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Careers Requiring a Bachelor's Degree

Careers requiring a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level credential. The largest single education-level category in U.S. occupational data — covers most engineering, business, technology, finance, and management roles. Median salaries vary widely by field.

Repit catalogs 178 occupations at this education level, accounting for approximately 42,469,599 jobs in the U.S. workforce and roughly 3,333,500 annual openings. Median salaries range up to $226,600 for the highest-paying roles in this tier.

178

Careers

$81,680

Median Salary

3,333,500

Annual Openings

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers

$226,600 +3.9% growth 11,700 annual openings

Chief executives

$206,420 +4.3% growth 22,200 annual openings

Computer and information systems managers

$171,200 +15.2% growth 55,600 annual openings

Architectural and engineering managers

$167,740 +3.8% growth 14,500 annual openings

Financial managers

$161,700 +14.8% growth 74,600 annual openings

Natural sciences managers

$161,180 +3.7% growth 8,500 annual openings

Marketing managers

$161,030 +6.6% growth 34,300 annual openings

Computer hardware engineers

$155,020 +7.3% growth 4,700 annual openings

Petroleum engineers

$141,280 +1.3% growth 1,200 annual openings

Compensation and benefits managers

$140,360 +0.2% growth 1,500 annual openings

Human resources managers

$140,030 +5.0% growth 17,900 annual openings

Purchasing managers

$139,510 +3.1% growth 6,400 annual openings

Public relations managers

$138,520 +5.0% growth 6,600 annual openings

Medical dosimetrists

$138,110 +3.5% growth 200 annual openings

Sales managers

$138,060 +4.7% growth 49,000 annual openings

Managers, all other

$136,550 +4.5% growth 106,700 annual openings

Database architects

$135,980 +8.7% growth 4,000 annual openings

Aerospace engineers

$134,830 +6.1% growth 4,500 annual openings

Software developers

$133,080 +15.8% growth 115,200 annual openings

Computer network architects

$130,390 +11.9% growth 11,200 annual openings

Electronics engineers, except computer

$127,590 +6.2% growth 5,700 annual openings

Nuclear engineers

$127,520 -1.1% growth 800 annual openings

Training and development managers

$127,090 +5.8% growth 3,800 annual openings

Advertising and promotions managers

$126,960 -2.2% growth 2,100 annual openings

Actuaries

$125,770 +21.8% growth 2,400 annual openings

Information security analysts

$124,910 +28.5% growth 16,000 annual openings

Fundraising managers

$123,480 +4.2% growth 3,600 annual openings

Chemical engineers

$121,860 +2.6% growth 1,100 annual openings

Sales engineers

$121,520 +5.5% growth 5,000 annual openings

Industrial production managers

$121,440 +1.9% growth 17,100 annual openings

Physical scientists, all other

$117,960 +0.6% growth 2,000 annual openings

Medical and health services managers

$117,960 +23.2% growth 62,100 annual openings

Engineers, all other

$117,750 +2.1% growth 9,300 annual openings

Data scientists

$112,590 +33.5% growth 23,400 annual openings

Electrical engineers

$111,910 +7.2% growth 11,700 annual openings

Art directors

$111,040 +4.2% growth 12,300 annual openings

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

$109,660 +4.4% growth 1,500 annual openings

Computer occupations, all other

$108,970 +8.2% growth 31,300 annual openings

Administrative services managers

$108,390 +4.6% growth 23,200 annual openings

Materials engineers

$108,310 +5.7% growth 1,500 annual openings

Construction managers

$106,980 +8.7% growth 46,800 annual openings

Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

$106,950 +5.2% growth 1,300 annual openings

Financial risk specialists

$106,000 +6.5% growth 4,800 annual openings

Marine engineers and naval architects

$105,670 +5.8% growth 600 annual openings

Facilities managers

$104,690 +3.8% growth 13,200 annual openings

Database administrators

$104,620 -0.7% growth 3,800 annual openings

Environmental engineers

$104,170 +3.9% growth 3,000 annual openings

Materials scientists

$104,160 +4.9% growth 600 annual openings

Computer systems analysts

$103,790 +8.7% growth 34,200 annual openings

General and operations managers

$102,950 +4.4% growth 308,700 annual openings

Software quality assurance analysts and testers

$102,610 +10.0% growth 14,000 annual openings

Mechanical engineers

$102,320 +9.1% growth 18,100 annual openings

Personal financial advisors

$102,140 +9.6% growth 24,100 annual openings

Financial and investment analysts

$101,350 +5.7% growth 25,100 annual openings

Management analysts

$101,190 +8.8% growth 98,100 annual openings

Industrial engineers

$101,140 +11.0% growth 25,200 annual openings

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

