High paying science jobs in Nevada

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Nevada. 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 Nevada run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Nevada salary is worth about 1.00× 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 Nevada.

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

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OccupationMedian, Nevada · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$102,650
Doctoral or professional degree
$77,700 – $150,840680
2Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$99,890
Bachelor's degree
$71,240 – $154,960520
3Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$98,560
Doctoral or professional degree
$77,990 – $125,100530
4Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$94,360
Bachelor's degree
$61,700 – $131,9601,150
5Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$83,050
Bachelor's degree
$57,570 – $138,740490
6Chemical Technicians$61,520
Associate's degree
$44,480 – $86,7201,050
7Forest and Conservation Technicians$54,230
Associate's degree
$35,930 – $89,340750

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

#	Occupation	MedianNevada	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$102,650	$77,700 – $150,840	680
2	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and GeographersBachelor's degree	$99,890	$71,240 – $154,960	520
3	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$98,560	$77,990 – $125,100	530
4	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$94,360	$61,700 – $131,960	1,150
5	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$83,050	$57,570 – $138,740	490
6	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$61,520	$44,480 – $86,720	1,050
7	Forest and Conservation TechniciansAssociate's degree	$54,230	$35,930 – $89,340	750

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

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