Also called: Hunter/Jumper Trainer
Rides, trains and sells show jumping horses for owners and teaches lessons at a show barn, competing at horse shows most weekends.
A show jumping professional rides and trains several horses a day, teaches lessons, and competes at weekend horse shows. Most income comes from training and selling horses.
Highly variable.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Riding from childhood, then several years as a working student or assistant trainer under a top professional; no degree required.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Equine Science.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Riding and training horses over fences is human.
Classes: Physical education, Animal science, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2022.
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