Highest-paying science jobs in Miami

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Miami

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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.

#30. Survey researchers

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $40,180
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,690
- Employment: 8,850
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($90,860)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($88,580)
--- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ($86,230)

#29. Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $40,240
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#28. Food science technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $40,610
- #79 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#27. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,040
- #132 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 850

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)

#26. Forest and conservation technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $45,000
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#25. Biological technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $45,490
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 640

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)

#24. Chemical technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $47,330
- #196 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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)

#23. Social science research assistants

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $55,300
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#22. Anthropologists and archeologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $55,450
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#21. Food scientists and technologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#20. Microbiologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $61,990
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#19. Conservation scientists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $64,400
- #115 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#18. Occupational health and safety technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $65,570
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#17. Hydrologic technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $66,240
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,760
- Employment: 3,550
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($126,900)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($108,260)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($86,310)

#16. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $66,360
- #219 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 880

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)

#15. Forensic science technicians

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $67,170
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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)

#14. Chemists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $69,780
- #205 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $69,940
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

#12. Soil and plant scientists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $70,460
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#11. Occupational health and safety specialists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $71,630
- #280 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 900

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)

#10. Hydrologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $73,480
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#9. School psychologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $82,350
- #77 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 840

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)

#8. Urban and regional planners

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $82,470
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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)

#7. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $86,150
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#6. Biochemists and biophysicists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $86,710
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $113,460
- Employment: 35,050
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($135,070)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($133,520)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($133,390)

#5. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $92,750
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 950

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)

#4. Epidemiologists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $99,850
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#3. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $100,120
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $103,550
- Employment: 23,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($161,290)
--- Corpus Christi, TX ($156,870)
--- Midland, TX ($156,270)

#2. Atmospheric and space scientists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $107,790
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $96,880
- Employment: 8,520
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($118,860)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($118,420)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($114,860)

#1. Economists

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $121,610
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

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