Conservation Scientists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Conservation Scientists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$67,950

National average

Salary Range

$45,260 – $107,720

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Conservation Scientists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$105,680$71,710$157,760
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$98,930$65,370$147,650
Salem, OR$98,050$65,780$121,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$96,260$60,870$130,690
Bend, OR$94,310$67,060$130,330
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$93,530$49,050$147,560
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$91,770$48,850$117,090
Medford, OR$87,050$48,710$120,640
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$86,940$51,170$113,030
Charlottesville, VA$86,730$45,620$105,860
Oregon$86,170$50,650$131,880
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$85,820$49,140$130,170
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$85,090$56,020$137,950
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$83,220$60,020$166,630
Flagstaff, AZ$83,120$59,570$107,950
Corvallis, OR$82,950$59,840$129,770
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$82,890$67,140$132,500
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$82,280$42,330$118,580
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$82,220$50,900$110,140
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$82,220$58,090$102,440
Boulder, CO$82,080$67,430$129,950
Fairbanks-College, AK$81,950$60,650$140,170
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$81,950$50,340$142,630
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$81,640$46,290$180,210
California$81,620$51,890$130,250
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$81,280$57,100$128,750
Washington$81,220$59,950$105,090
Bozeman, MT$81,220$56,340$130,980
Madison, WI$81,120$48,980$102,340
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$80,970$57,940$103,690
Fresno, CA$80,600$44,750$104,640
Colorado$80,240$56,020$129,840
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$80,240$50,590$131,180
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$80,100$59,600$102,530
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$79,970$59,030$103,090
Nevada$79,790$48,020$107,120
North Dakota$79,790$53,920$107,240
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$79,790$59,950$104,330
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$79,790$54,530$98,550
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$79,790$50,650$110,140
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$79,790$49,000$99,490
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$79,790$45,000$104,330
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$79,560$39,520$131,440
Barnstable Town, MA$79,450$61,100$114,060
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$79,310$58,820$98,550
Eau Claire, WI$79,090$54,850$95,640
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$78,610$46,010$165,650
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$78,490$52,690$191,880
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$78,480$38,550$102,640
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$77,940$57,370$111,230
Green Bay, WI$77,810$57,450$95,640
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$77,770$50,190$118,680
Connecticut$77,410$55,370$127,770
Utah$77,380$49,000$99,440
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$77,380$46,870$107,240
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$77,380$45,730$101,440
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$77,380$59,950$104,330
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$77,190$50,250$141,350
Minnesota$77,180$48,320$101,980
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$77,060$50,650$107,240
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$77,060$65,250$101,440
Wyoming$77,020$44,190$98,550
Yakima, WA$76,940$58,090$105,090
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$76,940$49,000$96,260
Massachusetts$76,750$49,000$122,380
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$76,510$62,730$111,610
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$76,330$49,000$178,980
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$76,300$38,570$101,480
Alabama$76,270$52,670$113,030
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$76,270$46,850$130,570
Reno, NV$76,230$38,050$110,410
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$76,150$47,990$124,430
Arizona$76,100$44,000$109,750
Wisconsin$75,940$44,950$100,400
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$75,930$43,190$98,160
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$75,750$44,520$104,810
Alaska$75,470$52,810$138,030
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$75,460$51,860$120,640
Maryland$75,350$50,600$121,390
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$74,960$61,960$113,030
Rapid City, SD$74,960$39,460$101,660
Nebraska$74,960$49,000$104,330
Tennessee$74,960$50,110$110,140
Champaign-Urbana, IL$74,960$38,440$158,850
Missoula, MT$74,960$53,500$134,410
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$74,960$49,830$112,380
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$74,960$48,180$98,200
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$74,960$46,870$95,640
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$74,960$59,950$101,440
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$74,960$50,650$130,250
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$74,960$44,190$95,640
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$74,960$43,680$95,050
Montana$74,900$53,270$108,820
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$74,440$35,690$93,140
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$74,250$42,100$96,910
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$74,070$35,800$101,440
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$74,020$59,140$101,750
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$73,940$44,000$98,510
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$73,650$52,470$116,070
Omaha, NE-IA$73,240$46,610$95,200
Worcester, MA$73,040$52,980$104,220
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$72,870$48,470$111,220
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$72,840$41,040$94,310
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$72,800$46,910$98,550
Anchorage, AK$72,780$53,020$138,030
Bismarck, ND$72,600$53,920$104,330
Springfield, MO$72,550$47,720$113,030
Arkansas$72,550$49,000$107,240
Illinois$72,550$39,540$113,030
Idaho$72,550$44,390$101,440
South Dakota$72,550$47,060$98,550
Boise City, ID$72,550$49,000$110,140
Duluth, MN-WI$72,550$38,080$113,030
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$72,550$49,000$112,380
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$72,550$55,560$104,330
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$72,550$49,000$111,040
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$72,550$47,580$94,310
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$72,550$39,540$113,030
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$72,550$38,350$95,930
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$72,550$45,460$95,640
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$72,550$41,040$104,330
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$72,550$41,290$101,440
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$72,550$50,650$100,370
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$72,550$52,530$94,310
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$72,550$51,940$90,150
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$72,520$45,760$95,310
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$72,510$46,080$98,550
New Mexico$72,490$46,080$107,240
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$72,380$39,560$94,310
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$71,660$48,880$99,820
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$71,210$49,000$117,960
Salinas, CA$71,050$51,750$140,710
