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title: "Wildlife Jobs"
description: "Careers studying, protecting and caring for wild animals: wildlife biologists, conservation officers, rehabilitators, zoo and park roles. Careers centred…"
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/wildlife-jobs"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Wildlife Jobs

Careers studying, protecting and caring for wild animals: wildlife biologists, conservation officers, rehabilitators, zoo and park roles. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

18 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Airport Wildlife Biologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airport-wildlife-biologist) | $76,780 | +3.6% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Herpetologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/herpetologist) | $76,780 | +3.6% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Ornithologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ornithologist) | $76,780 | +3.6% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Wildlife Biologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wildlife-biologist) | $76,780 | +3.6% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Fish and Game Warden](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fish-and-game-warden) | $74,060 | -5.7% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Taxidermist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/taxidermist) | $46,080 | +2.0% | No formal credential |
| 7 | [Bird Abatement Falconer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bird-abatement-falconer) | $39,990 | +4.2% | High school |
| 8 | [Wildlife Rehabilitator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wildlife-rehabilitator) | $35,360 | +12.1% | High school |
| 9 | [Conservation Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/conservation-scientist) | $73,010 | +5.3% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Park Naturalist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/park-naturalist) | $73,010 | +5.3% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Wildlife Forensic Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wildlife-forensic-scientist) | $72,060 | +13.3% | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Zoo Curator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/zoo-curator) | $63,420 | +4.9% | Master's |
| 13 | [Protected Species Observer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/protected-species-observer) | $57,510 | +7.4% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Conservation Detection Dog Handler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/conservation-detection-dog-handler) | $39,990 | +4.2% | High school |
| 15 | [Expedition Leader](https://nuecareer.com/careers/expedition-leader) | $38,120 | +6.3% | High school |
| 16 | [Fishing Guide](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fishing-guide) | $38,120 | +6.3% | High school |
| 17 | [Hunting Guide](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hunting-guide) | $38,120 | +6.3% | High school |
| 18 | [Animal Caretaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-caretaker) | $35,360 | +12.1% | High school |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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