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.
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN
| 20 | 7 | $41.02/hr | $31.46/hr | $33.43/hr | $41.02/hr | $48.49/hr | $55.62/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
Education and Health Services | 10 | $40.75/hr |
Public Administration | 10 | $48.02/hr |
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
| 130 | $83,230.61/yr | 3.0% |
Anthropologists and Archeologists
| 110 | $33.43/hr | 0.0% |
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
| 90 | $86,522.45/yr | 4.5% |
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
| 110 | $100,022.12/yr | 3.3% |
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
| 120 | $100,074.04/yr | 2.4% |
Urban and Regional Planners
| 630 | $41.12/hr | 5.5% |
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sociologists
| 40 | $38.75/hr | N/A |
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
| 18,390 | $65,182.60/yr | 6.6% |
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.