# Earth & Geological Sciences jobs in Spain for international graduates

Earth & Geological Sciences jobs in Spain: typical pay €42,200, 134 online job ads a month, +30.5% job growth to 2035, Job-search permit 24 months.

Page: https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/spain/earth-and-geological-sciences

## Job market at a glance

The jobs **Earth & Geological Sciences** leads to, added together. Each label compares Earth & Geological Sciences with the other Spanish fields.

- **Online job ads a month (experimental) vs last year**: -31.2% (Weak)
- **Online job ads a month (experimental)**: 134 (Moderate)
- **New contracts a month (SEPE)**: 7,665
- **Average pay**: €42,200 (Moderate)
- **Entry-level pay**: €31,100 (Moderate)
- **Growth to 2035 (Cedefop)**: +30.5% (Strong)
- **Change since 2024**: +3.7% (Moderate)
- **People in these occupation groups (INE)**: 725,225 (Strong)
- **Jobs on the EU shortage report (2025)**: 0% (Weak)

People in these occupation groups: everyone employed in the broader Spanish occupation groups (CNO-11, 2-digit) these jobs belong to, which is more than the jobs themselves (INE Labour Force Survey, 2025 average; est.). Change: the same groups, 2025 vs 2024. New contracts a month: contracts registered with Spain's public employment service (SEPE) in 2025 for the occupation groups these jobs belong to, ÷ 12. These are hires, not job ads, and short contracts count each time. Pay is INE's gross annual pay (2022), including the two extra payments, brought to 2024 by UNIFER with INE's yearly pay survey (its 2024 ÷ 2022 mean-pay ratio for the occupation group), so it is an estimate ("est."); it covers all employees, part-time included. INE publishes it for occupation groups, read through its CNO-11–ISCO-08 key.

## Jobs this degree leads to

The jobs **Earth & Geological Sciences** courses most often lead to in Spain, and how each one is doing.

| Job | Share | Average pay | Entry pay | Growth to 2035 | Online job ads a month (experimental) vs last year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Geologists and geophysicists | 33% | €41,860 est. | €30,849 | +29.1% | 33 -39.1% |
| 2. Environmental protection professionals | 27% | €41,860 est. | €30,849 | +29.1% | 15 -50% |
| 3. Civil engineers | 15% | €41,860 est. | €30,849 | +29.1% | 414 -22.6% |
| 4. Physicists and astronomers | 14% | €41,860 est. | €30,849 | +29.1% | 33 -39.1% |
| 5. Software developers | 6% | €46,024 est. | €36,034 | +49.1% | 763 -35.9% |
| 6. Policy administration professionals | 5% | €44,200 est. | €30,382 | +32.6% | 133 -29.3% |

Share: how common each job is among Earth & Geological Sciences destinations. Entry pay: lower-quartile pay, a guide to starting salaries. Online job ads a month: Eurostat's experimental count of online job ads in Spain for each job's occupation group (ISCO 3-digit), yearly ÷ 12, against the year before. Spain publishes no open count of job ads by occupation. Spanish figures are published for occupation groups; each job shows its group's figures ("est."). Job ads are Eurostat's for the job's ISCO 3-digit group. Swipe the table sideways for more.

## What graduates like you earned

Master's graduates who studied **Earth & Geological Sciences** or a related Physical, chemical and earth sciences subject, working full time in Spain one year after graduating (graduates of 2019-20). Spain publishes pay for Physical, chemical and earth sciences as a whole.

- **Graduates with a foreign nationality earned average, 1 year on · wider field of study**: €24,900
- **All master's graduates earned same field, for comparison**: €21,500
- **Foreign nationality, 4 years on average**: €30,600
- **All graduates, 4 years on average**: €29,700

Graduates with a foreign nationality earned **16% more** than all master's graduates of the field a year after graduating. Foreign-born tertiary graduates working full time in Spain earned **74.4%** of what Spanish-born graduates earned (2022). Pay: the yearly Social Security contribution base of graduates working full time as employees (a gross-pay measure, capped at the maximum base). "Foreign nationality" includes foreign residents who grew up in Spain, not only international students.

## Staying to work after you graduate

How international students stay to work in Spain after studying **Earth & Geological Sciences**.

1 Finish your course

A master's or a PhD from a Spanish university.

2 Job-search permit 24 months

to look for a job or start a business in Spain. It cannot be extended, and you may not work on this permit itself: you switch to a work permit once you have a job.

3 Work permit

**Switch after your degree:** with a job offer you can change to a residence and work permit without a visa and without a labour-market test. There is no salary minimum; the pay must follow the sector's collective agreement.

**EU Blue Card:** at least **€33,085** a year within 3 years of your degree (€41,356 after that).

- **Typical pay in Earth & Geological Sciences jobs vs the Blue Card salary for recent graduates**: €42,200 typical pay minimum **€33,085**

Most graduates take the switch to a work permit, which has no salary minimum. The bar only shows how pay in these jobs compares with the Blue Card salary.

- **Earth & Geological Sciences jobs on the EU shortage report for Spain (2025)**: 0%

In 2025, **27,469** non-EU students in Spain switched from a study permit to a work permit, **133** of them Indian citizens.

Graduates living in Spain who are citizens of non-EU countries: **71%** in work, against 86.2% of Spanish graduates (ages 25–64, 2025).

## Earth & Geological Sciences in other countries

Typical pay for the same jobs (in US dollars in brackets, at October 2026 exchange rates), projected growth, and post-study work after a master's.

