Also called: Acoustic Ecologist
Records and analyzes animal sounds—bird songs, bat calls, whale songs—to track wildlife.
Places recorders in a rainforest for a month, then uses software to identify species from thousands of hours of sound.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in ecology or biology with programming skills.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Ecology, Biology, Computer Science.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI now identifies most species from recordings automatically; placing gear and studying what sounds mean stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, Physics, AP Computer Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1029.
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