High paying science jobs in Missouri

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Missouri. 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 Missouri run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Missouri salary is worth about 1.10× 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 Missouri.

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

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OccupationMedian, Missouri · Employed

1Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$102,540
Doctoral or professional degree
$64,160 – $173,4803,650
2Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$83,090
Bachelor's degree
$43,330 – $130,1102,660
3Chemists$82,800
Bachelor's degree
$48,240 – $134,9401,640
4Biological Scientists, All Other$63,290
Bachelor's degree
$42,540 – $122,0501,120
5Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$61,050
Bachelor's degree
$49,140 – $88,7101,380
6Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$50,410
Associate's degree
$37,440 – $101,0702,100

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissouri	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$102,540	$64,160 – $173,480	3,650
2	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$83,090	$43,330 – $130,110	2,660
3	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$82,800	$48,240 – $134,940	1,640
4	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$63,290	$42,540 – $122,050	1,120
5	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$61,050	$49,140 – $88,710	1,380
6	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$50,410	$37,440 – $101,070	2,100

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

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