Highest-paying Cities for Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for other life, physical, and social science technicians (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 life, physical, and social science technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $82,090, Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee is the highest paying city for other life, physical, and social science technicians. It is followed by Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut (average annual salary $80,620). 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 life, physical, and social science technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$82,090	$32,840	30
2	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,620	$53,260	170
3	Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$76,700	$52,300	70
4	Salinas, California	$74,900	$54,070	50
5	Framingham, Massachusetts	$74,520	$52,290	40
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$73,410	$44,670	1,770
7	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$73,210	$43,990	140
8	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$72,510	$40,040	40
9	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$70,830	$45,430	50
10	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$69,880	$47,190	40
11	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$69,700	$45,070	130
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$68,970	$45,950	30
13	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$68,410	$31,450	330
14	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,670	$39,250	70
15	Huntsville, Alabama	$67,580	$41,050	60
16	Peoria, Illinois	$67,460	$36,780	100
17	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$67,410	$39,580	100
18	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$67,210	$36,220	n/a
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$66,760	$48,790	260
20	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$66,410	$39,000	60
21	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$66,390	$42,040	540
22	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$66,290	$29,270	110
23	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$65,670	$38,490	50
24	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$64,860	$39,450	410
25	Fairbanks, Alaska	$64,830	$49,290	40
26	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$64,810	$37,890	450
27	Anchorage, Alaska	$64,710	$50,140	120
28	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$64,680	$27,600	30
29	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$64,220	$39,900	580
30	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$63,870	$38,980	770
31	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$63,860	$38,770	470
32	Columbia, South Carolina	$63,840	$39,780	90
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$63,670	$38,320	2,920
34	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$63,630	$39,590	200
35	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$63,420	$38,160	70
36	Syracuse, New York	$62,740	$30,370	270
37	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$62,690	$39,740	80
38	Greeley, Colorado	$62,570	$38,330	50
39	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$62,450	$51,270	130
40	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$62,400	$45,330	770
41	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$62,300	$41,360	70
42	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$62,160	$32,690	670
43	Cumberland, West Virginia	$62,090	$48,170	30
44	Manchester, New Hampshire	$61,990	$38,250	40
45	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$61,840	$39,300	1,180
46	Midland, Texas	$61,790	$36,670	30
47	Greenville, North Carolina	$61,600	$31,550	30
48	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$61,350	$38,130	120
49	Columbus, Georgia	$60,970	$39,290	30
50	Wichita, Kansas	$60,830	$37,690	100
51	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$60,740	$36,690	40
52	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$60,680	$39,380	1,560
53	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$60,200	$43,390	30
54	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$60,050	$41,600	40
55	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$60,040	$42,840	220
56	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$60,020	$37,270	6,860
57	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$59,970	$52,970	160
58	Lincoln, Nebraska	$59,960	$38,440	80
59	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,940	$42,600	920
60	Fargo, North Dakota	$59,640	$35,870	30
61	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,590	$36,690	730
62	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$59,390	$36,100	610
63	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$59,330	$24,560	50
64	Asheville, North Carolina	$59,250	$52,210	n/a
65	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$59,140	$42,420	60
66	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$58,710	$38,970	180
67	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,590	$36,150	1,880
68	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$58,470	$42,590	40
69	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$58,360	$36,310	50
70	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$58,360	$33,390	30
71	Wilmington, North Carolina	$58,140	$37,590	50
72	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$58,050	$39,810	80
73	Modesto, California	$57,800	$34,150	40
74	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$57,740	$37,100	960
75	Jackson, Mississippi	$57,410	$40,510	40
76	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$57,340	$33,390	60
77	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$57,200	$35,410	30
78	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$56,980	$35,940	30
79	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$56,910	$40,520	100
80	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$56,870	$37,860	1,700
81	Boulder, Colorado	$56,840	$39,610	100
82	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$56,580	$43,750	1,380
83	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$56,540	$34,170	160
84	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$56,210	$38,360	350
85	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$56,170	$34,550	90
86	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$56,040	$36,290	40
87	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$55,850	$32,760	30
88	Ithaca, New York	$55,830	$32,920	120
89	Alexandria, Louisiana	$55,660	$40,120	n/a
90	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$55,610	$31,200	130
91	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$55,480	$42,410	2,410
92	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$55,420	$28,290	30
93	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$55,420	$27,640	30
94	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$55,170	$28,100	40
95	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$55,090	$34,920	30
96	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$55,060	$33,650	570
97	Springfield, Illinois	$54,400	$33,870	40
98	Springfield, Massachusetts	$54,320	$38,960	60
99	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$54,180	$22,320	150
100	Cleveland, Tennessee	$54,070	$32,990	40

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