Highest-paying science jobs in Detroit

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Detroit

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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.

#24. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $44,820
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#23. Biological technicians

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $47,460
- #82 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)

#22. Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $53,530
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#21. Chemical technicians

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $56,720
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 720

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)

#20. Soil and plant scientists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $59,730
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#19. Forensic science technicians

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $59,960
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#18. Conservation scientists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $63,010
- #126 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#17. Survey researchers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $64,120
- #15 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)

#16. Occupational health and safety technicians

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $68,380
- #25 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)

#15. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $69,140
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#14. Food scientists and technologists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $75,770
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#13. Urban and regional planners

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $79,190
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#12. School psychologists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $79,970
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 400

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)

#11. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $81,660
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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)

#10. Occupational health and safety specialists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $81,950
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

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. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $87,460
- #142 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 840

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. Epidemiologists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $88,880
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#7. Materials scientists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $89,590
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#6. Atmospheric and space scientists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $91,290
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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. Microbiologists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $97,390
- #9 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)

#4. Chemists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $103,720
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,460

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)

#3. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $105,930
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,050

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)

#2. Economists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $110,560
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#1. Physicists

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Annual mean salary: $148,850
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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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