High paying science jobs in New Hampshire

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire run 4.2% above the national average (2024), so a New Hampshire salary is worth about 0.96× 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 New Hampshire.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Hampshire · Employed

1Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$101,260
Bachelor's degree
$61,590 – $152,790610
2Chemists$100,050
Bachelor's degree
$58,260 – $133,960300
3Biological Scientists, All Other$83,740
Bachelor's degree
$63,790 – $131,750310
4Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$80,810
Bachelor's degree
$59,230 – $111,840480
5Urban and Regional Planners$73,860
Master's degree
$55,900 – $109,240260
6School Psychologists$73,490
Master's degree
$38,680 – $98,850360
7Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$64,270
Doctoral or professional degree
$44,550 – $194,050330
8Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$64,250
Associate's degree
$47,490 – $116,230360
9Biological Technicians$55,540
Bachelor's degree
$41,410 – $77,860240
10Chemical Technicians$48,940
Associate's degree
$32,960 – $65,020220

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Hampshire	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$101,260	$61,590 – $152,790	610
2	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$100,050	$58,260 – $133,960	300
3	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$83,740	$63,790 – $131,750	310
4	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$80,810	$59,230 – $111,840	480
5	Urban and Regional PlannersMaster's degree	$73,860	$55,900 – $109,240	260
6	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$73,490	$38,680 – $98,850	360
7	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$64,270	$44,550 – $194,050	330
8	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All OtherAssociate's degree	$64,250	$47,490 – $116,230	360
9	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$55,540	$41,410 – $77,860	240
10	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$48,940	$32,960 – $65,020	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Hampshire. 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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