This page contains key outcome data for the Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $50,000 (Rank: 80 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $29,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.20% (Rank: 56 of 171)
- Percent Female: 36.0%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 33.1%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 3.6%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 11.4%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 137 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 2.92 (Rank: 57 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Atmospheric and Space Scientists: 24.47% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers: 4.22% (Average Income: $92,000)
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 4.06% (Average Income: $14,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 3.10% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 2.90% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Cashiers: 2.48% (Average Income: $20,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 2.14% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.90% (Average Income: $31,000)
- Editors, News Analysts, Reporters, and Correspondents: 1.77% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.77% (Average Income: $20,000)
- Computer Programmers: 1.71% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Receptionists and Information Clerks: 1.64% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Military Officer Special and Tactical Operations Leaders: 1.58% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Management Analysts: 1.52% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 1.45% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Other Teachers and Instructors: 1.37% (Average Income: $36,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.29% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 1.20% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists: 1.20% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 1.14% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Food Service and Lodging Managers: 1.10% (Average Income: $95,000)
- Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, : 1.08% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.04% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.00% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 0.97% (Average Income: $61,000)
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