High paying science jobs in Tucson, AZ

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tucson, AZ. 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 Tucson, AZ run 3.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tucson, AZ salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Tucson, AZ · Employed

1Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$124,250
Doctoral or professional degree
$35,920 – $172,640160
2Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$119,630
Doctoral or professional degree
$63,330 – $139,960190
3Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$99,320
Bachelor's degree
$66,300 – $128,860200
4Biological Scientists, All Other$96,300
Bachelor's degree
$62,250 – $244,170130
5School Psychologists$87,540
Master's degree
$78,300 – $114,200140
6Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$83,200
Bachelor's degree
$57,540 – $134,630320
7Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$76,330
Bachelor's degree
$52,140 – $143,690240
8Social Science Research Assistants$61,680
Bachelor's degree
$40,220 – $81,170390
9Forensic Science Technicians$61,380
Bachelor's degree
$41,930 – $98,680160

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

#	Occupation	MedianTucson, AZ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Clinical and Counseling PsychologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$124,250	$35,920 – $172,640	160
2	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$119,630	$63,330 – $139,960	190
3	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$99,320	$66,300 – $128,860	200
4	Biological Scientists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$96,300	$62,250 – $244,170	130
5	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$87,540	$78,300 – $114,200	140
6	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$83,200	$57,540 – $134,630	320
7	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$76,330	$52,140 – $143,690	240
8	Social Science Research AssistantsBachelor's degree	$61,680	$40,220 – $81,170	390
9	Forensic Science TechniciansBachelor's degree	$61,380	$41,930 – $98,680	160

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