Employment Trends
Number of environmental scientists and specialists, including health employed in 2006: 65,000
Projected Number of environmental scientists and specialists, including health that will be employed in 2016: 80,405
The numbers of positions for environmental scientists and specialists, including health is expected to increase by 23.7% between 2006 and 2016.
Who Hires Environmental Consultants- Government Agencies
- Developers
- Project Coordinators
- Private Industry
*Some careers have been clustered with closely related occupations for some statistics.
**Employment projections are derived from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07 Edition
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