Highest-paying Cities for Other Biological Scientists

The top 100 highest paying cities for other biological scientists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other biological scientists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $127,780, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for other biological scientists. It is followed by Boulder, Colorado (average annual salary $127,150). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other biological scientists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Biological Scientists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$127,780	$74,840	1,010
2	Boulder, Colorado	$127,150	$85,990	270
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$126,000	$66,690	6,000
4	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$113,840	$82,860	80
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$110,820	$80,000	140
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$107,240	$64,620	4,980
7	Dayton, Ohio	$106,890	$65,570	80
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$105,300	$62,230	130
9	New Haven, Connecticut	$104,520	$57,430	90
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$103,240	$64,320	2,220
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$101,980	$74,640	50
12	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$101,800	$58,150	650
13	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$101,740	$62,990	3,940
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$100,690	$61,030	1,770
15	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$100,640	$89,540	n/a
16	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$100,640	$84,070	n/a
17	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$100,250	$70,760	40
18	Bellingham, Washington	$99,280	$48,490	50
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$98,970	$51,440	2,310
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$98,230	$59,770	1,560
21	Salinas, California	$97,660	$57,510	50
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$96,430	$51,290	90
23	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$94,820	$56,820	n/a
24	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$93,850	$52,130	180
25	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$93,820	$50,880	1,460
26	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$93,310	$57,300	240
27	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$93,270	$56,750	160
28	Worcester, Massachusetts	$91,770	$57,980	110
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$91,520	$62,250	80
30	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$91,200	$58,250	90
31	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$90,820	$59,110	2,720
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$90,810	$54,870	500
33	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$90,770	$66,000	220
34	Provo-Orem, Utah	$90,290	$60,580	70
35	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$89,980	$59,640	210
36	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$89,940	$39,190	110
37	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$89,940	$54,720	90
38	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$89,730	$58,550	270
39	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$89,560	$64,010	210
40	Peoria, Illinois	$89,560	$54,140	n/a
41	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$89,460	$60,560	130
42	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$89,170	$68,600	250
43	Anchorage, Alaska	$89,170	$61,420	190
44	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$89,000	$65,630	200
45	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$88,740	$49,590	210
46	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$87,820	$45,010	40
47	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$87,760	$51,200	440
48	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$87,710	$53,460	40
49	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$87,610	$60,400	780
50	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$87,530	$66,390	30
51	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$86,940	$52,140	820
52	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$86,690	$61,420	140
53	Corpus Christi, Texas	$86,640	$59,440	30
54	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$86,450	$48,420	1,070
55	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$86,440	$57,980	210
56	Peabody, Massachusetts	$86,320	$39,510	50
57	Rochester, New York	$86,070	$53,280	70
58	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$86,070	$44,720	90
59	Asheville, North Carolina	$86,070	$56,530	30
60	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$86,040	$52,760	90
61	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$85,820	$51,180	450
62	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$85,360	$48,740	150
63	Columbus, Ohio	$84,670	$44,890	110
64	Mobile, Alabama	$84,640	$48,700	50
65	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$84,640	$32,550	40
66	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$84,610	$53,890	40
67	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$84,590	$46,000	70
68	Evansville, Kentucky	$84,410	$23,870	n/a
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$84,150	$47,640	1,310
70	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$84,060	$65,230	180
71	Morgantown, West Virginia	$83,870	$51,110	60
72	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$83,740	$41,030	790
73	Olympia, Washington	$83,290	$60,400	70
74	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$83,100	$46,430	380
75	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$82,920	$49,830	90
76	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$82,720	$49,720	160
77	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$82,600	$52,170	690
78	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$82,570	$50,610	30
79	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$82,470	$62,320	90
80	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$82,310	$55,160	140
81	Ames, Iowa	$82,220	$50,970	60
82	Madison, Wisconsin	$82,060	$57,490	290
83	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$81,990	$38,600	50
84	Spokane, Washington	$81,990	$54,720	40
85	Savannah, Georgia	$81,990	$49,210	60
86	Tucson, Arizona	$81,940	$47,370	120
87	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$81,930	$50,300	830
88	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$81,900	$62,730	80
89	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$81,850	$50,620	40
90	Bismarck, North Dakota	$81,830	$51,590	50
91	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$81,650	$46,500	60
92	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$81,570	$27,810	30
93	Framingham, Massachusetts	$81,490	$36,270	80
94	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$81,330	$59,450	90
95	Salt Lake City, Utah	$81,170	$57,730	250
96	Memphis, Tennessee	$81,080	$33,860	150
97	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$81,040	$42,380	50
98	Billings, Montana	$80,550	$60,470	30
99	El Paso, Texas	$80,480	$55,510	60
100	Lincoln, Nebraska	$80,310	$44,720	70

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other biological scientists.