High paying science jobs in Ohio

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ohio. 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 Ohio run 7.2% below the national average (2024), so a Ohio salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Ohio.

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

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OccupationMedian, Ohio · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$101,190
Doctoral or professional degree
$39,640 – $161,5802,080
2Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$91,460
Bachelor's degree
$57,430 – $136,3906,820
3School Psychologists$91,010
Master's degree
$61,100 – $122,6602,050
4Chemists$85,270
Bachelor's degree
$59,010 – $134,8204,010
5Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$83,910
Doctoral or professional degree
$60,080 – $173,4504,840
6Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$78,540
Bachelor's degree
$50,610 – $109,4902,460
7Chemical Technicians$59,750
Associate's degree
$42,000 – $86,3903,120
8Biological Technicians$51,080
Bachelor's degree
$36,400 – $79,4902,240

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

#	Occupation	MedianOhio	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$101,190	$39,640 – $161,580	2,080
2	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$91,460	$57,430 – $136,390	6,820
3	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$91,010	$61,100 – $122,660	2,050
4	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$85,270	$59,010 – $134,820	4,010
5	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$83,910	$60,080 – $173,450	4,840
6	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$78,540	$50,610 – $109,490	2,460
7	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$59,750	$42,000 – $86,390	3,120
8	Biological TechniciansBachelor's degree	$51,080	$36,400 – $79,490	2,240

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

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