High paying science jobs in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH. 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH · Employed

1Physicists$151,050
Doctoral or professional degree
$100,300 – $235,090130
2Physical Scientists, All Other$142,080
Bachelor's degree
$96,600 – $181,040120
3Psychologists, All Other$133,850
Master's degree
$102,230 – $171,450120
4Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$120,220
Bachelor's degree
$67,600 – $161,470680
5Chemists$104,510
Bachelor's degree
$62,120 – $164,050230
6Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$103,650
Doctoral or professional degree
$67,280 – $159,340150
7School Psychologists$103,450
Master's degree
$69,350 – $129,820120
8Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$88,990
Bachelor's degree
$56,340 – $143,730400
9Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$81,350
Bachelor's degree
$60,890 – $108,100140

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

#	Occupation	MedianDayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	PhysicistsDoctoral or professional degree	$151,050	$100,300 – $235,090	130
2	Physical Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$142,080	$96,600 – $181,040	120
3	Psychologists, All OtherMaster's degree	$133,850	$102,230 – $171,450	120
4	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$120,220	$67,600 – $161,470	680
5	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$104,510	$62,120 – $164,050	230
6	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$103,650	$67,280 – $159,340	150
7	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$103,450	$69,350 – $129,820	120
8	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$88,990	$56,340 – $143,730	400
9	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$81,350	$60,890 – $108,100	140

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH. 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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