Atmospheric & space scientists are most often employed by the Administration of environmental quality & housing programs industry. The average yearly wage for Atmospheric & space scientists was $85,721 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Atmospheric & space scientists by wage are Other Physical Scientists, Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians & statisticians, and Advertising & promotions managers.
Atmospheric & space scientists are part of the Life, physical, & social science occupations, along with Agricultural & food scientists, Biological scientists, Conservation scientists & foresters, Medical scientists, & life scientists, all other, Astronomers & physicists, Atmospheric & space scientists, Chemists & materials scientists, Environmental scientists & geoscientists, Other Physical Scientists, Economists, Psychologists, Urban & regional planners, Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers & sociologists, Agricultural & food science technicians, Biological technicians, Chemical technicians, Geological & petroleum technicians, & nuclear technicians, and Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants
The top 3 locations that employ the most Atmospheric & space scientists are . The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Atmospheric & space scientists are .