Zoologist job description
105 verified openings in Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
Zoologists study animals in captivity and in the wild and how they interact with their ecosystems, running experiments, analyzing specimens, monitoring populations, and building conservation programs. BLS names the specialisms directly, among them cetologists for marine mammals, ornithologists for birds, ichthyologists for fish, herpetologists for reptiles and amphibians, entomologists for insects, and mammalogists. Government is the largest employing sector, and consulting posted the highest median of the reported industries at $84,570 in May 2025, against $78,650 in government and $56,700 in advocacy organizations. The occupation stood at 19,500 in 2025 with $76,780 in the middle. Most of it is full time in offices and laboratories, with fieldwork that can mean remote locations for long stretches.
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The biology jobs employers advertise here are the ones displayed, checked before they go up, and a bachelor's degree opens the door while research and university posts usually want more than that. Employers hiring into an occupation of 19,500 people with roughly 1,400 vacancies a year are fishing in a small pond. Name the taxon, the methods, the length of the field season, the permits involved, and whether publication is expected. Zoologists read for the study system before they read anything else.