Highest-paying Cities for Soil and Plant Scientists

The top 100 highest paying cities for soil and plant 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 soil and plant scientists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $109,870, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is the highest paying city for soil and plant scientists. It is followed by Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota (average annual salary $107,890). 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 soil and plant scientists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Soil and Plant Scientists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$109,870	$61,220	160
2	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$107,890	$44,000	50
3	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$105,300	$78,830	210
4	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$103,330	$58,900	40
5	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$103,150	$35,430	530
6	Wilmington, North Carolina	$100,260	$76,020	110
7	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$99,030	$63,480	30
8	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$97,590	$48,040	160
9	Salinas, California	$96,050	$59,430	30
10	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$95,400	$69,140	30
11	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$91,930	$62,330	50
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$89,660	$60,880	260
13	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$88,220	$50,170	40
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$87,710	$65,430	120
15	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$84,030	$58,760	40
16	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$83,870	$46,920	40
17	Salem, Oregon	$83,830	$56,970	140
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$83,400	$59,240	150
19	Fresno, California	$82,570	$61,530	50
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$82,390	$56,820	200
21	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$82,300	$41,450	40
22	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$82,090	$32,380	150
23	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,990	$39,620	30
24	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$81,710	$67,890	30
25	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$81,200	$32,220	40
26	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$81,160	$48,130	30
27	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$80,950	$52,100	370
28	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$80,530	$61,310	80
29	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$80,510	$49,620	120
30	Corvallis, Oregon	$80,290	$49,540	50
31	St Louis, Missouri	$79,970	$51,740	290
32	Albany, Oregon	$79,830	$62,110	30
33	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,790	$73,270	140
34	Stockton, California	$79,000	$59,310	50
35	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$78,880	$44,320	60
36	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$78,140	$48,040	70
37	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$77,980	$38,730	40
38	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$77,940	$60,230	120
39	Columbus, Ohio	$77,180	$52,520	90
40	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$76,480	$44,630	110
41	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$76,450	$24,630	410
42	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$76,390	$59,930	40
43	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$75,590	$36,280	80
44	Grand Island, Nebraska	$75,510	$37,780	50
45	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$75,030	$63,650	30
46	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$74,840	$50,490	30
47	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$74,340	$56,760	120
48	Memphis, Tennessee	$74,290	$46,090	40
49	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$73,920	$64,250	30
50	Napa, California	$73,790	$44,210	30
51	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$73,680	$46,940	80
52	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$73,310	$39,860	40
53	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$73,230	$62,790	30
54	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$72,950	$49,640	50
55	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$72,830	$54,200	n/a
56	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$72,320	$45,650	250
57	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$71,990	$53,410	40
58	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$71,820	$47,790	40
59	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$71,610	$56,530	40
60	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$70,940	$54,720	50
61	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$70,890	$34,860	440
62	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$70,810	$47,200	n/a
63	Bismarck, North Dakota	$70,710	$43,710	n/a
64	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$70,620	$46,500	70
65	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$70,250	$40,550	40
66	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$69,970	$55,900	50
67	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$69,440	$52,000	170
68	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$69,440	$37,450	70
69	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$69,170	$46,030	30
70	Bend, Oregon	$68,980	$41,370	n/a
71	El Centro, California	$68,970	$51,130	40
72	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$68,710	$51,930	n/a
73	Richmond, Virginia	$68,430	$46,250	70
74	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$68,300	$43,420	80
75	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$67,900	$35,370	30
76	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$67,740	$42,450	40
77	Rapid City, South Dakota	$67,620	$55,530	30
78	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$67,620	$47,840	30
79	Yakima, Washington	$67,600	$53,800	40
80	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$67,530	$20,860	190
81	Duluth, Wisconsin	$67,400	$45,800	n/a
82	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$66,790	$35,990	130
83	Kansas City, Missouri	$66,730	$34,330	100
84	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$66,400	$42,640	110
85	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$65,630	$51,820	30
86	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$65,550	$47,140	70
87	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$65,390	$51,040	100
88	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$65,180	$41,800	270
89	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$65,180	$41,320	30
90	Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$65,110	$45,690	70
91	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$64,980	$48,450	140
92	Greeley, Colorado	$64,430	$54,400	40
93	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$64,410	$42,060	30
94	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$64,400	$30,370	30
95	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$64,280	$48,650	150
96	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$64,250	$44,430	40
97	Springfield, Illinois	$64,180	$53,650	n/a
98	Madison, Wisconsin	$64,170	$58,450	200
99	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$64,090	$50,600	30
100	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$64,020	$49,750	60

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