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Environmental protection specialist
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Key facts
+4.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.7% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Environmental protection professionals (ISCO 2133). Environmental protection professionals study and assess the effects on the environment of human activity such as air, water and noise pollution, soil contamination, climate change, toxic waste and depletion and degradation of natural resources.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
111 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- airport environmental expert
- airport environmental officer
- airport environmental planning expert
- aquaculture ecologist
- aquaculture environment specialist
- aquaculture environmental analyst
- aquaculture environmental scientist
- aquaculture environmental specialist
- conservation officer
- conservation programmes officer
- conservation programs specialist
- conservation scientist
- conservation scientists
- conservationist
- conservationist ecologist
- conservationist scientist
- countryside officer
- countryside officers
- countryside ranger
- drinking water quality analyst
- drinking water quality inspector
- drinking water quality laboratory analyst
- drinking water quality specialist
- drinking water quality technician
- ecologist
- ecologists
- ecosystem restoration project manager
- environment compliance manager
- environment program coordinator
- environmental assessment coordinator
- environmental auditor
- environmental chemist
- environmental consultant
- environmental enforcement officer
- environmental engineer
- environmental field scientist
- environmental health officer
- environmental impact assessor
- environmental impact expert
- environmental manager
- environmental officer
- environmental programme coordinator
- environmental researcher
- environmental scientist
- environmental scientist advisor
- environmental surveyor
- field scientist
- fish and game warden
- fish farming environmental specialist
- forester
- geological technician
- geological technologist
- geologist
- green infrastructure analyst
- heritage coast ranger
- heritage coast warden
- irrigation water quality analyst
- land survey technician
- lead senior soil scientist
- manager of pipeline environmental projects
- marine scientist
- mineral technician
- mineral technologist
- natural areas maintenance team leader
- natural resource consultant
- natural resources adviser
- natural resources consultant
- natural resources expert
- natural resources specialist
- nature conservation officer
- park naturalist
- park ranger
- pipeline environmental impact analysis manager
- pipeline environmental impact analyst
- pipeline environmental impact manager
- pipeline environmental impact supervisor
- pipeline environmental project manager
- pipeline environmental project supervisor
- potable water quality analyst
- potable water quality inspector
- potable water quality laboratory analyst
- potable water quality specialist
- program coordinator environment
- programme coordinator environment
- quality analyst, water
- regulatory compliance environmental professional
- resources consultant
- rural areas officer
- senior soil scientist
- soil analyst
- soil biologist
- soil biology specialist
- soil scientist
- soil technician
- soil testing technician
- soil wetland scientist
- specialist in aquaculture environmental analysis
- supervisor of pipeline environmental projects
- sustainability consultant
- water quality analyst
- water quality inspector
- water quality laboratory analyst
- water quality specialist
- water quality technician
- water supply quality analyst
- wildlife biologist
- wildlife control agent
- wildlife ecologist
- zoo field conservation officer
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Conservation scientists; Environmental scientists and specialists, including health; Foresters (+7))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $88,517
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.