Also called: GIS Specialist, Geospatial Analyst
Makes maps and analyzes location data for city planning, emergency response, and public services.
GIS analysts map everything a city owns: water pipes, streetlights, property lines, flood zones. They build interactive maps for the public and analyze questions like where to put a new fire station.
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 geography or GIS; GISP certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Geography, GIS, Urban Planning, Computer Science.
Growing about average. Approximate.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI auto-extracts features and builds maps fast; fewer analysts needed, with complex analysis and data quality kept.
Classes: AP Human Geography, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1299.
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