Highest-paying Cities for Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)

The top 100 highest paying cities for geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers) (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 geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers) in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $170,870, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is the highest paying city for geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers). It is followed by Tulsa, Oklahoma (average annual salary $164,990). 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 geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers) in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$170,870	$62,780	2,600
2	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$164,990	$69,750	260
3	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$136,700	$76,700	250
4	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$134,900	$66,000	120
5	Midland, Texas	$134,720	$69,850	240
6	Salinas, California	$133,950	$89,190	60
7	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$131,000	$82,580	40
8	Greeley, Colorado	$128,270	$42,930	30
9	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$127,820	$85,510	110
10	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$126,780	$70,550	190
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$123,230	$71,530	270
12	Tyler, Texas	$121,420	$48,350	50
13	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$119,720	$65,330	30
14	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$116,310	$60,260	50
15	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$115,440	$57,990	730
16	Odessa, Texas	$115,350	$70,280	30
17	Fresno, California	$114,480	$62,910	60
18	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$113,730	$71,700	50
19	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$112,440	$34,990	50
20	Columbia, South Carolina	$112,110	$45,780	80
21	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$110,640	$63,560	190
22	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$110,250	$59,830	n/a
23	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$110,080	$46,400	30
24	Corpus Christi, Texas	$108,760	$35,750	80
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$108,730	$63,880	440
26	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$108,680	$49,450	100
27	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$108,680	$44,280	60
28	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$108,100	$79,480	30
29	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$107,500	$69,190	160
30	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$107,220	$53,260	350
31	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$107,090	$61,750	220
32	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$106,960	$66,570	120
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$105,510	$49,980	1,920
34	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$105,480	$48,030	260
35	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$104,520	$61,050	80
36	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$104,270	$47,490	90
37	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$103,790	$60,770	50
38	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$103,360	$18,340	450
39	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$102,760	$61,050	30
40	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$102,070	$49,610	110
41	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$101,910	$53,790	140
42	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$101,350	$51,400	30
43	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$101,180	$64,020	620
44	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$100,730	$57,540	190
45	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$100,050	$58,250	50
46	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$99,020	$36,770	200
47	Salt Lake City, Utah	$98,990	$66,640	190
48	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$98,800	$50,350	510
49	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$97,760	$80,670	n/a
50	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$97,660	$57,660	70
51	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$97,550	$54,720	250
52	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$96,620	$68,410	220
53	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$95,940	$66,190	220
54	Redding, California	$95,870	$70,320	30
55	Anchorage, Alaska	$95,800	$55,820	240
56	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$95,020	$62,590	40
57	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$94,930	$61,580	100
58	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$94,640	$59,380	70
59	Jacksonville, Florida	$94,490	$44,810	60
60	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$94,240	$57,010	60
61	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$93,920	$54,940	30
62	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$93,520	$57,920	40
63	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$92,730	$51,320	60
64	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$92,580	$59,530	90
65	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$92,350	$62,850	80
66	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$91,980	$48,640	110
67	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$91,050	$63,180	n/a
68	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$90,250	$67,250	40
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$89,220	$52,330	1,780
70	Fairbanks, Alaska	$89,110	$59,840	70
71	Honolulu, Hawaii	$87,810	$50,410	70
72	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$87,730	$61,710	n/a
73	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$87,100	$53,750	70
74	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$86,780	$51,570	240
75	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$85,700	$52,930	n/a
76	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$85,420	$52,500	680
77	Wilmington, New Jersey	$85,170	$41,760	50
78	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$85,110	$70,300	60
79	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$84,770	$81,630	40
80	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$84,550	$46,890	90
81	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$84,390	$44,880	740
82	Spokane, Washington	$84,030	$58,190	30
83	Columbus, Ohio	$83,570	$55,950	130
84	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$83,510	$68,930	n/a
85	Amarillo, Texas	$83,460	$56,010	40
86	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$83,200	$58,330	300
87	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$83,200	$42,930	40
88	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$82,820	$56,110	50
89	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$82,540	$61,330	190
90	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$82,440	$57,530	70
91	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$82,180	$48,600	70
92	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$82,120	$49,020	130
93	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$82,020	$57,330	40
94	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$81,810	$65,310	50
95	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$81,790	$47,630	710
96	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$81,750	$62,250	130
97	Casper, Wyoming	$81,700	$77,240	30
98	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$81,660	$28,810	50
99	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$81,550	$50,480	240
100	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$81,470	$46,630	70

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for geoscientists (except hydrologists and geographers).