This page contains key outcome data for the Geological and Geophysical Engineering 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: $66,000 (Rank: 32 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $53,000
- Unemployment Rate: 7.50% (Rank: 169 of 171)
- Percent Female: 34.5%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 28.2%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.4%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 9.6%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 171 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.
- Civil Engineers: 21.15% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers: 13.22% (Average Income: $97,000)
- Environmental Engineers: 10.41% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Engineers, : 6.56% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers: 5.92% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Sales Engineers: 4.71% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 4.68% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 4.13% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Surveyors, Cartographers, and Photogrammetrists: 4.04% (Average Income: $6,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: 3.06% (Average Income: $137,000)
- Athletes, Coaches, Umpires, and Related Workers: 3.01% (Average Income: $13,000)
- Military, Rank Not Specified: 2.86% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 2.78% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Secondary School Teachers: 2.26% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Construction and Building Inspectors: 1.42% (Average Income: $42,000)
- Private Detectives and Investigators: 1.21% (Average Income: $132,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.18% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Designers: 1.18% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks: 1.03% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 0.95% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists: 0.93% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Construction equipment operators except paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators: 0.93% (Average Income: $93,000)
- Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents: 0.88% (Average Income: $126,000)
- Constructions Managers: 0.79% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 0.79% (Average Income: $49,000)
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