High paying science jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lansing-East Lansing, 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI run 5.0% below the national average (2024), so a Lansing-East Lansing, 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, Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Employed

1Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$91,100
Bachelor's degree
$63,810 – $101,21070
2Urban and Regional Planners$89,170
Master's degree
$58,140 – $109,370160
3Forensic Science Technicians$88,670
Bachelor's degree
$47,550 – $113,210110
4School Psychologists$85,930
Master's degree
$53,030 – $118,96070
5Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$85,180
Bachelor's degree
$58,550 – $101,210580
6Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$82,870
Doctoral or professional degree
$63,760 – $160,21090
7Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$82,760
Bachelor's degree
$58,720 – $117,290180
8Physicists$71,580
Doctoral or professional degree
$71,580 – $142,880230
9Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$68,470
Doctoral or professional degree
$55,740 – $82,350300
10Microbiologists$67,960
Bachelor's degree
$64,450 – $95,740100
11Biochemists and Biophysicists$67,870
Doctoral or professional degree
$57,210 – $106,61090
12Biological Scientists, All Other$67,860
Bachelor's degree
$57,250 – $112,010200
13Conservation Scientists$67,580
Bachelor's degree
$53,890 – $107,520120
14Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$66,440
Associate's degree
$53,040 – $66,440160
15Chemical Technicians$66,330
Associate's degree
$40,280 – $66,330120
16Soil and Plant Scientists$65,390
Bachelor's degree
$57,360 – $82,870220
17Agricultural Technicians$64,790
Associate's degree
$40,680 – $64,790120
18Social Science Research Assistants$64,220
Bachelor's degree
$54,760 – $64,220370
19Chemists$63,810
Bachelor's degree
$42,200 – $102,860140
20Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$63,520
Bachelor's degree
$55,430 – $101,21090
21Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$61,210
Bachelor's degree
$58,050 – $87,610130
22Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$60,420
Associate's degree
$41,690 – $74,57070
23Biological Technicians$55,430
Bachelor's degree
$49,590 – $67,240110

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

#	Occupation	MedianLansing-East Lansing, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and GeographersBachelor's degree	$91,100	$63,810 – $101,210	70
2	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$89,170	$58,140 – $109,370	160
3	Forensic Science TechniciansBachelor's degree	$88,670	$47,550 – $113,210	110
4	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$85,930	$53,030 – $118,960	70
5	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$85,180	$58,550 – $101,210	580
6	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$82,870	$63,760 – $160,210	90
7	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$82,760	$58,720 – $117,290	180
8	PhysicistsDoctoral or professional degree	$71,580	$71,580 – $142,880	230
9	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$68,470	$55,740 – $82,350	300
10	MicrobiologistsBachelor's degree	$67,960	$64,450 – $95,740	100
11	Biochemists and BiophysicistsDoctoral or professional degree	$67,870	$57,210 – $106,610	90
12	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$67,860	$57,250 – $112,010	200
13	Conservation ScientistsBachelor's degree	$67,580	$53,890 – $107,520	120
14	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$66,440	$53,040 – $66,440	160
15	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$66,330	$40,280 – $66,330	120
16	Soil and Plant ScientistsBachelor's degree	$65,390	$57,360 – $82,870	220
17	Agricultural TechniciansAssociate's degree	$64,790	$40,680 – $64,790	120
18	Social Science Research AssistantsBachelor's degree	$64,220	$54,760 – $64,220	370
19	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$63,810	$42,200 – $102,860	140
20	Zoologists and Wildlife BiologistsBachelor's degree	$63,520	$55,430 – $101,210	90
21	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$61,210	$58,050 – $87,610	130
22	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including HealthAssociate's degree	$60,420	$41,690 – $74,570	70
23	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$55,430	$49,590 – $67,240	110

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