High paying science jobs in Arizona

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Arizona. 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 Arizona run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Arizona 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Arizona.

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

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OccupationMedian, Arizona · Employed

1Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$116,820
Doctoral or professional degree
$70,430 – $154,5502,190
2Urban and Regional Planners$102,400
Master's degree
$62,670 – $127,6601,330
3School Psychologists$92,380
Master's degree
$66,920 – $121,7001,100
4Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$89,480
Bachelor's degree
$57,200 – $128,1203,220
5Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$80,600
Bachelor's degree
$57,100 – $160,9101,970
6Forest and Conservation Technicians$56,660
Associate's degree
$43,660 – $81,7201,310

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

#	Occupation	MedianArizona	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$116,820	$70,430 – $154,550	2,190
2	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$102,400	$62,670 – $127,660	1,330
3	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$92,380	$66,920 – $121,700	1,100
4	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$89,480	$57,200 – $128,120	3,220
5	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$80,600	$57,100 – $160,910	1,970
6	Forest and Conservation TechniciansAssociate's degree	$56,660	$43,660 – $81,720	1,310

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Arizona. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Arizona to rank honestly.

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