Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.
- O*NET-SOC code
19-1023.00 - Preparation Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Wages
Median annual wage, U.S.$76,780
Employment, U.S.18,120
Median hourly wage$36.91
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $49,100 | $61,180 | $76,780 | $96,100 | $126,440 |
By state (47)
| State | Employment | Median annual | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 290 | $74,290 | 1.17 |
| Alaska | 650 | $90,370 | 17.18 |
| Arizona | 410 | $66,880 | 1.07 |
| California | 2,210 | $98,530 | 1.04 |
| Colorado | 730 | $83,300 | 2.18 |
| Connecticut | 110 | $77,300 | 0.53 |
| District of Columbia | 140 | $107,050 | 1.74 |
| Florida | 1,400 | $52,750 | 1.21 |
| Georgia | 200 | $66,210 | 0.35 |
| Hawaii | 170 | $84,910 | 2.28 |
| Idaho | 380 | $73,360 | 3.83 |
| Illinois | 250 | $79,780 | 0.35 |
| Indiana | 120 | $54,670 | 0.33 |
| Iowa | 90 | $83,000 | 0.52 |
| Kansas | 160 | $66,440 | 0.95 |
| Kentucky | 150 | $61,950 | 0.64 |
| Louisiana | 50 | $87,460 | 0.21 |
| Maine | 330 | $74,490 | 4.48 |
| Maryland | 250 | $107,500 | 0.79 |
| Massachusetts | 470 | $84,350 | 1.12 |
| Michigan | 330 | $79,150 | 0.65 |
| Minnesota | 720 | $68,620 | 2.10 |
| Mississippi | 110 | $88,710 | 0.84 |
| Missouri | 120 | $76,400 | 0.35 |
| Montana | 430 | $78,850 | 7.24 |
| Nebraska | 140 | $57,890 | 1.19 |
| Nevada | 190 | $75,180 | 1.04 |
| New Hampshire | 40 | $73,560 | 0.52 |
| New Jersey | 90 | $83,030 | 0.19 |
| New Mexico | 170 | $68,220 | 1.63 |
| New York | 370 | $82,640 | 0.33 |
| North Carolina | 350 | $64,620 | 0.60 |
| North Dakota | 100 | $81,330 | 2.09 |
| Ohio | 220 | $74,550 | 0.34 |
| Oklahoma | 120 | $62,730 | 0.62 |
| Oregon | 1,010 | $85,150 | 4.41 |
| Pennsylvania | 200 | $78,540 | 0.28 |
| South Carolina | 250 | $64,090 | 0.91 |
| South Dakota | 170 | $65,890 | 3.24 |
| Tennessee | 310 | $73,570 | 0.81 |
| Texas | 580 | $49,100 | 0.35 |
| Utah | 370 | $73,920 | 1.82 |
| Vermont | 70 | $79,620 | 2.00 |
| Virginia | 290 | $72,340 | 0.61 |
| Washington | 1,840 | $83,780 | 4.44 |
| Wisconsin | 360 | $68,370 | 1.04 |
| Wyoming | 320 | $74,150 | 9.90 |
Similar occupations
Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.
Circles are the 20 most similar occupations, coloured by Job Zone. Lines join pairs where one is among the other's 10 most similar; darker lines are pairs O*NET also lists as related. Drag a circle to move it out of the way; select one to open it.
| # | Occupation | Job Zone | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Range Managers | 4 | 0.979 |
| 2 | Environmental Restoration Planners | 5 | 0.972 |
| 3 | Conservation Scientists | 4 | 0.970 |
| 4 | Foresters | 4 | 0.968 |
| 5 | Soil and Plant Scientists | 5 | 0.968 |
| 6 | Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | 4 | 0.965 |
| 7 | Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health | 4 | 0.959 |
| 8 | Biologists | 5 | 0.954 |
| 9 | Microbiologists | 4 | 0.954 |
| 10 | Animal Scientists | 5 | 0.952 |
One skill away
Among the 50 occupations most similar to Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.
