19 Series · SOC 19-2042

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$99,240

per year

Median Hourly

$47.71/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$111,310

average

Employment

22,510

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$58,790$72,440$99,240$134,350$178,880
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$28.27$34.83$47.71$64.59$86.00
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$58,790

25th Percentile

$72,440

Median

$99,240

75th Percentile

$134,350

90th Percentile

$178,880

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Texas $155,330 +57% above national
2 Rhode Island $128,870 +30% above national
3 Oklahoma $128,240 +29% above national
4 Mississippi $113,730 +15% above national
5 California $111,400 +12% above national
6 Alaska $105,910 +7% above national
7 Utah $104,000 +5% above national
8 Vermont $102,190 +3% above national
9 Hawaii $100,690 +1% above national
10 Colorado $99,900 +1% above national
11 Washington $99,780 +1% above national
12 Maryland $99,200 same as national
13 Massachusetts $98,720 1% below national
14 West Virginia $95,640 4% below national
15 Missouri $95,210 4% below national
16 Oregon $95,120 4% below national
17 Florida $95,110 4% below national
18 Nevada $95,090 4% below national
19 Virginia $94,160 5% below national
20 New Mexico $93,720 6% below national
21 North Dakota $90,770 9% below national
22 Idaho $89,860 9% below national
23 Nebraska $85,500 14% below national
24 Illinois $85,420 14% below national
25 New York $84,910 14% below national
26 Montana $84,630 15% below national
27 Arizona $83,630 16% below national
28 Delaware $82,970 16% below national
29 Michigan $81,800 18% below national
30 Wisconsin $80,610 19% below national
31 Alabama $80,310 19% below national
32 North Carolina $79,710 20% below national
33 Indiana $79,290 20% below national
34 Pennsylvania $78,890 21% below national
35 New Jersey $78,840 21% below national
36 Connecticut $78,460 21% below national
37 New Hampshire $78,050 21% below national
38 Maine $77,210 22% below national
39 Kansas $76,980 22% below national
40 Tennessee $76,610 23% below national
41 South Carolina $76,600 23% below national
42 Ohio $73,120 26% below national
43 Iowa $73,070 26% below national
44 Wyoming $72,590 27% below national
45 Minnesota $72,490 27% below national
46 Louisiana $72,340 27% below national
47 South Dakota $72,280 27% below national
48 Kentucky $68,990 30% below national
49 Puerto Rico $68,830 31% below national
50 Arkansas $65,250 34% below national
51 Georgia $62,850 37% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $168,280 +70% above national
2 Midland, TX $165,830 +67% above national
3 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $142,150 +43% above national
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $136,250 +37% above national
5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $130,580 +32% above national
6 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $129,880 +31% above national
7 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $129,730 +31% above national
8 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $128,710 +30% above national
9 Oklahoma City, OK $128,240 +29% above national
10 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $126,620 +28% above national
11 Tulsa, OK $126,270 +27% above national
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $124,270 +25% above national
13 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $122,450 +23% above national
14 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $121,970 +23% above national
15 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $120,600 +22% above national
16 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $120,580 +22% above national
17 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $120,550 +21% above national
18 Boulder, CO $115,740 +17% above national
19 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $115,240 +16% above national
20 Fresno, CA $115,120 +16% above national
21 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $115,120 +16% above national
22 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $114,960 +16% above national
23 Charleston, WV $112,590 +13% above national
24 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $112,070 +13% above national
25 Kennewick-Richland, WA $110,880 +12% above national
26 Lubbock, TX $108,420 +9% above national
27 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $108,050 +9% above national
28 Duluth, MN-WI $105,210 +6% above national
29 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $104,890 +6% above national
30 Anchorage, AK $104,770 +6% above national
31 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $104,770 +6% above national
32 Jacksonville, FL $104,330 +5% above national
33 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $104,000 +5% above national
34 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $101,860 +3% above national
35 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $100,870 +2% above national
36 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $100,790 +2% above national
37 Urban Honolulu, HI $100,690 +1% above national
38 St. Louis, MO-IL $99,950 +1% above national
39 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $99,810 +1% above national
40 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $98,930 same as national
41 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $98,850 same as national
42 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $98,600 1% below national
43 Springfield, IL $98,390 1% below national
44 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $98,240 1% below national
45 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $98,130 1% below national
46 Billings, MT $98,090 1% below national
47 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $97,110 2% below national
48 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $96,990 2% below national
49 Bend, OR $96,030 3% below national
50 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $95,670 4% below national
51 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $95,360 4% below national
52 Boise City, ID $94,670 5% below national
53 Fairbanks-College, AK $94,630 5% below national
54 Albuquerque, NM $93,720 6% below national
55 Reno, NV $93,180 6% below national
56 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $92,970 6% below national
57 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $92,750 7% below national
58 Wilmington, NC $92,750 7% below national
59 Huntsville, AL $92,020 7% below national
60 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $91,430 8% below national
61 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $90,910 8% below national
62 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $90,020 9% below national
63 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $88,500 11% below national
64 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $88,190 11% below national
65 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $87,990 11% below national
66 Kansas City, MO-KS $87,940 11% below national
67 College Station-Bryan, TX $87,600 12% below national
68 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $86,820 13% below national
69 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $86,130 13% below national
70 Omaha, NE-IA $86,040 13% below national
71 Tucson, AZ $85,750 14% below national
72 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $84,850 15% below national
73 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $84,260 15% below national
74 Casper, WY $84,100 15% below national
75 Madison, WI $83,500 16% below national
76 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $82,810 17% below national
77 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $82,720 17% below national
78 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $81,910 17% below national
79 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $81,230 18% below national
80 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $81,020 18% below national
81 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $80,750 19% below national
82 Richmond, VA $80,710 19% below national
83 Corvallis, OR $80,580 19% below national
84 Columbus, OH $80,570 19% below national
85 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $79,870 20% below national
86 Manchester-Nashua, NH $79,060 20% below national
87 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $78,920 20% below national
88 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $78,890 21% below national
89 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $78,790 21% below national
90 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $78,200 21% below national
91 Raleigh-Cary, NC $77,950 21% below national
92 Columbia, SC $76,600 23% below national
93 Asheville, NC $76,080 23% below national
94 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $76,010 23% below national
95 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $75,910 24% below national
96 Wichita, KS $74,910 25% below national
97 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $74,390 25% below national
98 Syracuse, NY $74,270 25% below national
99 Knoxville, TN $74,100 25% below national
100 Cheyenne, WY $73,760 26% below national
101 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $73,390 26% below national
102 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $73,350 26% below national
103 Cleveland, OH $73,120 26% below national
104 Colorado Springs, CO $73,100 26% below national
105 Pittsburgh, PA $72,240 27% below national
106 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $71,980 27% below national
107 Akron, OH $71,370 28% below national
108 Montgomery, AL $69,320 30% below national
109 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $68,990 30% below national
110 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $68,190 31% below national
111 Lexington-Fayette, KY $66,820 33% below national
112 Baton Rouge, LA $66,620 33% below national
113 Topeka, KS $66,560 33% below national
114 Tallahassee, FL $66,100 33% below national
115 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $65,660 34% below national
116 Lafayette, LA $65,090 34% below national
117 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $62,000 38% below national
118 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $60,770 39% below national
119 Chattanooga, TN-GA $58,310 41% below national
120 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $57,580 42% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.