Also called: Climate Data Analyst
Calculates how floods, fires, and heat will affect buildings, banks, and insurers.
Climate risk analysts combine climate models with property and financial data to tell companies and insurers where risk is rising.
New field; figures are estimates from job postings.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in climate science, data science, or finance.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Science, Data Science, Finance, Atmospheric Science.
Growing faster than average. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI climate and catastrophe models now produce property risk scores automatically; analysts shift to checking and explaining, with fewer junior seats.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, Computer Science, Economics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2054.
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