High paying science jobs in Fairbanks-College, AK

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fairbanks-College, AK. 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 Fairbanks-College, AK run 3.2% above the national average (2024), so a Fairbanks-College, AK salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Fairbanks-College, AK · Employed

1Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$100,250
Bachelor's degree
$59,280 – $132,64070
2Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$100,230
Bachelor's degree
$63,690 – $132,79040
3Urban and Regional Planners$99,630
Master's degree
$76,220 – $134,78040
4Atmospheric and Space Scientists$94,380
Bachelor's degree
$56,470 – $150,92040
5Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$88,740
Bachelor's degree
$57,320 – $119,150100
6Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$88,640
Bachelor's degree
$63,690 – $147,320130
7Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$86,530
Associate's degree
$53,560 – $98,63030
8Conservation Scientists$77,640
Bachelor's degree
$55,450 – $130,27050
9Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$60,990
Associate's degree
$37,580 – $99,83040
10Biological Technicians$47,380
Bachelor's degree
$44,760 – $69,66060

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

#	Occupation	MedianFairbanks-College, AK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and GeographersBachelor's degree	$100,250	$59,280 – $132,640	70
2	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$100,230	$63,690 – $132,790	40
3	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$99,630	$76,220 – $134,780	40
4	Atmospheric and Space ScientistsBachelor's degree	$94,380	$56,470 – $150,920	40
5	Zoologists and Wildlife BiologistsBachelor's degree	$88,740	$57,320 – $119,150	100
6	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$88,640	$63,690 – $147,320	130
7	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$86,530	$53,560 – $98,630	30
8	Conservation ScientistsBachelor's degree	$77,640	$55,450 – $130,270	50
9	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including HealthAssociate's degree	$60,990	$37,580 – $99,830	40
10	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$47,380	$44,760 – $69,660	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fairbanks-College, AK. 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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