Field Ecologist
Surveys populations and habitats and writes the findings into management decisions. Seasonal field work precedes stable posts.
- Pay band (est.)
- $68k–$108k
- Time to competence
- 6 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- field
- Leverage
- medium
- Place constraint
- medium
- Physical demand
- 62/100
- Hours burden
- 50/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play73th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge56th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage49th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand61th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay43th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body38th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy58th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit49th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility41th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill44th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance14th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Public funding cycles; long stretch of temporary contracts.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 50/100 and people intensity 35/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Conservation Scientists (19-1031): median $67,950, 90th percentile $107,720. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +5.3%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.