Highest-paying science jobs in Honolulu

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Honolulu

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Honolulu, HI 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.

#20. Forest and conservation technicians

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $37,180
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#19. Occupational health and safety technicians

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $39,220
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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. Biological technicians

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $44,710
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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)

#17. Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $49,820
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#16. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $58,300
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#15. Soil and plant scientists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $66,030
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#14. Microbiologists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $66,170
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#13. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $75,250
- #126 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

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)

#12. Occupational health and safety specialists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $76,010
- #184 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 600

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)

#11. Chemists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $80,790
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#10. Anthropologists and archeologists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $81,990
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#9. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $82,070
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#8. Urban and regional planners

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $84,330
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $85,900
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $89,450
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#5. Historians

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $89,840
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $72,130
- Employment: 2,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($101,240)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($89,840)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($86,780)

#4. Conservation scientists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $98,210
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#3. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $102,910
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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. Atmospheric and space scientists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $107,570
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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. Physicists

Honolulu, HI
- Annual mean salary: $119,600
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

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