Highest-paying science jobs in Idaho Falls

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Idaho Falls

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Idaho Falls, ID 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.

#11. Biological technicians

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $31,570
- #226 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#10. Forest and conservation technicians

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $43,340
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#9. Chemical technicians

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $55,950
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#8. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $62,280
- #93 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)

#7. Occupational health and safety technicians

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $63,340
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#6. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $70,320
- #131 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#5. Occupational health and safety specialists

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $86,060
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#4. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $90,580
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#3. Chemists

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $95,320
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#2. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $116,630
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#1. Physicists

Idaho Falls, ID
- Annual mean salary: $138,060
- #24 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)

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