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ANZSCO 234413Updated 2026-01-29
Hydrogeologist
National shortage level: Strong
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 149k
Weekly earnings: AUD 2870
Salary range: AUD 134k-AUD 164k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
34.9%
WA
18.3%
QLD
17.5%
VIC
Education mix
60.7%
Post graduate
36.5%
bachelor degree
0.6%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Hydrogeologists monitor, measure, analyse and describe the earth's surface and groundwater resources and many aspects of the water cycle, including human use of water resources.
What you do
- • Conducts preliminary surveys of mineral, petroleum and natural gas deposits with prospectors, mining engineers, metallurgists, and other mineral scientists and engineers.
- • Prepares and supervises the production of laboratory reports and scientific papers.
- • Conducts studies of the structure, nature and formation of the earth’s crust and the minerals contained in it.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: post graduate/ graduate diploma or graduate certificate (60.7%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Carries out exploration to determine the resources present by sampling, examining and analysing geological specimens, rock cores, cuttings and samples using optical, chemical, electronic and mechanical techniques.
- • Conducts preliminary surveys of mineral, petroleum and natural gas deposits with prospectors, mining engineers, metallurgists, and other mineral scientists and engineers.
- • Conducts studies of the structure, nature and formation of the earth’s crust and the minerals contained in it.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 2870
Annual median: AUD 149k
Range: AUD 134k-AUD 164k