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Taxidermist

Median salary, education path, job outlook, and related careers — based on U.S. labor data.

Median salary
$43,000/yr
Typical range
$31,000 – $60,000
Education
High school diploma
Time to entry
No degree required — short-term training or on-the-job learning

What a Taxidermist does

Preserves, mounts, and sculpts animal specimens using tanning, sculpting, and painting techniques to create lifelike displays for hunters, museums, and natural history institutions.

Education & path

The typical entry point is a high school diploma. No degree required — short-term training or on-the-job learning.

Estimated cost of that path: No degree cost. Estimates only — actual cost varies widely by school and financial aid; payback assumes ~20% of income applied.

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