| Occupation | Skill to build | Level gap | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range Managers | Operations Analysis | 1.50 | 0.979 |
| Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | Mathematics | 1.00 | 0.965 |
| Hydrologists | Mathematics | 1.00 | 0.937 |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | Quality Control Analysis | 1.88 | 0.928 |
| Biological Technicians | Quality Control Analysis | 1.00 | 0.927 |
| Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians | Quality Control Analysis | 1.38 | 0.926 |
| Clinical Research Coordinators | Coordination | 1.00 | 0.925 |
Software to learn next
Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, excluding software Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.
| Software | Similar jobs using it | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| ESRI ArcInfo | 5 of 20 | 13.6x |
| Laboratory information management system LIMS | 5 of 20 | 12.8x |
| Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE | 4 of 20 | 12.3x |
| Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST | 3 of 20 | 23.1x |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | 9 of 20 | 2.4x |
| Geomechanical design analysis GDA software | 3 of 20 | 9.9x |
| Adobe Acrobat | 8 of 20 | 2.2x |
| Mapping software | 3 of 20 | 6.3x |
| IBM SPSS Statistics | 5 of 20 | 2.5x |
| Image scanning software | 3 of 20 | 3.7x |
Skills
From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.
| Skill | Type | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | Essential skill | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Writing | Essential skill | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Speaking | Essential skill | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | Essential skill | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | Transferable skill | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | Transferable skill | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Science | Essential skill | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | Essential skill | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Active Learning | Essential skill | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Coordination | Transferable skill | 3.75 | 3.12 |
| Systems Analysis | Transferable skill | 3.38 | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | Essential skill | 3.25 | 3.75 |
| Time Management | Transferable skill | 3.25 | 3.62 |
| Social Perceptiveness | Transferable skill | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Systems Evaluation | Transferable skill | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Learning Strategies | Essential skill | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Mathematics | Essential skill | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | Transferable skill | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Negotiation | Transferable skill | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Instructing | Transferable skill | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Persuasion | Transferable skill | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Service Orientation | Transferable skill | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Operations Monitoring | Transferable skill | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| Management of Financial Resources | Transferable skill | 2.38 | 2.38 |
| Management of Material Resources | Transferable skill | 2.38 | 2.12 |
| Operation and Control | Transferable skill | 2.12 | 2.12 |
| Quality Control Analysis | Transferable skill | 2.12 | 2.00 |
| Operations Analysis | Transferable skill | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Technology Design | Transferable skill | 2.00 | 1.12 |
| Troubleshooting | Transferable skill | 1.75 | 0.75 |
| Programming | Transferable skill | 1.62 | 0.75 |
| Equipment Selection | Transferable skill | 1.12 | not rated |
| Equipment Maintenance | Transferable skill | 1.00 | not rated |
| Installation | Transferable skill | 1.00 | not rated |
| Repairing | Transferable skill | 1.00 | not rated |
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
| Name | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Biology | 4.72 | 5.72 |
| English Language | 4.10 | 5.24 |
| Geography | 3.83 | 5.38 |
| Mathematics | 3.72 | 5.07 |
| Law and Government | 3.66 | 4.03 |
| Administration and Management | 3.07 | 4.24 |
| Computers and Electronics | 3.00 | 4.43 |
| Administrative | 2.93 | 4.48 |
| Public Safety and Security | 2.90 | 3.59 |
| Customer and Personal Service | 2.86 | 3.97 |
| Education and Training | 2.86 | 3.93 |
| Communications and Media | 2.79 | 3.52 |
| Personnel and Human Resources | 2.62 | 3.59 |
| Chemistry | 2.52 | 3.66 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | 2.28 | 2.97 |
| Mechanical | 2.21 | 2.41 |
| Psychology | 2.14 | 2.64 |
