Highest-paying science jobs in Riverside

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Riverside

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as "life, physical, and social science occupations" were included.

#27. Agricultural technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $41,990
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,850
- Employment: 13,560
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($59,300)
--- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI ($58,050)
--- Corvallis, OR ($57,990)

#26. Biological technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $45,960
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,770
- Employment: 76,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($69,050)
--- Boulder, CO ($68,640)
--- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($65,940)

#25. Food science technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $46,610
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,870
- Employment: 11,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- St. Louis, MO-IL ($66,580)
--- Owensboro, KY ($63,700)
--- Columbus, OH ($61,420)

#24. Forest and conservation technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $47,670
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 560

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,420
- Employment: 30,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($68,370)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($66,570)
--- Corvallis, OR ($62,260)

#23. Chemical technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $48,990
- #172 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,040
- Employment: 57,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Billings, MT ($86,340)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($78,000)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($77,020)

#22. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $50,720
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,550
- Employment: 34,110
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($79,780)
--- Huntsville, AL ($78,320)
--- Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($76,970)

#21. Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $54,460
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,080
- Employment: 9,210
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Tulsa, OK ($89,210)
--- Anchorage, AK ($88,050)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($86,860)

#20. Social science research assistants

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $54,720
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,430
- Employment: 28,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($88,730)
--- Columbia, SC ($77,760)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($70,570)

#19. Occupational health and safety technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $54,770
- #75 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,560
- Employment: 21,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Evansville, IN-KY ($77,880)
--- Anchorage, AK ($77,690)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($77,100)

#18. Anthropologists and archeologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $66,290
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,800
- Employment: 6,650
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($85,120)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($84,300)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($81,990)

#17. Epidemiologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $71,320
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,740
- Employment: 8,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($145,410)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($139,240)
--- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY ($124,460)

#16. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,140
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,300
- Employment: 15,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($109,570)
--- Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS ($106,800)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,350)

#15. Microbiologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,670
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $87,820
- Employment: 19,430
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Knoxville, TN ($125,380)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($121,530)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($115,340)

#14. Chemists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $76,280
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

National
- Annual mean salary: $89,130
- Employment: 80,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($131,290)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($115,790)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($108,330)

#13. Food scientists and technologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $77,540
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $84,150
- Employment: 13,510
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kansas City, MO-KS ($138,600)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,970)
--- Wichita, KS ($102,100)

#12. Forensic science technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $79,680
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,850
- Employment: 17,020
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($106,600)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($96,980)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($96,410)

#11. Conservation scientists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $81,610
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,230
- Employment: 22,550
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($108,670)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($106,200)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($101,900)

#10. Occupational health and safety specialists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $82,160
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 810

National
- Annual mean salary: $78,740
- Employment: 106,340
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($111,950)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($108,240)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,020)

#9. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $86,050
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 580

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,240
- Employment: 76,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($116,630)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($109,190)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,710)

#8. Soil and plant scientists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $86,970
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $76,290
- Employment: 15,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($111,450)
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($109,490)
--- Raleigh, NC ($109,320)

#7. Urban and regional planners

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $90,040
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,310
- Employment: 38,940
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($119,680)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,760)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($112,740)

#6. School psychologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $103,230
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,110

National
- Annual mean salary: $82,770
- Employment: 57,110
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($116,280)
--- El Centro, CA ($116,010)
--- Fresno, CA ($115,360)

#5. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $111,800
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 740

National
- Annual mean salary: $104,050
- Employment: 108,550
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Memphis, TN-MS-AR ($176,770)
--- Columbia, SC ($155,570)
--- Danbury, CT ($151,970)

#4. Economists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $112,900
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $120,830
- Employment: 15,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($162,870)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($161,320)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($156,360)

#3. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $116,500
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

National
- Annual mean salary: $99,640
- Employment: 58,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($136,630)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($134,200)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($133,060)

#2. Physicists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $118,810
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $151,580
- Employment: 20,020
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ($199,830)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($195,300)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($188,250)

#1. Hydrologists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $148,150
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $94,780
- Employment: 6,390
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($148,150)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($136,920)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($125,470)

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