CALIFORNIA POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION COMMISSION

NOTICE OF IMPENDING CLOSURE

Funding for CPEC has been eliminated from the 2011-12 state budget; as a result, the agency will close in fall 2011. The website will move to the Community College Chancellor's Office on Friday, 9/23/2011. It will be down over the weekend. It is not known what sections of the website will be available in the future.

Occupations matched from program:
Geology/Earth Science, General

Natural Sciences Managers
(11-9121)
Degree: Bachelor's Degrees
Green Jobs?: No
Annual Wage: $134,906
Annual CA Projected Openings: 250

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists & Geographers
(19-2042)
Degree: Master's Degrees
Green Jobs?: Yes
Annual Wage: $82,735
Annual CA Projected Openings: 110

Hydrologists
(19-2043)
Degree: Master's Degrees
Green Jobs?: No
Annual Wage: $79,177
Annual CA Projected Openings: 50

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, & Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
(25-1051)
Degree: Doctorates
Green Jobs?: No
Annual Wage: $97,912
Annual CA Projected Openings: 70

The Commission uses a variety of sources to compile this information including California EDD Labor Market Info and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.