High paying science jobs in York-Hanover, PA

Every science occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in York-Hanover, PA. 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 York-Hanover, PA run 4.0% below the national average (2024), so a York-Hanover, PA salary is worth about 1.04× 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, York-Hanover, PA · Employed

1School Psychologists$99,550
Master's degree
$50,770 – $111,08060
2Chemists$94,200
Bachelor's degree
$57,490 – $144,700160
3Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$90,100
Bachelor's degree
$57,870 – $126,340180
4Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$80,450
Doctoral or professional degree
$64,670 – $150,500100
5Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$76,500
Bachelor's degree
$49,210 – $151,99090
6Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$60,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,250 – $89,98060
7Chemical Technicians$52,170
Associate's degree
$41,090 – $82,01070

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

#	Occupation	MedianYork-Hanover, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	School PsychologistsMaster's degree	$99,550	$50,770 – $111,080	60
2	ChemistsBachelor's degree	$94,200	$57,490 – $144,700	160
3	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$90,100	$57,870 – $126,340	180
4	Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsDoctoral or professional degree	$80,450	$64,670 – $150,500	100
5	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including HealthBachelor's degree	$76,500	$49,210 – $151,990	90
6	Occupational Health and Safety TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,750	$48,250 – $89,980	60
7	Chemical TechniciansAssociate's degree	$52,170	$41,090 – $82,010	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in York-Hanover, PA. 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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