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Geography

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Geography is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 107 occupations that together employ about 12,468,880 workers, with a median wage of $70,510. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 49th percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Geography, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,070,480 $57,440
Security Guards 1,241,770 $38,370
Customs and Border Protection Officers 666,990 $76,290
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 666,990 $76,290
Wind Energy Development Managers 630,980 $136,550
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 620,370 $62,970
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 481,300 $38,470
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Driver/Sales Workers 417,420 $37,130
Customs Brokers 397,770 $78,420
Bus Drivers, School 387,920 $47,040
Postal Service Mail Carriers 336,040 $57,490
Logisticians 235,640 $80,880
Logistics Analysts 235,640 $80,880
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 229,630 $36,670
Chief Sustainability Officers 211,850 $206,420
Highway Maintenance Workers 151,750 $49,070
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 148,980 $57,440
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 139,180 $48,350
Flight Attendants 130,110 $67,130
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 127,440 $41,460
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 114,410 $61,430
Public Safety Telecommunicators 101,140 $50,730
Water Resource Specialists 100,870 $161,180
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 99,300 $226,600
Cargo and Freight Agents 97,800 $49,900
Freight Forwarders 97,800 $49,900
Climate Change Policy Analysts 84,930 $80,060
Environmental Restoration Planners 84,930 $80,060
Couriers and Messengers 71,920 $38,340
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 71,620 $56,270
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Telemarketers 66,430 $34,410
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 62,130 $64,200
Travel Agents 59,150 $48,450
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 56,720 $51,940
Geodetic Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Commercial Pilots 51,830 $122,670
Real Estate Brokers 49,590 $72,280
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 48,170 $54,980
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 45,680 $51,650
Concierges 44,200 $37,320
Urban and Regional Planners 43,040 $83,720
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 41,550 $60,280
Transportation Planners 36,970 $100,340
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 35,390 $85,540
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 34,240 $46,560
Pipelayers 33,580 $48,710
Locomotive Engineers 31,990 $77,400
Baggage Porters and Bellhops 31,220 $36,020
Forest and Conservation Technicians 31,080 $54,310
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians 30,720 $99,670
Conservation Scientists 25,590 $67,950
Park Naturalists 25,590 $67,950
Range Managers 25,590 $67,950
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 25,200 $45,200
Fence Erectors 22,640 $46,940
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 22,580 $117,960
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 22,510 $99,240
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that need Geography. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Highway Maintenance Workers Fence Erectors Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Hydroelectric Plant Technicians Postal Service Mail Carriers Driver/Sales Workers Locomotive Engineers Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Bus Drivers, School Flight Attendants Commercial Pilots Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Substitute Teachers, Short-Term Geodetic Surveyors Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Surveying and Mapping Technicians Water Resource Specialists Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Geography, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

  • O*NET knowledge area 107

Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Geography." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/geography

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Geography. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/geography

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-geography,
  title  = {Geography},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/geography}
}

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