Highest-paying science jobs in Salt Lake City

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Salt Lake City

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Salt Lake City, UT 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.

#28. Forest and conservation technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $39,360
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

#27. Food science technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $50,070
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#26. Chemical technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $50,150
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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. Forensic science technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $54,800
- #58 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)

#24. Social science research assistants

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $55,040
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#23. Anthropologists and archeologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $58,400
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#22. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $58,850
- #99 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)

#21. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $59,280
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#20. Biological technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $59,440
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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. Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $59,770
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#18. Soil and plant scientists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $61,770
- #75 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#17. Conservation scientists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $62,600
- #128 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#16. Food scientists and technologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $65,230
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#15. School psychologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $65,540
- #207 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#14. Microbiologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $67,380
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#13. Epidemiologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $70,640
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#12. Occupational health and safety technicians

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $71,430
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#11. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $73,170
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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. Biochemists and biophysicists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $73,880
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#9. Chemists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $74,280
- #166 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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)

#8. Urban and regional planners

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $76,210
- #100 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#7. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $83,660
- #103 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,220

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)

#6. Hydrologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $89,960
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#5. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $92,000
- #46 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)

#4. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $92,010
- #118 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#3. Occupational health and safety specialists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $92,560
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 630

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)

#2. Atmospheric and space scientists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $92,790
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#1. Materials scientists

Salt Lake City, UT
- Annual mean salary: $101,010
- #17 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)

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