
- ESRI ArcIMS
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
- Caliper Maptitude
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Web page creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Additional Resources
For information about careers in anthropology, contact:
The American Anthropological Association
4350 N. Fairfax Dr.
Suite 640
Arlington, VA 22203-1620
http://www.aaanet.org
For information about careers in archaeology, contact:
Society for American Archaeology
900 2nd St. NE.
Suite 12
Washington, DC 20002-3557
http://www.saa.org
Archaeological Institute of America
656 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02215-2006
http://www.archaeological.org
For information about careers in geography, contact:
Association of American Geographers
1710 16th St. NW.
Washington, DC 20009-3198
http://www.aag.org
Information on careers for historians is available from:
American Historical Association
400 A St. SE.
Washington, DC 20003-3889
http://www.theaha.org
Organization of American Historians
112 North Bryan Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47408-4199
http://www.oah.org
American Association for State and Local History
1717 Church St.
Nashville, TN 37203-2991
http://www.aaslh.org
For information about careers in political science, contact:
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
1120 G St. NW.
Suite 730
Washington, DC 20005-3869
http://www.naspaa.org
Information about careers in sociology is available from:
American Sociological Association
1307 New York Ave. NW.
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-4712
http://www.asanet.org
For information about careers in demography, contact:
Population Association of America
8630 Fenton St.
Suite 722
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3812
http://www.popassoc.org
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.25 | Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
71.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
68.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
63.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
61.25 | Sociology and Anthropology | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
78.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
68.75 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
65.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
65.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
62.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
59.50 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
59.50 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
53.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
53.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
78.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
78.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
68.75 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
53.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
89.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
88.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
87.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
86.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
81.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
80.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
77.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
75.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
75.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
73.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
73.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
71.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
68.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
68.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
65.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
61.75 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
60.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
58.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
56.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
53.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
52.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
51.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
51.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
50.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
83.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
79.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
77.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
77.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
76.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
75.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
71.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
70.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
67.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
64.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
60.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
56.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
54.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
50.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
77.83 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
75.00 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
91.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
89.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
88.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
86.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
78.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
77.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
75.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
75.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
71.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
70.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
68.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
65.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
62.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
61.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
60.00 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
58.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
58.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
56.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
54.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
53.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $57,430.00 | $88,900.00 | $105,360.00 |
Virginia | $60,090.00 | $107,140.00 | $129,580.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Geographers
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,600 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Intelligence, General
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Biogeographer
- Earth Observations Chief Scientist (NASA)
- Economic Geographer
- Environmental Affairs Corporate Director
- Environmental Scientist
- Geographer
- Geographic Information Systems Analyst (GIS Analyst)
- Geographic Information Systems Program Director (GIS Program Director)
- Geography Professor
- Geomorphologist
- GIS Geographer
- GIS Geographer (Geographic Information Systems Geographer)
- GIS Physical Scientist (Geographic Information Systems Physical Scientist)
- Glaciologist
- Imagery Analyst
- Natural Resources Specialist
- Physical Geographer
- Political Geographer
- Professor
- Research Coordinator
- Scientist
- Urban and Metropolitan Policy Director
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- Emory & Henry College
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- William & Mary
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