High paying science jobs in Louisiana

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisiana. 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 Louisiana run 11.8% below the national average (2024), so a Louisiana salary is worth about 1.13× 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 Louisiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Louisiana · Employed

1Chemists$103,890
Bachelor's degree
$58,310 – $168,460740
2Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$89,560
Bachelor's degree
$60,260 – $132,4102,380
3Chemical Technicians$85,850
Associate's degree
$47,690 – $111,950960
4Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$69,820
Bachelor's degree
$49,890 – $132,8101,600
5School Psychologists$69,020
Master's degree
$58,260 – $100,940670
6Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$57,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,680 – $100,750780
7Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$53,360
Associate's degree
$38,300 – $85,3501,610

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$103,890	$58,310 – $168,460	740
2	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$89,560	$60,260 – $132,410	2,380
3	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$85,850	$47,690 – $111,950	960
4	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$69,820	$49,890 – $132,810	1,600
5	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$69,020	$58,260 – $100,940	670
6	Occupational Health and Safety TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,930	$30,680 – $100,750	780
7	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$53,360	$38,300 – $85,350	1,610

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisiana. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Louisiana to rank honestly.

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