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$70,790$52,610$102,530
Tucson, AZ$70,760$35,670$120,980
Albuquerque, NM$70,680$48,670$139,940
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$70,670$49,000$111,580
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$70,260$47,420$152,420
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$70,250$49,000$104,330
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$69,950$49,000$107,240
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$69,680$49,000$108,200
Raleigh-Cary, NC$69,440$51,200$148,760
Lincoln, NE$69,440$37,380$110,140
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$69,120$49,000$95,640
West Virginia$68,390$39,840$109,980
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$68,140$44,430$104,330
Georgia$67,950$46,180$119,450
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$67,950$49,000$110,140
Asheville, NC$67,800$39,190$124,090
New Hampshire$67,720$37,950$94,230
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$67,720$37,950$83,670
Santa Fe, NM$67,700$43,300$101,700
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$67,650$41,400$94,310
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$67,310$44,020$104,330
Virginia$67,200$40,130$135,060
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$66,960$39,840$98,550
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$66,730$34,580$109,300
Portland-South Portland, ME$66,720$40,860$102,080
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$66,570$47,320$108,060
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$66,560$50,650$113,730
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$66,550$38,350$89,420
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$66,520$44,680$129,250
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$66,120$53,410$108,660
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$65,960$47,670$97,160
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$65,960$49,000$113,030
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$65,960$40,830$110,300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$65,760$45,450$115,170
New York$65,550$43,250$113,030
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$65,490$44,670$111,950
Lubbock, TX$65,450$50,320$104,330
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$65,240$38,050$113,030
Tyler, TX$65,230$50,320$77,910
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$65,170$45,740$81,530
Waco, TX$65,170$50,320$76,580
Texas$65,170$50,060$89,420
Amarillo, TX$65,170$50,320$83,740
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$65,170$50,320$86,350
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$65,170$50,320$83,740
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$65,170$50,320$75,940
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$65,110$39,560$107,240
Eugene-Springfield, OR$65,090$47,600$91,840
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$65,080$46,180$96,350
Maine$64,990$40,510$98,240
Kansas City, MO-KS$64,960$47,070$114,820
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$64,850$52,750$96,830
Columbus, OH$64,710$43,510$111,820
Iowa$64,010$47,670$92,750
Kentucky$63,960$43,700$101,440
Puerto Rico$63,960$40,480$94,310
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$63,960$45,610$95,640
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$63,960$48,930$104,330
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$63,940$49,380$94,990
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$63,920$38,350$90,750
Ann Arbor, MI$63,860$49,120$154,660
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$63,800$50,320$94,580
Rochester, NY$63,450$35,470$86,870
Richmond, VA$63,340$40,910$104,050
Helena, MT$63,070$58,640$97,690
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$62,910$30,820$102,270
Indiana$62,880$41,860$110,260
Akron, OH$62,690$40,290$73,540
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,570$49,000$140,520
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,290$37,320$94,640
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$61,980$47,060$80,850
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$61,960$38,960$157,560
Oklahoma$61,960$39,560$101,440
Fort Wayne, IN$61,960$39,650$101,440
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$61,960$34,610$105,290
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$61,960$37,010$98,550
Vermont$61,880$47,060$93,580
North Carolina$61,820$44,000$110,140
Syracuse, NY$61,800$41,560$98,550
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$61,760$47,600$96,320
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$61,430$36,340$84,450
St. Louis, MO-IL$61,400$37,600$106,850
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$61,070$46,260$111,160
Michigan$61,010$34,890$115,070
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$60,980$37,980$114,840
Missouri$60,900$37,600$98,550
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$60,780$41,890$93,850
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$60,750$39,020$98,260
Oklahoma City, OK$60,700$38,860$87,050
Pittsburgh, PA$60,540$34,200$88,140
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$60,430$47,310$101,910
New Jersey$60,430$47,510$102,150
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,960$39,630$100,790
Gainesville, FL$59,950$37,900$113,730
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,950$39,490$89,860
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$59,950$41,290$101,440
Cleveland, OH$59,820$46,380$92,140
Ohio$59,780$40,070$96,090
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$59,780$41,740$74,990
Columbia, SC$59,280$38,760$91,070
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$59,070$48,650$92,750
Louisiana$58,480$27,920$104,330
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$57,670$39,210$75,990
Jackson, MS$57,340$40,830$85,720
Lake Charles, LA$57,260$36,600$91,290
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$57,190$38,760$110,140
Mississippi$56,980$40,610$95,640
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$56,510$46,080$78,620
Delaware$55,990$45,160$89,980
Urban Honolulu, HI$55,920$40,500$153,630
Jefferson City, MO$55,410$25,580$79,000
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$55,360$45,500$78,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$54,320$40,110$88,480
South Carolina$54,220$38,760$94,310
Reading, PA$53,930$36,790$93,750
Lancaster, PA$53,350$34,080$78,890
Pennsylvania$53,110$37,520$84,590
Florida$52,820$36,210$100,440
Tulsa, OK$51,390$36,510$89,860
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$49,050$34,890$154,430
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$49,000$32,010$95,640
Toledo, OH$48,890$25,590$68,240
Baton Rouge, LA$48,370$27,920$110,300
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$47,950$40,280$73,940
Wichita, KS$47,800$47,800$77,380
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$47,580$34,170$81,820
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$47,080$36,050$95,640
Hawaii$46,580$40,500$134,740
Kansas$45,880$45,880$95,640
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,880$45,880$92,750
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,750$30,620$86,940
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,600$45,600$84,590
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,600$45,600$65,960
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,600$45,600$79,790
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,600$45,600$66,790
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$44,460$38,360$77,090
Johnstown, PA$37,520$30,720$60,650

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Conservation Scientists make?▾

The median annual salary for a Conservation Scientists is $67,950, with a typical range of $45,260 – $107,720 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Conservation Scientists?▾

Entry-level Conservation Scientists positions typically start around $45,260 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Conservation Scientistss earn the most?▾

Conservation Scientistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.