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Highest-paying science jobs in Huntsville

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying science jobs in Huntsville, AL metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as “life, physical, and social science occupations” were included.

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#14. Biological technicians

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $45,610
– #106 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available

National
– Annual mean salary: $51,770
– Employment: 76,150
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($69,050)
— Boulder, CO ($68,640)
— Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($65,940)

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#13. Chemical technicians

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $47,780
– #191 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 130

National
– Annual mean salary: $55,040
– Employment: 57,690
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Billings, MT ($86,340)
— Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($78,000)
— Baton Rouge, LA ($77,020)

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#12. Anthropologists and archeologists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $61,010
– #34 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 30

National
– Annual mean salary: $66,800
– Employment: 6,650
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Anchorage, AK ($85,120)
— Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($84,300)
— Urban Honolulu, HI ($81,990)

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#11. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $66,580
– #140 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 200

National
– Annual mean salary: $104,050
– Employment: 108,550
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Memphis, TN-MS-AR ($176,770)
— Columbia, SC ($155,570)
— Danbury, CT ($151,970)

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#10. Biochemists and biophysicists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $68,510
– #53 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: data not available

National
– Annual mean salary: $113,460
– Employment: 35,050
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($135,070)
— Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($133,520)
— Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($133,390)

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#9. Microbiologists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $69,180
– #44 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50

National
– Annual mean salary: $87,820
– Employment: 19,430
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Knoxville, TN ($125,380)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($121,530)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($115,340)

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#8. Urban and regional planners

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $74,470
– #108 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $81,310
– Employment: 38,940
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Boulder, CO ($119,680)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,760)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($112,740)

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#7. Clinical and counseling psychologists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $77,500
– #198 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $99,640
– Employment: 58,100
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($136,630)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($134,200)
— Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($133,060)

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#6. Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $78,320
– #2 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 40

National
– Annual mean salary: $50,550
– Employment: 34,110
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($79,780)
— Huntsville, AL ($78,320)
— Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($76,970)

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#5. Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $80,540
– #81 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80

National
– Annual mean salary: $81,240
– Employment: 76,890
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Idaho Falls, ID ($116,630)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($109,190)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,710)

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#4. Occupational health and safety specialists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $86,250
– #47 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 200

National
– Annual mean salary: $78,740
– Employment: 106,340
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($111,950)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($108,240)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,020)

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#3. Atmospheric and space scientists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $88,670
– #39 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 110

National
– Annual mean salary: $96,880
– Employment: 8,520
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($118,860)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($118,420)
— Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($114,860)

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#2. Chemists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $99,780
– #24 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 180

National
– Annual mean salary: $89,130
– Employment: 80,600
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($131,290)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($115,790)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($108,330)

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#1. Physicists

Huntsville, AL
– Annual mean salary: $112,530
– #40 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80

National
– Annual mean salary: $151,580
– Employment: 20,020
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ($199,830)
— Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($195,300)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($188,250)