High paying science jobs in Bismarck, ND

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bismarck, ND. 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 Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$99,520
Bachelor's degree
$70,120 – $149,82070
2Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$87,350
Bachelor's degree
$61,790 – $109,810120
3Soil and Plant Scientists$86,110
Bachelor's degree
$56,310 – $111,22040
4Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$85,330
Bachelor's degree
$45,400 – $104,90040
5Urban and Regional Planners$79,920
Master's degree
$64,260 – $103,32030
6Conservation Scientists$78,850
Bachelor's degree
$56,340 – $106,33050
7Forensic Science Technicians$63,360
Bachelor's degree
$59,170 – $99,99030
8Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$62,640
Associate's degree
$46,640 – $83,20040
9Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$56,420
Associate's degree
$45,760 – $97,56080
10Biological Technicians$51,630
Bachelor's degree
$36,090 – $69,15040

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

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$99,520	$70,120 – $149,820	70
2	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$87,350	$61,790 – $109,810	120
3	Soil and Plant ScientistsBachelor's degree	$86,110	$56,310 – $111,220	40
4	Zoologists and Wildlife BiologistsBachelor's degree	$85,330	$45,400 – $104,900	40
5	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$79,920	$64,260 – $103,320	30
6	Conservation ScientistsBachelor's degree	$78,850	$56,340 – $106,330	50
7	Forensic Science TechniciansBachelor's degree	$63,360	$59,170 – $99,990	30
8	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including HealthAssociate's degree	$62,640	$46,640 – $83,200	40
9	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$56,420	$45,760 – $97,560	80
10	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$51,630	$36,090 – $69,150	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bismarck, ND. 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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