Oceanographers who study ocean life, are usually called marine biologists. They are actually trained as biologists rather than geologists. Oceanographers is a specialty of Geologists. For more information on Oceanographers, see the occupational listing for Geologists. Oceanographers is in the Engineering, Science, and Technologies Career Cluster.
Wages vary with level of training and experience.
Entry level wages may be lower. National Wages Pay varies depending on the workers education and the employing industry. The petroleum, mineral, and mining industries offer higher salaries than other industries. Those who are just entering this occupation will receive lower wages. There were 360 people employed as geologists, geophysicists and oceanographers in Indiana in 1998.