Highest-paying science jobs in Norfolk

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Norfolk

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 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.

#19. Occupational health and safety technicians

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $43,100
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#18. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $45,000
- #124 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)

#17. Chemical technicians

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $48,640
- #180 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#16. Forensic science technicians

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $57,350
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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. Biological technicians

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $57,490
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#14. Conservation scientists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $62,860
- #127 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)

#13. Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $65,510
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#12. Historians

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $70,070
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $72,130
- Employment: 2,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($101,240)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($89,840)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($86,780)

#11. Occupational health and safety specialists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $71,740
- #276 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#10. Urban and regional planners

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $73,300
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $75,810
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#8. School psychologists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $76,850
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

#7. Chemists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $77,580
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#6. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $80,120
- #75 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#5. Economists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,640
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

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)

#4. Physicists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $104,140
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#3. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $110,140
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#2. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $111,650
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

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)

#1. Atmospheric and space scientists

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Annual mean salary: $113,870
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

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