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What meteorologists make
Operational meteorologist
$112,000
New forecaster
$70,000
Senior or specialist
$156,000
Job Bank's national median is $53.94 an hour, about $112,000 a year full time. Most of the jobs behind that number are federal forecasting positions with government pay grids, so the range is tighter and more predictable than in most sciences.