Highest-paying Cities for Conservation Scientists

The top 100 highest paying cities for conservation 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 conservation scientists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $119,140, Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland is the highest paying city for conservation scientists. It is followed by Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska (average annual salary $113,780). 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 conservation scientists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$119,140	$54,950	50
2	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$113,780	$75,390	40
3	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$102,230	$50,390	40
4	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$98,680	$62,230	70
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$96,610	$52,130	40
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$94,600	$62,780	40
7	Knoxville, Tennessee	$94,570	$76,800	n/a
8	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$94,280	$53,330	50
9	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$93,690	$84,980	30
10	Springfield, Massachusetts	$93,100	$63,610	60
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$90,860	$65,510	90
12	Napa, California	$90,150	$69,370	30
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$89,640	$53,430	220
14	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$87,840	$60,470	50
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$87,030	$49,310	160
16	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$86,170	$47,970	50
17	Fresno, California	$85,860	$35,980	30
18	Columbia, South Carolina	$84,280	$47,110	40
19	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$84,160	$54,480	170
20	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$83,940	$50,090	40
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$82,930	$65,280	260
22	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$82,370	$51,640	120
23	Springfield, Illinois	$82,090	$47,390	30
24	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,990	$54,720	30
25	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$81,730	$57,410	280
26	Salem, Oregon	$81,730	$64,090	70
27	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$81,330	$43,160	50
28	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$80,670	$53,410	30
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$80,440	$50,820	410
30	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$80,370	$46,220	50
31	Corvallis, Oregon	$80,290	$58,550	50
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$80,020	$56,730	110
33	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$79,440	$56,700	40
34	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$79,440	$46,370	30
35	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$79,420	$38,280	350
36	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$79,420	$55,040	n/a
37	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$78,810	$24,920	830
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$78,450	$56,920	100
39	Olympia, Washington	$78,400	$59,680	220
40	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$78,300	$48,420	30
41	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$78,020	$26,620	110
42	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$77,560	$31,200	30
43	Worcester, Massachusetts	$77,400	$43,140	60
44	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$77,230	$54,720	70
45	Honolulu, Hawaii	$76,930	$52,190	60
46	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$76,800	$43,000	120
47	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$76,690	$47,440	30
48	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$76,450	$45,990	30
49	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$76,130	$34,400	30
50	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$76,070	$26,450	40
51	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$75,910	$54,720	50
52	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$75,420	$43,680	70
53	Lincoln, Nebraska	$75,200	$45,340	40
54	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$75,070	$51,190	200
55	Flagstaff, Arizona	$75,030	$40,660	30
56	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$75,030	$51,190	30
57	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$75,030	$47,720	40
58	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$75,030	$60,210	50
59	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$74,730	$50,060	50
60	Madison, Wisconsin	$74,670	$38,880	240
61	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$74,460	$50,200	630
62	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$74,380	$44,700	80
63	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$74,360	$45,380	90
64	Bend, Oregon	$74,010	$46,220	50
65	Anchorage, Alaska	$73,760	$50,230	170
66	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$73,650	$35,560	300
67	Fairbanks, Alaska	$73,630	$50,020	60
68	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$73,540	$33,610	n/a
69	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$73,380	$46,210	30
70	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$73,080	$49,210	40
71	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$73,000	$58,940	40
72	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$72,990	$28,590	70
73	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$72,920	$57,440	40
74	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$72,820	$54,720	80
75	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$72,820	$56,530	100
76	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$72,820	$44,720	40
77	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$72,670	$52,550	140
78	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$72,240	$49,760	50
79	Syracuse, New York	$72,150	$48,010	60
80	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$71,850	$45,530	50
81	Stockton, California	$71,700	$49,450	30
82	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$71,610	$44,720	30
83	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$71,520	$47,920	120
84	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$71,470	$58,180	50
85	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$71,140	$56,530	80
86	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$71,010	$40,630	50
87	Spokane, Washington	$70,950	$61,210	50
88	Duluth, Wisconsin	$70,640	$52,110	50
89	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$70,630	$54,740	40
90	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$70,620	$44,050	40
91	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$70,620	$46,220	140
92	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$70,620	$49,610	60
93	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$70,520	$55,250	n/a
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$70,470	$42,000	50
95	Visalia-Porterville, California	$70,410	$36,340	30
96	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$70,280	$49,350	30
97	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$70,250	$54,730	50
98	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$70,250	$53,930	50
99	Salinas, California	$70,200	$48,230	50
100	Lafayette, Louisiana	$70,010	$48,510	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for conservation scientists.