High paying science jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$106,440
Doctoral or professional degree
$65,610 – $154,260330
2Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$101,390
Doctoral or professional degree
$67,240 – $177,090350
3Biological Scientists, All Other$100,510
Bachelor's degree
$63,900 – $164,700200
4Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$94,370
Bachelor's degree
$58,400 – $131,170430
5Chemists$84,510
Bachelor's degree
$59,670 – $142,870320
6School Psychologists$83,300
Master's degree
$52,750 – $127,940400
7Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$76,700
Bachelor's degree
$52,500 – $126,790250
8Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$60,150
Associate's degree
$35,200 – $76,670370
9Chemical Technicians$60,030
Associate's degree
$47,000 – $75,800280

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

#	Occupation	MedianBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$106,440	$65,610 – $154,260	330
2	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$101,390	$67,240 – $177,090	350
3	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$100,510	$63,900 – $164,700	200
4	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$94,370	$58,400 – $131,170	430
5	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$84,510	$59,670 – $142,870	320
6	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$83,300	$52,750 – $127,940	400
7	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$76,700	$52,500 – $126,790	250
8	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$60,150	$35,200 – $76,670	370
9	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$60,030	$47,000 – $75,800	280

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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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