This page contains key outcome data for the Plant Science and Agronomy 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: $48,000 (Rank: 91 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $29,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.60% (Rank: 72 of 171)
- Percent Female: 32.3%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 18.7%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.1%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 7.0%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 117 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers: 9.37% (Average Income: $47,000)
- Agricultural and Food Scientists: 6.31% (Average Income: $54,000)
- Grounds Maintenance Workers: 6.24% (Average Income: $36,000)
- Agricultural workers, : 5.25% (Average Income: $33,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 5.21% (Average Income: $68,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 5.19% (Average Income: $50,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers: 4.21% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Conservation Scientists and Foresters: 2.45% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.44% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Architects, Except Naval: 2.23% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 2.02% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 1.59% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.40%
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.38% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 1.31% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Designers: 1.27% (Average Income: $30,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 1.09% (Average Income: $42,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.08% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Carpenters: 1.00% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Agricultural and Food Science Technicians: 0.86% (Average Income: $33,000)
- Firefighters: 0.84% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Janitors and Building Cleaners: 0.78% (Average Income: $30,000)
- Management Analysts: 0.74% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 0.73% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Biological Scientists: 0.72% (Average Income: $46,000)
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