High paying science jobs in Minnesota

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Minnesota. 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 Minnesota run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Minnesota salary is worth about 1.01× 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 Minnesota.

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

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OccupationMedian, Minnesota · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$107,030
Doctoral or professional degree
$62,290 – $163,6101,290
2Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$103,330
Bachelor's degree
$65,330 – $130,3301,000
3Chemists$99,280
Bachelor's degree
$60,010 – $158,5401,680
4Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$96,990
Bachelor's degree
$67,990 – $129,8102,460
5Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$89,950
Doctoral or professional degree
$65,140 – $141,0706,760
6Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$88,000
Bachelor's degree
$35,510 – $133,5702,260
7School Psychologists$85,190
Master's degree
$61,530 – $113,3301,060
8Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$49,410
Associate's degree
$40,060 – $80,9501,350
9Biological Technicians$48,130
Bachelor's degree
$40,940 – $73,2801,400

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinnesota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$107,030	$62,290 – $163,610	1,290
2	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$103,330	$65,330 – $130,330	1,000
3	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$99,280	$60,010 – $158,540	1,680
4	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$96,990	$67,990 – $129,810	2,460
5	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$89,950	$65,140 – $141,070	6,760
6	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$88,000	$35,510 – $133,570	2,260
7	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$85,190	$61,530 – $113,330	1,060
8	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$49,410	$40,060 – $80,950	1,350
9	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$48,130	$40,940 – $73,280	1,400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Minnesota. 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 Minnesota to rank honestly.

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