$101,020 +0.7% growth 400 annual openings

Project management specialists

$100,750 +5.6% growth 78,200 annual openings

Social scientists and related workers, all other

$100,340 -1.7% growth 3,200 annual openings

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

$100,070 +1.9% growth 27,200 annual openings

Special effects artists and animators

$99,800 +1.6% growth 5,000 annual openings

Civil engineers

$99,590 +5.0% growth 23,600 annual openings

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

$99,240 +3.2% growth 2,000 annual openings

Computer programmers

$98,670 -6.0% growth 5,500 annual openings

Web and digital interface designers

$98,090 +7.0% growth 9,100 annual openings

Atmospheric and space scientists

$97,450 +0.7% growth 700 annual openings

Geographers

$97,200 -3.1% growth 100 annual openings

Network and computer systems administrators

$96,800 -4.2% growth 14,300 annual openings

Architects, except landscape and naval

$96,690 +3.9% growth 7,800 annual openings

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes

$96,310 +8.7% growth 2,200 annual openings

Registered nurses

$93,600 +4.9% growth 189,100 annual openings

Labor relations specialists

$93,500 -0.1% growth 5,100 annual openings

Biological scientists, all other

$93,330 +1.2% growth 4,800 annual openings

Hydrologists

$92,060 -0.1% growth 500 annual openings

Technical writers

$91,670 +0.9% growth 4,500 annual openings

Operations research analysts

$91,290 +21.5% growth 9,600 annual openings

Web developers

$90,930 +7.5% growth 5,400 annual openings

Financial examiners

$90,400 +18.5% growth 5,700 annual openings

Education administrators, all other

$89,040 +2.5% growth 4,100 annual openings

Budget analysts

$87,930 +1.0% growth 3,100 annual openings

Life scientists, all other

$87,800 +3.7% growth 400 annual openings

Microbiologists

$87,330 +4.1% growth 1,700 annual openings

Emergency management directors

$86,130 +3.0% growth 1,000 annual openings

Food scientists and technologists

$85,310 +6.5% growth 1,200 annual openings

Agricultural engineers

$84,630 +5.9% growth 100 annual openings

Chemists

$84,150 +4.9% growth 6,300 annual openings

Occupational health and safety specialists

$83,910 +12.5% growth 14,900 annual openings

Producers and directors

$83,480 +4.9% growth 12,800 annual openings

Accountants and auditors

$81,680 +4.6% growth 124,200 annual openings

Business operations specialists, all other

$81,270 +3.0% growth 108,200 annual openings

Credit analysts

$80,970 -4.4% growth 3,700 annual openings

Logisticians

$80,880 +16.7% growth 26,400 annual openings

Fashion designers

$80,690 +2.0% growth 2,300 annual openings

Financial specialists, all other

$80,190 +3.1% growth 10,300 annual openings

Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

$80,060 +4.4% growth 8,500 annual openings

Insurance underwriters

$79,880 -2.6% growth 8,200 annual openings

Landscape architects

$79,660 +3.5% growth 1,700 annual openings

Commercial and industrial designers

$79,450 +3.2% growth 2,500 annual openings

Animal scientists

$79,120 +5.8% growth 200 annual openings

Compliance officers

$78,420 +3.0% growth 33,300 annual openings

Cartographers and photogrammetrists

$78,380 +6.4% growth 1,000 annual openings

Social and community service managers

$78,240 +6.4% growth 18,600 annual openings

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

$78,140 +3.3% growth 38,100 annual openings

Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

$77,180 +7.7% growth 5,500 annual openings

Cost estimators

$77,070 -4.2% growth 16,900 annual openings

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

$77,020 +5.3% growth 8,500 annual openings

Market research analysts and marketing specialists

$76,950 +6.7% growth 87,200 annual openings

Buyers and purchasing agents

$75,650 +5.8% growth 52,200 annual openings

Editors

$75,260 +0.6% growth 9,800 annual openings

Loan officers

$74,180 +1.7% growth 20,300 annual openings

Dietitians and nutritionists

$73,850 +5.5% growth 6,200 annual openings

Human resources specialists

$72,910 +6.2% growth 81,800 annual openings

Zoologists and wildlife biologists

$72,860 +1.6% growth 1,400 annual openings

Surveyors

$72,740 +4.4% growth 3,900 annual openings

Writers and authors

$72,270 +3.6% growth 13,400 annual openings

Mathematical science occupations, all other

$71,490 +4.0% growth 300 annual openings

Soil and plant scientists

$71,410 +5.4% growth 1,700 annual openings

Film and video editors

$70,980 +4.0% growth 3,600 annual openings

Foresters

$70,660 +1.2% growth 1,100 annual openings

Public relations specialists

$69,780 +4.8% growth 27,600 annual openings

Special education teachers, secondary school

$69,590 -1.6% growth 11,100 annual openings

Social workers, all other

