High paying science jobs in Ann Arbor, MI

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ann Arbor, MI. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single science job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Ann Arbor, MI run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Ann Arbor, MI salary is worth about 0.99× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Ann Arbor, MI · Employed

1Psychologists, All Other$117,210
Master's degree
$44,480 – $130,190140
2Biochemists and Biophysicists$109,070
Doctoral or professional degree
$62,820 – $171,87090
3Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$85,610
Bachelor's degree
$64,010 – $128,380150
4Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$85,370
Bachelor's degree
$68,020 – $127,070230
5Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$85,120
Doctoral or professional degree
$54,960 – $174,780380
6School Psychologists$83,960
Master's degree
$60,100 – $123,13090
7Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$82,060
Bachelor's degree
$61,600 – $169,400250
8Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$78,280
Doctoral or professional degree
$41,530 – $122,350170
9Biological Scientists, All Other$71,880
Bachelor's degree
$56,320 – $117,93090
10Chemists$67,050
Bachelor's degree
$56,260 – $124,260230
11Physicists$64,380
Doctoral or professional degree
$64,380 – $176,44080
12Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$52,510
Associate's degree
$37,820 – $82,43090
13Biological Technicians$52,110
Bachelor's degree
$39,830 – $73,590160
14Chemical Technicians$47,880
Associate's degree
$36,840 – $64,040100
15Social Science Research Assistants$43,060
Bachelor's degree
$41,970 – $69,300190

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAnn Arbor, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Psychologists, All OtherMaster's degree	$117,210	$44,480 – $130,190	140
2	Biochemists and BiophysicistsDoctoral or professional degree	$109,070	$62,820 – $171,870	90
3	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$85,610	$64,010 – $128,380	150
4	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$85,370	$68,020 – $127,070	230
5	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$85,120	$54,960 – $174,780	380
6	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$83,960	$60,100 – $123,130	90
7	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$82,060	$61,600 – $169,400	250
8	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$78,280	$41,530 – $122,350	170
9	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$71,880	$56,320 – $117,930	90
10	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$67,050	$56,260 – $124,260	230
11	PhysicistsDoctoral or professional degree	$64,380	$64,380 – $176,440	80
12	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$52,510	$37,820 – $82,430	90
13	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$52,110	$39,830 – $73,590	160
14	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$47,880	$36,840 – $64,040	100
15	Social Science Research AssistantsBachelor's degree	$43,060	$41,970 – $69,300	190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ann Arbor, MI. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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