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Fish & Game Wardens

What do they do?

Patrol assigned area to prevent fish and game law violations. Investigate reports of damage to crops or property by wildlife. Compile biological data.

Education Required

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

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What Does This Job Pay?
Tennessee Average Salary: $86,000-$175,000
Median Annual Salary: $60,380
Median Hourly Salary: $33
Salary distribution bell curve graph
$33,260
$60,380
$86,880
One out of ten earn less than $33,260
The median salary is $60,380
One out of ten earn more than $86,880
Top Skills For This Job
  • Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • People and Technology Systems
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Will There Be Jobs?
Jobs stay the same

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

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Are You On Track?
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
High school diploma or equivalent
Associate's degree
79%
14%
4%
Typical Daily Tasks
  • Patrol assigned areas by car, boat, airplane, horse, or on foot to enforce game, fish, or boating laws or to manage wildlife programs, lakes, or land.
  • Compile and present evidence for court actions.
  • Investigate hunting accidents or reports of fish or game law violations.