High paying science jobs in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN run 8.2% below the national average (2024), so a La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN salary is worth about 1.09× 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, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$126,960
Doctoral or professional degree
$81,390 – $153,57050
2Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$101,060
Bachelor's degree
$67,490 – $134,44070
3Psychologists, All Other$87,520
Master's degree
$56,940 – $195,66090
4Conservation Scientists$79,440
Bachelor's degree
$50,370 – $122,93050
5Biological Scientists, All Other$78,850
Bachelor's degree
$54,950 – $103,38060
6Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$78,850
Bachelor's degree
$55,890 – $119,43050
7School Psychologists$77,870
Master's degree
$66,650 – $88,83040
8Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$74,990
Bachelor's degree
$49,990 – $95,64030

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

#	Occupation	MedianLa Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$126,960	$81,390 – $153,570	50
2	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$101,060	$67,490 – $134,440	70
3	Psychologists, All OtherMaster's degree	$87,520	$56,940 – $195,660	90
4	Conservation ScientistsBachelor's degree	$79,440	$50,370 – $122,930	50
5	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$78,850	$54,950 – $103,380	60
6	Zoologists and Wildlife BiologistsBachelor's degree	$78,850	$55,890 – $119,430	50
7	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$77,870	$66,650 – $88,830	40
8	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$74,990	$49,990 – $95,640	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. 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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