Entomology/Arachnology Jobs Opportunities

With a degree in wildlife management then you may try looking at forestry as a job. Rangers have that as a prerequisite. It would be a wonderful oppertunity to explore your area of expertise and to preserve nature.

There are companies that grow biological control insects. Rincon-Vitova Insectaries. is an example. You will have to make yourself essential to the operation of the business, as I don't imagine that the lower skill positions will pay well.

Research doesn't have to increase the use of pesticides. Research can be about ecology, taxonomy, non-pesticidal control methods, medical entomology, physiology, genetics. Applying your degree to entomological research could be satisfying to you, but to make a career of it you might have to become an academic.

Entomology jobs that don't necessarily involve promoting pesticide use include taxonomist, curator, zookeeper, inspector, ranger, biologist, professor, teacher, researcher, naturalist, entomologist, farmer. Some of these jobs take more technical expertise than others.

Bugs can be significant pests. If you aren't a technician, it will be difficult to keep from being involved in their control, at least tangentially.

Organic farms need growers or staff who know how to control bugs and diseases with organic materials. Again, the lower skill positions will do more of the grunt work for less pay. Larger farms will have more specialists.

My degree is in entomology. I work for an agriculture dept govt regulatory agency. We are required to be certified in pest mgmt and rules enforcement. I progressed from being a pesticide enforcement inspector, to supervising the pest detection field crew, and now I am weed control project manager. (but maybe you wouldn't like my job)

Here is a website that lists agricultural jobs: AgCareers.com