1. How I Got my Career
By: Paul Lin
1/12/14
Period 1

2. Access Bridges
Career Researched: Demographer
Description: Social scientists that study and
interpret maps based out of human
characteristics.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Salary: Median - $72,460

3. Access Bridges
Job Duties: - Gather data on human
characteristics
- Map out where people live and
move to
- Map out where health problems
occur
Job Outlook: Up 21.89%
Advancement: Geographer
Regional Planner

4. Access Bridges
Education: High School – Science and
Mathematics
College – Population Studies

5. Career OneStop
Career Researched: Demographer (Social
Scientists and Related Workers)
Description: Map out on Earth’s Geography on
human characteristics
Education: Bachelor’s (36.7%)
Master’s Degree (36.9%)
Salary: Annual – U.S. – $75,200
MD - $93,000

6. Career OneStop
Job Duties: - Analyze and interpret geographical
information
- Find population trend
Job Outlook – U.S. – up 8%
MD – up 18%
Advancement: Geographer

7. Outlook Occupational Handbook
Career Researched: Geographer
Description: Geographer study the geography of
various locations.
Education: - Mostly Bachelor’s Degree
- For higher positions, Ph. D. Degree
Salary: Annual - $72,800

8. Occupational Outlook Handbook
Duties: - Create and modify maps, charts and
diagrams to up to date
- Use geographic data with themes:
Economy, Urban vs rural, medical,
and enviormental
- Gather Geographic Data
Job Outlook: Up 35%

9. Occupational Outlook Handbook
Work Environment: – In Schools and
government
- Full time business hours
- Mostly in federal and state
government
Advancement: - Political Scientist
- Economist

10. Rationale
The career I’ve chosen is demographer. I
chose this career because Social Studies has
always been my favorite subject and I do
relatively well in it. Being a demographer would
be an interesting job to me and I hope to be able
to be one after graduating from college.

11. Work Cited
• "Demographer." Access Bridges. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan.
2013.
<https://access.bridges.com/cx/careers/WhatTheyDo.do?o
ccupationId=1643>.
• "Geographers." Bureau of Labor Statstics. N.p., n.d. Web.
12 Jan. 2013. <http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-
social-science/geographers.htm>.
• "Social Scientists and All Related Workers." Career Onestop.
N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2013.
<http://www.careerinfonet.org/occ_rep.asp?nodeid=2&op
tstatus=000110111&next=occ_rep&jobfam=19&soccode=1
93099&stfips=&level=&id=1&ES=Y&EST=Social+Scientist>.