Highest-paying science jobs in Baltimore

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Baltimore

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 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. Anthropologists and archeologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $51,300
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#29. Food science technicians

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $51,640
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#28. Social science research assistants

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $53,220
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#27. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $54,570
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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. Occupational health and safety technicians

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $60,380
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#25. Chemical technicians

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $62,590
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#24. Forensic science technicians

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $67,640
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#23. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $70,040
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#22. Soil and plant scientists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $70,760
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#21. Biochemists and biophysicists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $74,810
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#20. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $75,390
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#19. Conservation scientists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $75,660
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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. Geographers

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $78,050
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,740
- Employment: 1,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,570)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($89,690)
--- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($78,050)

#17. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $79,710
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 920

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)

#16. Urban and regional planners

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $79,910
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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)

#15. Microbiologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $80,380
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

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. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $83,870
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,000

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)

#13. Food scientists and technologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $84,780
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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. Occupational health and safety specialists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $85,070
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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. School psychologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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)

#10. Epidemiologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $90,050
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#9. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $90,860
- #126 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

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)

#8. Chemists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $98,740
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 750

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)

#7. Hydrologists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $105,440
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#6. Atmospheric and space scientists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $107,480
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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)

#5. Astronomers

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $113,980
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $139,410
- Employment: 1,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($145,820)
--- Boulder, CO ($139,090)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($136,250)

#4. Economists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $121,690
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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. Materials scientists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $142,410
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $104,790
- Employment: 6,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($142,410)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($135,480)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($133,380)

#2. Physicists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $150,980
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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. Political scientists

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Annual mean salary: $151,830
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $120,430
- Employment: 5,650
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($151,830)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($129,130)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($121,250)

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