Also called: Wildlife Artist, Museum Preparator
Preserves and mounts animals for hunters, museums and nature centers so they look alive.
You carefully skin a deer hide, tan it and fit it over a foam form you've carved to match real muscles. Then you set glass eyes and paint the nose so it looks wet. Museum taxidermists build dioramas for natural history exhibits.
Estimated; many are self-employed and busiest during hunting season.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 1 year after high school. No degree required; learned through taxidermy school or apprenticeship. Most states require a license.
Ways in: Trade school, Apprenticeship, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Taxidermy (trade school), Wildlife Biology, Fine Arts.
Growing slowly. No BLS projection.
Low risk for 10 years. Mounting animals is hand craft that AI cannot do; demand depends on hunting and museums.
Classes: Biology, Art.
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