Reviews how projects like highways and housing will affect wildlife, water, and air.
You spend a morning walking a proposed highway route looking for wetlands, then write sections of an environmental impact report. Later you meet with a tribe about cultural sites.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in environmental science or planning; master's helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Science, Urban Planning, Ecology.
Growing about average. Environmental reviews are required for most big projects.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI drafts parts of environmental reports and maps impacts; field checks, legal judgment and public comment stay human.
Classes: AP Environmental Science, Biology, English composition.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-2041.
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