High paying science jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI run 5.2% below the national average (2024), so a Kalamazoo-Portage, MI salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI · Employed

1Chemists$105,220
Bachelor's degree
$64,210 – $140,770230
2Microbiologists$89,240
Bachelor's degree
$53,990 – $132,84060
3Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$87,160
Doctoral or professional degree
$46,910 – $123,240100
4Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$83,470
Doctoral or professional degree
$64,410 – $127,65050
5Urban and Regional Planners$82,100
Master's degree
$58,340 – $111,39040
6Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$77,150
Bachelor's degree
$57,840 – $115,00090
7Chemical Technicians$65,250
Associate's degree
$50,360 – $85,520300
8Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$62,480
Associate's degree
$45,880 – $79,02040

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

#	Occupation	MedianKalamazoo-Portage, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$105,220	$64,210 – $140,770	230
2	MicrobiologistsBachelor's degree	$89,240	$53,990 – $132,840	60
3	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$87,160	$46,910 – $123,240	100
4	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$83,470	$64,410 – $127,650	50
5	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$82,100	$58,340 – $111,390	40
6	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$77,150	$57,840 – $115,000	90
7	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$65,250	$50,360 – $85,520	300
8	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including HealthAssociate's degree	$62,480	$45,880 – $79,020	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. 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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