High paying science jobs in Ithaca, NY

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ithaca, 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 Ithaca, NY run 3.3% above the national average (2024), so a Ithaca, NY 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, Ithaca, NY · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$117,860
Doctoral or professional degree
$72,510 – $199,16050
2Chemists$91,330
Bachelor's degree
$62,240 – $142,34030
3Biological Scientists, All Other$88,610
Bachelor's degree
$64,660 – $160,51050
4Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$83,020
Bachelor's degree
$54,010 – $105,61040
5School Psychologists$78,930
Master's degree
$61,070 – $104,41040
6Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$78,790
Bachelor's degree
$61,500 – $105,37050
7Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$69,660
Bachelor's degree
$58,430 – $114,34040
8Biological Technicians$60,900
Bachelor's degree
$35,380 – $73,82080
9Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$46,640
Associate's degree
$38,790 – $72,000160

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

#	Occupation	MedianIthaca, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$117,860	$72,510 – $199,160	50
2	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$91,330	$62,240 – $142,340	30
3	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$88,610	$64,660 – $160,510	50
4	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$83,020	$54,010 – $105,610	40
5	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$78,930	$61,070 – $104,410	40
6	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$78,790	$61,500 – $105,370	50
7	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$69,660	$58,430 – $114,340	40
8	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$60,900	$35,380 – $73,820	80
9	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$46,640	$38,790 – $72,000	160

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