Also called: Linguist
Studies how languages work—their sounds, grammar, meaning, and how they change over time.
Analyzes recordings of a rare language to figure out its grammar rules, then teaches a class on how children learn to talk.
Estimate; academic and research roles.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 10 years after high school. A bachelor's in linguistics, ideally including study of a non-European language, then a PhD in linguistics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Anthropology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI models analyze grammar and sound data fast; fieldwork, theory and testing what AI gets wrong stay human.
Classes: A world language, AP English Language, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3099.
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