Also called: Cat Modeler, Catastrophe Risk Analyst
Simulates hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires to estimate how much they could cost insurers.
You run software that simulates 100,000 years of hurricanes hitting Florida and calculate the losses, then help an insurer decide how much risk it can take.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in math, statistics, engineering, or a geoscience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mathematics, Statistics, Civil Engineering, Atmospheric Science.
Growing faster than average. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds disaster simulations; judging climate shifts and advising insurers on risk stay human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, AP Computer Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2041.
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