Helps catalog, photograph, and store natural history specimens.
Photographs pinned butterflies for an online database, types up the handwritten labels from 1890, and re-houses specimens in new drawers.
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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 biology or museum studies; internships common.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Museum Studies.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Estimate.
High risk for 10 years. AI now transcribes labels and robotic imaging photographs drawers fast; most digitization jobs will shrink.
Classes: Biology, Computer applications, Photography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4013.
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