The three careers I chose were geophysics, hydrogeology and volcanology. The average yearly pay for a geophysicist would be about $72,500 dollars. The average wage of a hydrogeologist would be about $58,900 dollars a year. The average pay of a volcanologist would be about $64,400 dollars a year. If one were to work in any of these three categories, the positions available to them would be in the Departments of Interior, Defense, Agriculture, Commerce, and Energy, and the …showed first 75 words of 503 total…

…showed last 75 words of 503 total…in Hawaii, along the rim of Kilauea. Volcanologists there forecast, supervise, and study the eruptions of the Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes. Another volcano observatory is in Vancouver, Washington, where Mt. St. Helens and the other Cascades are monitored. The third observatory is stationed in Alaska, where geologists monitor the 100 active volcanoes in Alaska. Most volcanologists teach in university geology departments and do field work in the summer when they don't have to teach classes.