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Updated: 3 Feb 2012

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Employer Type	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross, national 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$32K	$64K	$96K
Company	$36,157 - $95,374
Private Practice/Firm	$37,465 - $68,899
Government - State & Local	$36,803 - $90,191
College / University	$13,481 - $68,510
Government - Federal	$43,448 - $86,187
Other Organization	$46,000 - $80,988
Contract	n/a	Not enough data
Self-Employed	n/a	Not enough data
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 3 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 690

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Job Listings for Geologist Jobs

Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Jan 13	Project Level Environmental Geologist (Environmental Remediation & Investigations) Sacramento, CA		Sacramento, California
	Level Environmental Geologist for our thriving... Geologist (P.G.) is preferred not required. - Staff to Project Level Environmental Geologist must have a... Indeed
Jan 13	Senior Environmental Geologist (Environmental Consulting Investigation and Remediation Projects)		San Francisco, California
	Senior Environmental Geologist for our thriving San... The ideal and most qualified Environmental Geologist for this opening will have minimum of fifteen (15... Indeed
Jan 13	Project Level Environmental Geologist (5-10 years exp.)- Sacramento (Sacramento, California office		Sacramento, California
	Environmental Geologist to join its thriving... California Registered/ Licensed Geologist is preferred. * Geologist must have a strong environmental... Indeed
Jan 24	Resource Geologists, Senior	AMEC	Denver, Colorado
	Resource Geologists, Senior (Reno, NV. Denver, CO & Phoenix, AZ) Profession: Engineering and Science -> Geology Job Title Resource Geologists, Senior... Indeed

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Geologist Job Description

People with the job title Geologist typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Determine the location and plan the extraction of coal, metallic ores, nonmetallic minerals, and building materials, such as stone and gravel. Work involves conducting preliminary surveys of deposits or undeveloped mines and planning their development; examining deposits or mines to determine whether they can be worked at a profit; making geological and topographical surveys; evolving methods of mining best suited to character, type, and size of deposits; and supervising mining operations.

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