$69,480 +3.9% growth 7,000 annual openings

Camera operators, television, video, and film

$68,810 +1.2% growth 2,900 annual openings

Fish and game wardens

$68,180 -6.0% growth 500 annual openings

Conservation scientists

$67,950 +3.4% growth 2,500 annual openings

Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators

$67,710 +4.3% growth 300 annual openings

Forensic science technicians

$67,440 +12.8% growth 2,900 annual openings

Special education teachers, all other

$67,430 +1.1% growth 2,900 annual openings

Fundraisers

$66,490 +4.3% growth 10,200 annual openings

Set and exhibit designers

$66,280 +2.3% growth 2,500 annual openings

Designers, all other

$66,220 +2.0% growth 2,200 annual openings

Training and development specialists

$65,850 +10.8% growth 43,900 annual openings

Property appraisers and assessors

$65,420 +3.8% growth 6,300 annual openings

Therapists, all other

$65,010 +11.5% growth 4,100 annual openings

Special education teachers, middle school

$64,880 -1.9% growth 6,300 annual openings

Teachers and instructors, all other

$64,690 -0.1% growth 18,000 annual openings

Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education

$64,580 -1.6% growth 66,200 annual openings

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists

$64,520 +2.6% growth 7,900 annual openings

Career/technical education teachers, secondary school

$63,910 -1.8% growth 6,200 annual openings

Music directors and composers

$63,670 -0.3% growth 4,300 annual openings

Career/technical education teachers, middle school

$63,620 -2.0% growth 900 annual openings

Interior designers

$63,490 +3.2% growth 7,800 annual openings

Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school

$63,000 -1.8% growth 15,400 annual openings

Health education specialists

$63,000 +4.5% growth 7,900 annual openings

Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education

$62,970 -2.0% growth 40,500 annual openings

Elementary school teachers, except special education

$62,340 -2.0% growth 91,000 annual openings

Special education teachers, preschool

$62,190 +1.4% growth 2,100 annual openings

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

$61,890 +1.7% growth 22,600 annual openings

Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary

$61,490 +0.7% growth 8,800 annual openings

Kindergarten teachers, except special education

$61,430 -1.6% growth 12,800 annual openings

Graphic designers

$61,300 +2.1% growth 20,000 annual openings

Clergy

$60,820 +1.0% growth 23,000 annual openings

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators

$60,560 -1.2% growth 2,200 annual openings

Recreational therapists

$60,280 +3.3% growth 1,300 annual openings

News analysts, reporters, and journalists

$60,280 -3.9% growth 4,100 annual openings

Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors

$59,950 -13.7% growth 3,900 annual openings

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

$59,740 -1.8% growth 4,300 annual openings

Interpreters and translators

$59,440 +1.7% growth 6,900 annual openings

Meeting, convention, and event planners

$59,440 +4.8% growth 15,500 annual openings

Child, family, and school social workers

$58,570 +3.4% growth 35,100 annual openings

Exercise physiologists

$58,160 +9.5% growth 1,700 annual openings

Social science research assistants

$58,040 +4.4% growth 5,200 annual openings

Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare

$56,270 -2.5% growth 5,500 annual openings

Community and social service specialists, all other

$54,940 +4.6% growth 13,100 annual openings

Directors, religious activities and education

$54,840 +2.1% growth 13,800 annual openings

Biological technicians

$52,000 +3.5% growth 9,100 annual openings

Statistical assistants

$51,440 -2.5% growth 800 annual openings

Agricultural inspectors

$50,990 +1.5% growth 2,200 annual openings

Credit counselors

$50,480 +3.3% growth 2,200 annual openings

Proofreaders and copy markers

$49,210 -0.6% growth 1,900 annual openings

Educational instruction and library workers, all other

$48,400 +1.5% growth 12,500 annual openings

Museum technicians and conservators

$47,460 +5.4% growth 1,900 annual openings

Coaches and scouts

$45,920 +6.4% growth 41,800 annual openings

Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys

$45,680 -5.5% growth 2,300 annual openings

Religious workers, all other

$45,120 +0.6% growth 11,100 annual openings

Teaching assistants, postsecondary

$44,930 +3.1% growth 24,600 annual openings

Legislators

$44,810 +3.4% growth 2,200 annual openings

Substitute teachers, short-term

$38,470 +1.6% growth 61,100 annual openings

Other education levels

🎓 Doctoral Degree 📜 Master's Degree 📖 Associate's Degree 📋 Postsecondary Certificate 📓 Some College, No Degree 🏫 High School Diploma 💼 No Formal Educational Credential