High paying science jobs in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lexington-Fayette, KY. 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a Lexington-Fayette, KY salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Lexington-Fayette, KY · Employed

1Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$87,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,580 – $100,160140
2School Psychologists$81,040
Master's degree
$64,270 – $102,180120
3Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$79,950
Bachelor's degree
$51,570 – $136,520270
4Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$75,420
Doctoral or professional degree
$52,960 – $156,670160
5Chemists$68,640
Bachelor's degree
$52,410 – $98,030120
6Physical Scientists, All Other$67,610
Bachelor's degree
$41,370 – $108,410210
7Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$66,490
Doctoral or professional degree
$55,320 – $134,090190
8Chemical Technicians$55,170
Associate's degree
$40,370 – $102,710100
9Social Science Research Assistants$51,780
Bachelor's degree
$42,940 – $66,390370
10Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$46,840
Associate's degree
$36,910 – $81,64090

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

#	Occupation	MedianLexington-Fayette, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Health and Safety TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,870	$53,580 – $100,160	140
2	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$81,040	$64,270 – $102,180	120
3	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$79,950	$51,570 – $136,520	270
4	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$75,420	$52,960 – $156,670	160
5	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$68,640	$52,410 – $98,030	120
6	Physical Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$67,610	$41,370 – $108,410	210
7	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$66,490	$55,320 – $134,090	190
8	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$55,170	$40,370 – $102,710	100
9	Social Science Research AssistantsBachelor's degree	$51,780	$42,940 – $66,390	370
10	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including HealthAssociate's degree	$46,840	$36,910 – $81,640	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lexington-Fayette, KY. 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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