Advancement is dependent on such factors as amount and type of training, experience, and personal interest and motivation. Promotions to jobs requiring more skill and competency are available in all specialty areas. Such jobs are characterized by more administrative, research, or advisory responsibilities in environmental planning.
- Agricultural Scientists
- Anthropologists
- Arborists
- Archaeologists
- Astrogeologists
- Botanists
- Cartographers
- Climate Scientists
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Demographers
- Ecologists
- Economists
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Planners
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Environmental Scientists
- Environmental Technicians
- Ethnoscientists
- Forensic Meteorologists
- Futurists
- Genealogical Researchers
- Genealogists
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Geographic Information Systems Specialists
- Geological Technicians
- Geologists
- Geophysicists
- Geospatial Analytics Specialists
- Geotechnical Engineers
- Geothermal Energy Industry Workers
- Geothermal Production Managers
- Geothermal Technicians
- Groundwater Professionals
- Historians
- Historic Preservationists
- Horticultural Technicians
- Industrial Ecologists
- Lexicographers
- Linguists
- Medical Ethicists
- Meteorologists
- Naturalists
- Oceanographers
- Paleontologists
- Political Scientists
- Range Managers
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
- Remote Sensing Technicians
- Rewilders
- Sociologists
- Soil Conservationists and Technicians
- Soil Scientists
- Space Meteorologist
- Statisticians
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Surveyors