- [Spain €42,200 ($47,200) Growth +30.5% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/spain/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [France €47,400 net ($53,100) Growth +31.8% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/france/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Italy €23,500 net ($26,300) Growth +36.8% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work up to 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/italy/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [United Kingdom £48,900 ($65,400) Growth +10.8% (2025–35) · Graduate visa 18 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/uk/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [United States $96,100 Growth +4.6% (2025–35) · OPT 12 months, 36 with the STEM extension](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/us/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Canada CA$100,800 ($72,000) Growth +8.4% (2023–33) · PGWP up to 36 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/canada/earth-and-geological-sciences)

- [Australia AU$130,500 ($91,600) Growth +17.9% (2025–35) · 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/australia/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Ireland €47,700 ($53,400) Growth +5.1% (2025–28) · Stamp 1G 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/ireland/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Germany €70,200 ($78,600) Growth +5.4% (2023–40) · 18 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/germany/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Netherlands €65,500 ($73,300) Growth +1.2% (2025–30) · Orientation year 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/netherlands/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Sweden SEK 587,000 ($59,000) Growth +39.3% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/sweden/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Denmark DKK 737,800 ($110,500) Growth +25.6% (2022–35) · Job-seeking permit 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/denmark/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Finland €55,000 ($61,600) Growth +25.3% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/finland/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Poland PLN 113,900 ($29,000) Growth +34.8% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 9 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/poland/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Belgium €64,900 ($72,600) Growth +19.1% (2022–35) · Search year 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/belgium/earth-and-geological-sciences)
- [Switzerland CHF 106,200 ($128,800) Job search 6 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/switzerland/earth-and-geological-sciences)

## Spanish universities teaching Earth & Geological Sciences

1 Spanish university offers 1 postgraduate course in Earth & Geological Sciences. The highest ranked:

- [Autonomous University of Barcelona QS #211 · 1 course](https://uniferedu.com/universities/autonomous-university-of-barcelona)

[See all 1 course in the Course Explorer →](https://uniferedu.com/explore?country=ES&sub_field=Earth%20%26%20Geological%20Sciences)

## Questions students ask

### How much do Earth & Geological Sciences graduates earn in Spain?

Master's graduates with a foreign nationality in Physical, chemical and earth sciences earned an average €24,900 a year one year after graduating (working full time), against €21,500 for all graduates of the field. Across all workers in these jobs, typical pay is €42,200 and starting pay about €31,100.

### Is Earth & Geological Sciences in demand in Spain?

Employers posted about 134 online job ads a month for these jobs, 31.2% fewer than a year earlier. Employment in these jobs is projected to grow 30.5% from 2022 to 2035.

### Can I stay and work in Spain after a Earth & Geological Sciences master's?

Yes, for up to 24 months on a job-search permit; once you have a job offer you switch to a work permit, with no labour-market test. An EU Blue Card needs at least €33,085 a year within 3 years of your degree.

## Where these numbers come from

Every figure comes from an official Spanish source. Tap a source tag next to any number for its details.

- [Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, Spain, 2022–2035](https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/tools/skills-intelligence/future-employment-growth)
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) · Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses — occupations in shortage, Spain](https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en)
European Labour Authority (ELA) / EURES National Coordination Office · European Labour Authority / EURES: reuse with acknowledgement of the source · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Online job advertisements by occupation (ISCO-08 three-digit), Spain — experimental statistics (jvs_a_isco3_r1)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/jvs_a_isco3_r1/default/table?lang=en)
Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Change of immigration status permits, education to employment, Spain (migr_reschange)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_reschange/default/table?lang=en)
Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Employment rates by educational attainment and citizenship, tertiary education, ages 25–64, Spain (lfsa_ergaedn)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ergaedn/default/table?lang=en)
Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Encuesta de Población Activa — ocupados por ocupación (INE, table 65967); ISCO-08 figures calculated by UNIFER](https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65967)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · CC BY 4.0 (INE) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Encuesta de Estructura Salarial 2022 (INE, table 36830), uprated with the Encuesta Anual de Estructura Salarial (table 28186); ISCO-08 figures calculated by UNIFER through INE's CNO-11–ISCO-08 key](https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=36830)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · CC BY 4.0 (INE) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Education at a Glance — relative earnings of foreign-born adults with tertiary education, Spain (DF_LSO_EARN_REL_NATIVE)](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/)
OECD · OECD data — reuse with attribution · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Spanish post-study and work rules — BOE (Ley 14/2013, RD 1155/2024, Orden PJC/44/2026), manually verified](https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2024-24099)
Boletín Oficial del Estado; Ministerio de Inclusión — transcribed and verified by UNIFER · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [SEPE — Estadística de contratos, contracts registered by sub-major occupation group (CNO-11), December year-to-date file; a month calculated by UNIFER](https://www.sepe.es/HomeSepe/que-es-el-sepe/estadisticas/contratos/estadisticas-nuevas.html)
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE) · SEPE reuse conditions (Ley 37/2007, RD 1495/2011): reuse with the source credited · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [SIIU — afiliación a la Seguridad Social de los egresados universitarios, máster, cohorte 2019-2020 (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades)](https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Ministerio/Estadisticas/SIIU/Afiliacion.html)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (SIIU) · Reuse allowed, commercial or not, with the source cited (ciencia.gob.es aviso legal) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

Indicative figures from official Spanish sources. They describe groups of graduates and workers, not what any individual will earn or be offered. Visa rules change, so check inclusion.gob.es before you decide.