Water Resource Specialists

Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.

$161,180
Median Annual Pay
Jobs growth:
+4% projected 2024–2034
Bachelor's degree
Typical Entry-Level Education

What They Do

Natural sciences managers plan, supervise, or coordinate research and other activities in fields such as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and statistics.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Northwestern University, IL
$224,402
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of Pennsylvania, PA
$210,400
Business Administration, Management and Operations(professional)University of California-Berkeley, CA
$208,670
Business Administration, Management and Operations(professional)Harvard University, MA
$205,703
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of Chicago, IL
$194,606
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Stanford University, CA
$193,776
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Yale University, CT
$192,686
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of Virginia-Main Campus, VA
$189,494
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Dartmouth College, NH
$188,502
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)University of Pennsylvania, PA
$185,874
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)New York University, NY
$184,729
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY
$182,930
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Cornell University, NY
$179,274
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of California-Los Angeles, CA
$172,128
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Duke University, NC
$171,948
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences(masters)Duke University, NC
$171,112
Mathematics and Computer Science(bachelors)Harvey Mudd College, CA
$166,573
Science, Technology and Society(masters)Brown University, RI
$166,469
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Carnegie Mellon University, PA
$165,798
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of Arkansas, AR
$164,382
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI
$160,286
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)The University of Texas at Austin, TX
$159,326
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
$156,818
Biology(masters)Johns Hopkins University, MD
$153,622
Business Administration, Management and Operations(masters)Rice University, TX
$150,476

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