Water Resource Specialists
Tasks Include:
- Supervise teams of workers who capture water from wells and rivers.
- Review or evaluate designs for water detention facilities, storm drains, flood control facilities, or other hydraulic structures.
- Negotiate for water rights with communities or water facilities to meet water supply demands.
- Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
- Compile water resource data, using geographic information systems (GIS) or global position systems (GPS) software.
- Compile and maintain documentation on the health of a body of water.
- Write proposals, project reports, informational brochures, or other documents on wastewater purification, water supply and demand, or other water resource subjects.
- Recommend new or revised policies, procedures, or regulations to support water resource or conservation goals.
- Provide technical expertise to assist communities in the development or implementation of storm water monitoring or other water programs.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +2.4%
National: +5.8%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$144,440.00
State
$134,790.00
Regional
Water Resource Specialists
Description
Career Cluster: | Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources |
Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.
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Water Resource Specialists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 50%
- Master's Degree = 50%
Related Work Experience
- None = 18.18%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.18%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.64%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 13.64%
- Over 10 years = 13.64%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.09%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.55%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.55%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 4.55%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 40.91%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.64%
- Up to and including 1 month = 9.09%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.09%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.09%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.09%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.55%
- Over 10 years = 4.55%
On-the-Job Training
- None or short demonstration = 18.18%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 13.64%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.64%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 13.64%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.09%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.09%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.09%
- Over 10 years = 9.09%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.55%
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Water Resource Specialists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Supervise teams of workers who capture water from wells and rivers.
- Review or evaluate designs for water detention facilities, storm drains, flood control facilities, or other hydraulic structures.
- Negotiate for water rights with communities or water facilities to meet water supply demands.
- Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
- Compile water resource data, using geographic information systems (GIS) or global position systems (GPS) software.
- Compile and maintain documentation on the health of a body of water.
- Write proposals, project reports, informational brochures, or other documents on wastewater purification, water supply and demand, or other water resource subjects.
- Recommend new or revised policies, procedures, or regulations to support water resource or conservation goals.
- Provide technical expertise to assist communities in the development or implementation of storm water monitoring or other water programs.
- Present water resource proposals to government, public interest groups, or community groups.
- Monitor water use, demand, or quality in a particular geographic area.
- Identify and characterize specific causes or sources of water pollution.
- Develop plans to protect watershed health or rehabilitate watersheds.
- Develop or implement standardized water monitoring and assessment methods.
- Conduct technical studies for water resources on topics such as pollutants and water treatment options.
- Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, investigations on matters such as water storage, wastewater discharge, pollutants, permits, or other compliance and regulatory issues.
- Conduct cost-benefit studies for watershed improvement projects or water management alternatives.
- Analyze storm water systems to identify opportunities for water resource improvements.
- Develop strategies for watershed operations to meet water supply and conservation goals or to ensure regulatory compliance with clean water laws or regulations.
- Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, chemical, physical, and biological water quality monitoring or sampling to ensure compliance with water quality standards.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Identify methods for distributing purified wastewater into rivers, streams, or oceans.
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Water Resource Specialists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Water samplers (Automated water sampling equipment)
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Single gas monitors (Chlorine testers)
- Desktop computers
- pH meters (Digital pH meters)
- Dissolved oxygen meters (Dissolved oxygen indicators)
- Facsimile machines (Fax machines)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Grab samplers)
- Gravimeters (Gravitational field indicators)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Two way radios (Mobile radios)
- Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
- Water analyzers (Multiparameter water probes)
- Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer (Nitrate meters)
- Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer (Nitrite meters)
- Personal computers
- Commercial fishing nets (Plankton nets)
- Rainfall recorders (Rain gauges)
- Commercial fishing nets (Seines)
- Open stream current meters (Stream flow gauges)
- Handheld thermometer (Temperature gauges)
- Titration equipment (Titrators)
- Water samplers (Total dissolved solids TDS meters)
- Theodolites (Total stations)
- Turbidimeters
- Conductivity meters (Water conductivity testers)
- Flow sensors (Water flow meters)
- Water samplers (Water quality test kits)
- Water samplers
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- DHI MIKE URBAN
- ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
- FishXing software
- HEC-HMS
- HEC-RAS
- MWH Soft H2ONET MSX
- MWH Soft InfoSWMM
- TIBCO Spotfire S+
- Wallingford Software InfoSewer
- Wallingford Software InfoWater
- Wallingford Software InfoWorks CS
- Wallingford Software InfoWorks WS
- Water flow modeling software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Scientific Software Group RIVERMorph
- Structured query language SQL
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Map creation software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcInfo
- ESRI ArcPad
- ESRI ArcView
- Google Earth Pro
- Mobile location based services software
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Water Resource Specialists
Special Requirements
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Water Resource Specialists
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
90.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
79.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
73.75 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
71.50 | Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes. |
63.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
60.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
59.00 | Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
56.75 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
55.75 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
54.50 | Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Water Resource Specialists
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
75.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
72.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
72.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
68.75 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
65.50 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
65.50 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
56.25 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
56.25 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
53.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Water Resource Specialists
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
72.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
72.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
72.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
68.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
56.25 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
56.25 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
56.25 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Water Resource Specialists
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
87.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
86.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
83.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
81.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
76.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
75.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
75.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
72.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
71.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
70.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
70.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
70.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
69.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
69.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
68.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
68.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
67.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
65.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
64.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
64.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
63.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
58.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
56.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
53.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
52.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
52.25 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
51.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
51.25 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
90.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
86.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
81.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
76.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
75.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
69.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
67.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
67.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
64.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
62.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
61.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
59.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
53.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
72.17 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
72.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
66.67 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
50.00 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
96.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
93.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
91.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
89.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
82.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
82.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
81.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
79.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
76.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
72.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
71.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
71.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
71.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
70.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
70.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
68.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
65.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
58.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
57.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
56.20 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
53.60 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
52.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
51.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $73,730.00 | $144,440.00 | $210,330.00 |
Virginia | $79,250.00 | $134,790.00 | $176,280.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $126,857.65 | $191,001.39 | $215,952.13 |
Bay Consortium | $69,610.16 | $101,926.29 | $129,334.88 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $87,711.56 | $133,299.05 | $151,771.67 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $89,035.33 | $112,555.21 | $149,616.72 |
Crater Area | $94,650.65 | $137,469.23 | $155,344.22 |
Greater Peninsula | $74,852.21 | $108,376.87 | $135,608.00 |
Hampton Roads | $73,042.99 | $108,875.58 | $132,283.27 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $77,772.06 | $108,398.28 | $137,067.41 |
Northern Virginia | $113,072.28 | $150,187.84 | $177,640.28 |
Piedmont Workforce | $78,663.41 | $109,077.51 | $141,307.97 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $82,572.51 | $112,279.85 | $128,164.08 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 78,800 | 83,400 | +5.8% |
Virginia | 1,413 | 1,447 | +2.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Aviation Maintenance and Allied
- Intelligence, General
- Meteorologists
- Physical Scientists
- Research and Development Coordinators
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Water Resource Specialists
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Water Resource Specialists
Titles
- Environmental Resource Specialist
- Hydrotechnical Specialist
- Water Quality Specialist
- Water Resource Consultant
- Water Resource Engineer
- Water Resource Manager
- Water Resource Project Manager
- Water Resource Specialist
- Water Resources Program Director
- Water Supply Engineer
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Water Resource Specialists
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