Occupational Employment Statistics
19-3092 Geographers
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.
Minnesota
| 30 | 5 | $43.96/hr | $33.76/hr | $35.12/hr | $46.27/hr | $51.06/hr | $57.86/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 10 | $46.74/hr |
Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
Public Administration | 10 | $48.27/hr |
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
| 110 | $88,309.23/yr | 5.1% |
Anthropologists and Archeologists
| 70 | $34.38/hr | 3.8% |
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
| 90 | $88,298.93/yr | 3.2% |
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
| 100 | $109,047.27/yr | 2.8% |
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
| 100 | $101,907.94/yr | 4.2% |
Urban and Regional Planners
| 870 | $42.27/hr | 5.1% |
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
| 50 | $111,190.10/yr | N/A |
Sociologists
| 40 | $38.08/hr | 5.7% |
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
| 19,180 | $67,622.70/yr | 4.1% |
Political Scientists
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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.
- Gather and compile geographic data from sources such as censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Teach geography.
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- 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.
- Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases.
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- Teach geography.