Details Report for:
19-3011.01 - Environmental Economists
Assess and quantify the benefits of environmental alternatives, such as use of renewable energy resources.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Education | Wages & Employment
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- Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
- Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
- Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
- Assess the economic costs and benefits of environmental events or activities.
- Assess the environmental costs and benefits of various economic activities, policies, or regulations.
- Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
- Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
- Develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve economic and environmental sustainability.
- Develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data.
- Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
- Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
- Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision-makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
- Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
- Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations.
- Identify and recommend environmentally-friendly business practices.
- Interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment.
- Monitor or analyze market and environmental trends.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
Education
Education data collected from Economists.
 Percentage of Respondents |
Education Level Attained |
|---|---|
100   |
Bachelor's degree or higher |
| 0 |
High school or less |
| 0 |
Some college |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
survey of employees aged 25-44.
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Economists.
Employment data collected from Economists.
| Category | Occupation Information |
|---|---|
| Median wages (2008) | $40.19 hourly, $83,590 annual |
| Employment (2006) | 15,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) | 
Average (7% to 13%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) | 5,000 additional employees |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 wage data
and 2006-2016 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2006-2016). "Projected need" represents job openings due to growth and net replacement.