Also called: Weather Modification Meteorologist
Plans cloud-seeding operations that try to boost snow and rain in the dry West.
You watch storms approach the Rocky Mountains and decide when to send aircraft or ground generators to release silver iodide into the clouds.
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 meteorology or atmospheric science.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Meteorology, Atmospheric Science.
Growing faster than average. Western states are expanding cloud-seeding programs as water gets scarcer.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI helps time seeding runs; field operations and judging storms stay human, in a small growing niche.
Classes: Earth science, AP Physics, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-2021.
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