Highest-paying science jobs in Minneapolis

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Minneapolis

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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. Agricultural technicians

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $46,700
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,850
- Employment: 13,560
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($59,300)
--- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI ($58,050)
--- Corvallis, OR ($57,990)

#29. Biological technicians

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,290
- #75 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

#28. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $54,300
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#27. Forest and conservation technicians

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $56,410
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#26. Chemical technicians

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $58,630
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,000

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)

#25. Occupational health and safety technicians

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $62,350
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#24. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $64,950
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#23. Soil and plant scientists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $67,500
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#22. Animal scientists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $70,160
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $80,390
- Employment: 2,790
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($98,830)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($95,360)
--- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN ($81,970)

#21. Survey researchers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $71,200
- #8 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)

#20. Foresters

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $71,920
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,710
- Employment: 9,500
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($96,820)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($96,220)
--- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ($90,320)

#19. Sociologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,300
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $96,260
- Employment: 2,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ($129,870)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($117,170)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($109,760)

#18. Forensic science technicians

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $78,640
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#17. Epidemiologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $79,560
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#16. School psychologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $81,580
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 850

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)

#15. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $82,010
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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. Hydrologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $82,920
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#13. Microbiologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $83,780
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

#12. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $84,650
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,970

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)

#11. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $85,490
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,280

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. Urban and regional planners

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $87,000
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)

#9. Occupational health and safety specialists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $88,290
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,050

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)

#8. Chemists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $92,770
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,160

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. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $93,150
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

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)

#6. Biochemists and biophysicists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $101,800
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,140

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)

#5. Food scientists and technologists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $101,820
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#4. Materials scientists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $103,300
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#3. Conservation scientists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $106,200
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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)

#2. Economists

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $114,910
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $127,330
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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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