NOAA’s National Weather Service is looking to fill hundreds of meteorology jobs across the country in the coming weeks and months and is actively recruiting early-career meteorologists nationwide. While the location will dictate the salary, these entry level positions pay a salary ranging from $40,736 to $100,315 per year. The National Weather Service desires to establish a Standing Register of Eligible Applicants to fill vacancies as they arise with an initial cut-off date of May 22, 2026.
The National Weather Service wrote on X, “Through an improved, streamlined hiring process, eligible candidates will be entered into pools to be continually considered for vacancies.”
For these roles as a meteorologist, job seekers would have many responsibilities. First and foremost, they will, with occasional assistance, forecast weather, water, and climate hazards with associated societal risks to produce and communicate life-saving impact-based warnings, advisories, outlooks and general forecasts, providing initial review of data to ensure accuracy, precision, and timeliness. They will also support the development, production and delivery of interpretive services by providing, with occasional assistance, most Impact Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) that include tailored products, specialized notifications, remote briefings, and/or on-site deployments to a set of core partners that share a role in public safety and protection of property. Meteorologists will collect, assess, analyze, and integrate a complete set of environmental data in order to provide forecasts of critical elements at global, synoptic, and increasingly finer meso-scale levels. And lastly, they will assist in the collaboration and co-creation with colleagues while leveraging the talents of others to improve and optimize the day-to-day operational functions of the Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) and/or the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP).
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, must be suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation, must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable, and meet educational requirements.
The educational requirements include having a degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural science majors that include at least:
-24 semester hours of meteorology and atmospheric science
-6 semester hours of atmospheric dynamics or thermodynamics
-3 semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather (synoptic/mesoscale)
-3 semester hours of physical meteorology
-2 semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation
-6 semester hours of physics, with at least 1 course that includes laboratory sessions
-3 semester hours of ordinary differential equations
-at least 9 semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.
More information about these jobs can be found at these links:
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/867259300
Eastern Region: usajobs.gov/job/867260400
Western Region: usajobs.gov/job/867260700