| Engineering and Technology | 2.14 | 2.38 |
| Telecommunications | 2.07 | 2.41 |
| Economics and Accounting | 2.07 | 2.24 |
| History and Archeology | 2.03 | 2.48 |
| Physics | 2.00 | 2.59 |
| Design | 2.00 | 2.38 |
| Transportation | 1.97 | 2.24 |
| Sales and Marketing | 1.93 | 2.00 |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1.83 | 1.62 |
| Philosophy and Theology | 1.79 | 2.10 |
| Food Production | 1.72 | 1.72 |
| Foreign Language | 1.69 | 1.55 |
| Building and Construction | 1.62 | 2.03 |
| Production and Processing | 1.48 | 1.00 |
| Therapy and Counseling | 1.31 | 0.79 |
| Fine Arts | 1.10 | not rated |
| Name | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Oral Expression | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Written Comprehension | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Written Expression | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Oral Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.88 |
| Deductive Reasoning | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Inductive Reasoning | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Information Ordering | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Category Flexibility | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Near Vision | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Speech Clarity | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Speech Recognition | 3.50 | 3.00 |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.25 | 3.38 |
| Far Vision | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Originality | 3.00 | 3.38 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Selective Attention | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Number Facility | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Perceptual Speed | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Time Sharing | 2.88 | 3.00 |
| Visualization | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Visual Color Discrimination | 2.75 | 3.00 |
| Hearing Sensitivity | 2.62 | 2.75 |
| Speed of Closure | 2.38 | 2.75 |
| Auditory Attention | 2.38 | 2.38 |
| Memorization | 2.12 | 2.12 |
| Trunk Strength | 2.12 | 2.12 |
| Multilimb Coordination | 2.12 | 2.00 |
| Spatial Orientation | 2.12 | 2.00 |
| Depth Perception | 2.12 | 1.88 |
| Gross Body Coordination | 2.12 | 1.62 |
| Gross Body Equilibrium | 2.12 | 1.25 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Control Precision | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Extent Flexibility | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Finger Dexterity | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Manual Dexterity | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Rate Control | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Response Orientation | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Reaction Time | 2.00 | 1.75 |
| Sound Localization | 2.00 | 1.75 |
| Static Strength | 2.00 | 1.75 |
| Night Vision | 2.00 | 1.62 |
| Stamina | 2.00 | 1.62 |
| Glare Sensitivity | 2.00 | 1.50 |
| Wrist-Finger Speed | 2.00 | 1.50 |
| Peripheral Vision | 2.00 | 1.25 |
| Explosive Strength | 2.00 | 1.12 |
| Dynamic Strength | 2.00 | 1.00 |
| Dynamic Flexibility | 1.00 | not rated |
| Speed of Limb Movement | 1.00 | not rated |
Software used
Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.
- ESRI ArcGIS software in demand
- Microsoft Excel in demand
- Microsoft Office software in demand
- Microsoft Outlook in demand
- Microsoft PowerPoint in demand
- Microsoft Word in demand
- Microsoft Access hot
- Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP hot
- Microsoft Project hot
- Python hot
- R hot
- SAS hot
- Salesforce software hot
- Computer modeling software
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Database management software
- ESRI ArcView
- Email software
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Geographic information system GIS systems
- Global positioning system GPS software
- HATPRO
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Relational database software
- Statistical software
- Web browser software
Where it concentrates
Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.
| Metro area | Employment | Location quotient | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks-College, AK | 100 | 22.94 | $88,740 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 250 | 16.56 | $82,500 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 150 | 13.62 | Not available |
| Anchorage, AK | 180 | 8.94 | $85,130 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 140 | 7.22 | $84,240 |
| Gainesville, FL | 110 | 6.01 | $55,790 |
| Boulder, CO | 130 | 5.83 | $83,300 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 110 | 5.06 | $52,060 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 130 | 3.35 | Not available |
| Boise City, ID | 150 | 3.30 | $77,210 |