Highest-paying science jobs in Cincinnati

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Cincinnati

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 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.

#25. Forest and conservation technicians

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $45,680
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#24. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $45,700
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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. Social science research assistants

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $47,320
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#22. Occupational health and safety technicians

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $50,260
- #100 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#21. Chemical technicians

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $52,640
- #105 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510

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. Biological technicians

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $56,510
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,120

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)

#19. Food science technicians

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $57,850
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#18. Microbiologists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $61,110
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)

#17. Conservation scientists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $64,500
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#15 (tie). Forensic science technicians

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $65,260
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#15 (tie). Survey researchers

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $65,260
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#14. Urban and regional planners

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $69,670
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#13. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $70,090
- #100 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#12. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $72,930
- #152 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#11. Epidemiologists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $74,500
- #30 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)

#10. Chemists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $78,620
- #111 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 880

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)

#9. Soil and plant scientists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $78,980
- #28 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)

#8. Occupational health and safety specialists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $79,490
- #133 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 960

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)

#7. School psychologists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $81,440
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

#6. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $92,080
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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)

#5. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $93,750
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610

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)

#4. Materials scientists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $99,080
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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. Food scientists and technologists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $101,530
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#2. Economists

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $106,750
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Annual mean salary: $133,940
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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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