High paying science jobs in Mississippi

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mississippi. 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 Mississippi run 13.0% below the national average (2024), so a Mississippi salary is worth about 1.15× 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 Mississippi.

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

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OccupationMedian, Mississippi · Employed

1Physical Scientists, All Other$108,890
Bachelor's degree
$61,110 – $153,570380
2Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$84,490
Bachelor's degree
$47,050 – $125,1401,140
3Conservation Scientists$59,510
Bachelor's degree
$42,160 – $106,330470
4Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$57,780
Bachelor's degree
$37,230 – $112,260390
5Chemical Technicians$54,580
Associate's degree
$36,150 – $81,690480
6Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$54,040
Doctoral or professional degree
$41,360 – $84,350440

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

#	Occupation	MedianMississippi	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$108,890	$61,110 – $153,570	380
2	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$84,490	$47,050 – $125,140	1,140
3	Conservation ScientistsBachelor's degree	$59,510	$42,160 – $106,330	470
4	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$57,780	$37,230 – $112,260	390
5	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$54,580	$36,150 – $81,690	480
6	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$54,040	$41,360 – $84,350	440

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

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