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Science and engineering
Geologist
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Key facts
+2.9%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: +2.9% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Geologists and geophysicists (ISCO 2114). Geologists and geophysicists conduct research; improve or develop concepts, theories and operational methods; or apply scientific knowledge relating to geology and geophysics in such fields as oil, gas and mineral exploration and extraction, water conservation, civil engineering, telecommunications and navigation, and assessment and mitigation of the effects of development and waste disposal projects on the environment.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
162 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- applied mineralogist
- bedrock geologist
- chief geologist
- coal geologist
- consultant geochemist
- consultant geophysicist
- consultant hydrogeologist
- consultant hydrologist
- consulting geologist
- economic geologist
- environment geologist
- environmental consultant
- environmental geochemist
- environmental geologist
- environmental geology analyst
- environmental geology geological consultant
- environmental geology research analyst
- environmental geology research scientist
- environmental geology researcher
- environmental geology scholar
- environmental geology science researcher
- environmental geology scientist
- environmental geology studies analyst
- environmental geology studies research analyst
- environmental geology studies research scientist
- environmental geology studies researcher
- environmental geology studies scholar
- environmental geology studies scientist
- environmental mineralogist
- environmentalist
- exploration field geologist
- exploration geochemist
- exploration geological consultant
- exploration geologist
- exploration geology analyst
- exploration geology research analyst
- exploration geology research scientist
- exploration geology researcher
- exploration geology science researcher
- exploration geology scientist
- exploration geophysicist
- exploratory geologist
- field exploration geologist
- field geologist
- field seismologist
- formation evaluation engineer
- geo-technician
- geochemist
- geological consultant
- geological engineer
- geologicial engineer
- geologist
- geologist engineer
- geologist prospector
- geologists
- geology analyst
- geology research analyst
- geology research scientist
- geology researcher
- geology scholar
- geology science researcher
- geology scientist
- geology studies analyst
- geology studies research analyst
- geology studies research scientist
- geology studies researcher
- geology studies scholar
- geology studies scientist
- geophysical engineer
- geophysicist
- geoscience consultant
- geoscience technician
- geothermal scientist
- glaciologist
- hydrobiologist
- hydrogeological consultant
- hydrogeologist
- hydrological engineer
- hydrologist
- hydrologists
- hydrology analyst
- hydrology research analyst
- hydrology research scientist
- hydrology researcher
- hydrology science researcher
- hydrology scientist
- ichnologist
- logging geologist
- marine biologist
- marine chemist
- marine geologist
- marine physicist
- marine research scientist
- metals analyst
- micropalaeontologist
- mine geologist
- mine stratigrapher
- mineralogical analyst
- mineralogist
- mineralogy consultant
- mineralogy expert
- minerals analyst
- minerals consultant
- minerals engineer
- minerals exploration geologist
- mining geochemist
- mining geologist
- mud logger
- mud logging technican
- mudlogger
- oceanographer
- oceanographers
- oceanography analyst
- oceanography research analyst
- oceanography research scientist
- oceanography researcher
- oceanography science researcher
- oceanography scientist
- offshore mineralogist
- oil geochemist
- paedologist
- palaeoecologist
- palaeontologist
- palaeontology analyst
- palaeontology research analyst
- palaeontology research scientist
- palaeontology researcher
- palaeontology scholar
- palaeontology science researcher
- palaeontology scientist
- paleontologist
- petroleum geologist
- petroleum geophysicist
- petroleum technician
- pore pressure engineer
- process mineralogist
- process mineralogy consultant
- production geologist
- project geophysicist
- quaternary geologist
- research geochemist
- resource geologist
- sedimentologist
- seismologist
- seismologists
- seismology analyst
- seismology research analyst
- seismology research scientist
- seismology researcher
- seismology scholar
- seismology science researcher
- seismology scientist
- senior mine geologist
- site geologist
- structural geologist
- surface hydrologist
- surface logger
- surface logging specialist
- surface logging technician
- volcanologist
- water analysis specialist
- wellsite geologist
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers; Hydrologists; Hydrologic technicians (+4))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $93,259
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.