High paying science jobs in Kansas

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kansas. 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 Kansas run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Kansas.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Kansas · Employed

1Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$86,300
Bachelor's degree
$57,680 – $131,7701,350
2Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$84,490
Doctoral or professional degree
$62,190 – $219,1001,070
3Chemists$82,820
Bachelor's degree
$53,360 – $132,460690
4Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$78,210
Bachelor's degree
$56,120 – $136,990590
5Biological Scientists, All Other$76,400
Bachelor's degree
$51,150 – $130,100760
6School Psychologists$73,020
Master's degree
$60,620 – $95,810630
7Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$65,270
Associate's degree
$42,550 – $85,820880
8Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$59,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,410 – $91,370480
9Biological Technicians$51,630
Bachelor's degree
$36,700 – $82,650480

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$86,300	$57,680 – $131,770	1,350
2	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$84,490	$62,190 – $219,100	1,070
3	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$82,820	$53,360 – $132,460	690
4	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$78,210	$56,120 – $136,990	590
5	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$76,400	$51,150 – $130,100	760
6	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$73,020	$60,620 – $95,810	630
7	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$65,270	$42,550 – $85,820	880
8	Occupational Health and Safety TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,740	$43,410 – $91,370	480
9	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$51,630	$36,700 – $82,650	480

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kansas. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Kansas to rank honestly.

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