High paying science jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Athens-Clarke County, GA salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Athens-Clarke County, GA · Employed

1Chemists$117,990
Bachelor's degree
$64,500 – $151,920110
2Microbiologists$112,440
Bachelor's degree
$91,210 – $185,87080
3Physical Scientists, All Other$96,820
Bachelor's degree
$40,030 – $170,37040
4Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$83,650
Bachelor's degree
$45,560 – $128,41060
5Biological Scientists, All Other$83,390
Bachelor's degree
$29,310 – $118,71050
6Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$76,200
Bachelor's degree
$48,820 – $129,61040
7Biological Technicians$64,360
Bachelor's degree
$49,110 – $83,99060
8Urban and Regional Planners$59,370
Master's degree
$51,520 – $91,01030
9Social Science Research Assistants$52,890
Bachelor's degree
$41,220 – $82,930310
10Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$42,360
Associate's degree
$34,730 – $66,77080

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

#	Occupation	MedianAthens-Clarke County, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$117,990	$64,500 – $151,920	110
2	MicrobiologistsBachelor's degree	$112,440	$91,210 – $185,870	80
3	Physical Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$96,820	$40,030 – $170,370	40
4	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$83,650	$45,560 – $128,410	60
5	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$83,390	$29,310 – $118,710	50
6	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$76,200	$48,820 – $129,610	40
7	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$64,360	$49,110 – $83,990	60
8	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$59,370	$51,520 – $91,010	30
9	Social Science Research AssistantsBachelor's degree	$52,890	$41,220 – $82,930	310
10	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$42,360	$34,730 – $66,770	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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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