Highest-paying Science Jobs in Gulfport

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Highest-paying science jobs in Gulfport

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 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.

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#7. Occupational health and safety technicians

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $46,390
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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. Chemical technicians

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $50,180
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#5. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $62,900
- #246 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)

#4. Occupational health and safety specialists

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $82,570
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#3. Chemists

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $83,900
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

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#2. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $92,340
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#1. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Annual mean salary: $106,800
- #2 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)