High paying science jobs in Morgantown, WV

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Morgantown, WV. 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 Morgantown, WV run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Morgantown, WV salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Morgantown, WV · Employed

1Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$100,260
Bachelor's degree
$80,910 – $108,60050
2Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$95,160
Doctoral or professional degree
$45,690 – $138,83080
3Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$82,060
Doctoral or professional degree
$69,140 – $161,890110
4Chemists$81,970
Bachelor's degree
$63,060 – $139,70040
5Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$81,390
Bachelor's degree
$38,050 – $115,920120
6Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$59,750
Associate's degree
$46,870 – $81,10030

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

#	Occupation	MedianMorgantown, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$100,260	$80,910 – $108,600	50
2	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$95,160	$45,690 – $138,830	80
3	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$82,060	$69,140 – $161,890	110
4	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$81,970	$63,060 – $139,700	40
5	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$81,390	$38,050 – $115,920	120
6	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$59,750	$46,870 – $81,100	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Morgantown, WV. 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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