Science & Environment
Research, labs and work out in the field.
Aircraft & spacecraft systems
Aerospace Engineer
Extraordinary work, concentrated in a handful of places.
$85k-$155k
Residential & commercial design
Architect
A decade of training for a salary that surprises people.
$65k-$120k
Medical devices & clinical engineering
Biomedical Engineer
Engineering with the FDA looking over your shoulder.
$70k-$130k
Process & manufacturing
Chemical Engineer
Scaling a reaction from a flask to a plant.
$80k-$150k
Analytical & industrial
Chemist
Careful, repeatable work where being approximately right is being wrong.
$55k-$110k
Site, transportation & structural
Civil Engineer
Stamping drawings that people will drive across.
$65k-$130k
Power, electronics & controls
Electrical Engineer
Everything electric was designed by somebody, and this is that somebody.
$75k-$145k
Field sampling
Environmental Technician
Boots in the mud, data in the laptop.
$40k-$70k
Crime laboratory analysis
Forensic Scientist
Bench science with a courtroom attached.
$55k-$100k
Environmental, energy & mining
Geologist
Field work, lab work, and the industry cycle decides which.
$60k-$120k
Spatial data & mapping
GIS Analyst
Every question with a where in it is a GIS question.
$52k-$95k
Process & operations optimization
Industrial Engineer
Making systems work better, whatever the system happens to be.
$70k-$130k
Clinical & research
Lab Technician
Precision work behind the results everyone reads.
$40k-$75k
Boundary & construction
Land Surveyor
Deciding where the property line legally is.
$55k-$110k
Research & conservation
Marine Biologist
The most romanticized science career, and the most oversubscribed.
$45k-$90k
Product & manufacturing
Mechanical Engineer
Designing the thing, then finding out why it broke.
$70k-$130k
Forecasting & broadcast
Meteorologist
Very few jobs, and most of them are not on television.
$50k-$110k
Clinical, industrial & research
Microbiologist
Careful, repetitive work where contamination ruins everything.
$55k-$105k
Retail & hospital
Pharmacist
The last check before a mistake reaches a patient.
$110k-$150k
Small animal & mixed practice
Veterinarian
The debt-to-income ratio is the worst in medicine.
$100k-$160k
Small animal practice
Veterinary Technician
Nursing for patients who bite and cannot tell you where it hurts.
$35k-$55k
Field research & conservation
Wildlife Biologist
Everyone wants this job, which is exactly the problem.
$40k-$80k