Highest-paying science jobs in Milwaukee

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February 9, 2023
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Highest-paying science jobs in Milwaukee

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, 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.

#24. Biological technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $49,500
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#23. Chemical technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,550
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#22. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,960
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#21. Forest and conservation technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,260
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)

#20. Food science technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $56,860
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#19. Agricultural technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $58,050
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#18. Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $58,640
- #112 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)

#17. Soil and plant scientists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,880
- #80 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)

#16. Occupational health and safety technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $63,430
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#15. Conservation scientists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $64,090
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#14. Forensic science technicians

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $66,460
- #32 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)

#13. Hydrologists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,480
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#12. Foresters

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,590
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#11. Chemists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $73,820
- #170 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#10. Food scientists and technologists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $75,860
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#9. Biochemists and biophysicists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $76,200
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#8. School psychologists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $77,420
- #103 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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. Occupational health and safety specialists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $78,500
- #142 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#6. Urban and regional planners

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $79,060
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#5. Microbiologists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $81,550
- #23 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)

#4. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $83,200
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

#3. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $85,380
- #159 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510

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

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $86,830
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

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. Economists

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Annual mean salary: $90,660
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

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