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Employment
Atmospheric scientists held about 7,400 jobs in 2004. The Federal Government was the largest single employer of civilian meteorologists, accounting for about 2,900. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employed most Federal meteorologists in National Weather Service stations throughout the Nation; the remainder of NOAA's meteorologists worked mainly in research and development or management. The U. S. Department of Defense employed several hundred civilian meteorologists. Others worked for professional, scientific, and technical services firms, including private weather consulting services; radio and television broadcasting; air carriers; and State government. Although several hundred people teach atmospheric science and related courses in college and university departments of meteorology or atmospheric science, physics, earth science, or geophysics, these individuals are classified as college or university faculty, rather than atmospheric scientists. In addition to civilian meteorologists, hundreds of Armed Forces members are involved in forecasting and other meteorological work.
Earnings
Median annual earnings of atmospheric scientists in May 2004 were $70,100. The middle 50 percent earned between $48,880 and $86,610. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $34,590, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $106,020. The average salary for meteorologists in nonsupervisory, supervisory, and managerial positions employed by the Federal Government was about $80,499 in 2005. Meteorologists in the Federal Government with a bachelor's degree and no experience received a starting salary of $27,955 or $34,544, depending on their college grades. Those with a master's degree could start at $42,090 or $54,393, and those with a Ph. D. could begin at $70,280. Beginning salaries for all degree levels are slightly higher in areas of the country where the prevailing local pay level is higher.
Related Occupations
Workers in other occupations concerned with the physical environment include environmental scientists and geoscientists, physicists and astronomers, mathematicians, and civil, chemical, and environmental engineers.
Common Lay Titles
Aerologist
Air Analyst
Astrochemist
Atmospheric Chemist
Atmospheric Scientist
Broadcast Meteorologist
Climatologist
Computer Meteorologist
Engineer, Meteorological
Forecaster
General Forecaster
Hydrometeorological Technician
Hydrometeorologist
Marine Meteorologist
Meteorologist
Meteorologist-in-Charge
Oceanographic Meteorologist
Operational Meteorologist
Physical Meteorologist
Radiosonde Specialist
Science and Operations Officer (SOO)
Service Hydrologist
Space Scientist
Storm Chaser
Synoptic Meteorologist
Tornado Chaser
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Weather Analyst
Weather Forecaster
Weather Reporter
Weatherman
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