Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$99,240
National average
Salary Range
$58,790 – $178,880
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $168,280 | $88,740 | N/A |
| Midland, TX | $165,830 | $91,240 | N/A |
| Texas | $155,330 | $65,200 | N/A |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $142,150 | $55,200 | $182,830 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $136,250 | $64,170 | N/A |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $130,580 | $68,390 | $191,880 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $129,880 | $96,320 | $172,370 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $129,730 | $91,150 | $134,990 |
| Rhode Island | $128,870 | $91,150 | $134,990 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $128,710 | $77,950 | $191,880 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $128,240 | $40,630 | $175,020 |
| Oklahoma | $128,240 | $53,560 | $176,580 |
| Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $126,620 | $77,730 | $223,320 |
| Tulsa, OK | $126,270 | $61,560 | $176,580 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $124,270 | $93,310 | $191,880 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $122,450 | $83,110 | $139,500 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $121,970 | $59,530 | $148,760 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $120,600 | $82,220 | $154,770 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $120,580 | $61,140 | $155,360 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $120,550 | $74,090 | $206,940 |
| Boulder, CO | $115,740 | $29,990 | $192,860 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $115,240 | $72,320 | $139,500 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $115,120 | $78,470 | $139,500 |
| Fresno, CA | $115,120 | $66,310 | $142,290 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $114,960 | $63,830 | $214,000 |
| Mississippi | $113,730 | $72,550 | $158,850 |
| Charleston, WV | $112,590 | $47,250 | $143,520 |
| North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $112,070 | $72,550 | $140,380 |
| California | $111,400 | $66,560 | $178,880 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | $110,880 | $68,460 | $179,920 |
| Lubbock, TX | $108,420 | $44,930 | $219,900 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $108,050 | $76,300 | $162,590 |
| Alaska | $105,910 | $65,550 | $173,670 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | $105,210 | $53,520 | $164,940 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $104,890 | $62,330 | $178,880 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $104,770 | $68,880 | $171,050 |
| Anchorage, AK | $104,770 | $63,030 | $173,180 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $104,330 | $54,170 | $138,490 |
| Utah | $104,000 | $61,600 | $162,320 |
| High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $104,000 | $64,990 | $165,810 |
| Vermont | $102,190 | $61,460 | $155,410 |
| Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area | $101,860 | $79,790 | $132,600 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $100,870 | $67,750 | $179,430 |
| Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $100,790 | $63,970 | $225,340 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $100,690 | $77,090 | $136,410 |
| Hawaii | $100,690 | $77,710 | $129,950 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $99,950 | $52,790 | $130,310 |
| Colorado | $99,900 | $59,090 | $205,660 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $99,810 | $60,100 | N/A |
| Washington | $99,780 | $65,820 | $170,000 |
| Maryland | $99,200 | $59,200 | $181,210 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $98,930 | $66,560 | $163,720 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $98,850 | $64,390 | $197,600 |
| Massachusetts | $98,720 | $74,630 | $151,860 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $98,600 | $58,000 | $158,390 |
| Springfield, IL | $98,390 | $53,880 | $128,360 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $98,240 | $72,990 | $145,980 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $98,130 | $62,580 | $169,120 |
| Billings, MT | $98,090 | $59,090 | $125,210 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $97,110 | $63,060 | $141,730 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $96,990 | $51,290 | $135,320 |
| Bend, OR | $96,030 | $50,890 | $159,790 |
| Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $95,670 | $72,550 | $126,740 |
| West Virginia | $95,640 | $45,950 | $138,990 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $95,360 | $68,940 | $150,070 |
| Missouri | $95,210 | $51,890 | $130,260 |
| Oregon | $95,120 | $63,640 | $188,780 |
| Florida | $95,110 | $48,020 | $157,440 |
| Nevada | $95,090 | $59,700 | $144,010 |
| Boise City, ID | $94,670 | $67,100 | $156,600 |
| Fairbanks-College, AK | $94,630 | $65,520 | $136,750 |
| Virginia | $94,160 | $51,860 | $166,470 |
| New Mexico | $93,720 | $52,530 | $170,080 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $93,720 | $63,400 | $135,820 |
| Reno, NV | $93,180 | $58,970 | $187,200 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $92,970 | $58,830 | $139,500 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $92,750 | $52,440 | $150,700 |
| Wilmington, NC | $92,750 | $44,610 | $160,530 |
| Huntsville, AL | $92,020 | $59,330 | $139,800 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $91,430 | $63,100 | $176,950 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $90,910 | $48,020 | $141,870 |
| North Dakota | $90,770 | $65,800 | $142,810 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $90,020 | $64,450 | $181,140 |
| Idaho | $89,860 | $63,900 | $156,600 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $88,500 | $50,750 | $214,080 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $88,190 | $59,780 | $125,020 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $87,990 | $44,880 | $158,850 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $87,940 | $54,720 | $129,920 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | $87,600 | $58,450 | $142,230 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $86,820 | $59,920 | $138,980 |
| Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $86,130 | $66,040 | $104,980 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $86,040 | $58,890 | $125,280 |
| Tucson, AZ | $85,750 | $58,650 | $136,840 |
| Nebraska | $85,500 | $58,890 | $111,340 |
| Illinois | $85,420 | $62,770 | $133,590 |
| New York | $84,910 | $63,100 | $141,730 |
| Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area | $84,850 | $61,980 | $129,960 |
| Montana | $84,630 | $55,920 | $125,210 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $84,260 | $60,950 | $139,240 |
| Casper, WY | $84,100 | $36,410 | $108,950 |
| Arizona | $83,630 | $59,090 | $134,130 |
| Madison, WI | $83,500 | $63,630 | $128,030 |
| Delaware | $82,970 | $52,320 | $122,160 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $82,810 | $58,520 | $129,670 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $82,720 | $56,170 | $168,090 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $81,910 | $52,070 | $120,810 |
| Michigan | $81,800 | $54,480 | $128,030 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $81,230 | $62,440 | $124,650 |
| Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $81,020 | $62,920 | $164,990 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $80,750 | $51,280 | $190,780 |
| Richmond, VA | $80,710 | $52,000 | $139,680 |
| Wisconsin | $80,610 | $62,650 | $142,420 |
| Corvallis, OR | $80,580 | $63,640 | $114,330 |
| Columbus, OH | $80,570 | $57,910 | $113,570 |
| Alabama | $80,310 | $51,720 | $124,090 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $79,870 | $59,990 | $130,710 |
| North Carolina | $79,710 | $59,750 | $134,430 |
| Indiana | $79,290 | $54,450 | $129,670 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $79,060 | $62,610 | $113,440 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $78,920 | $58,770 | $106,740 |
| Pennsylvania | $78,890 | $54,380 | $118,810 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $78,890 | $60,700 | $104,920 |
| New Jersey | $78,840 | $57,410 | $138,980 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $78,790 | $58,810 | $113,380 |
| Connecticut | $78,460 | $58,790 | $111,600 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $78,200 | $59,340 | $136,630 |
| New Hampshire | $78,050 | $62,740 | $116,950 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $77,950 | $59,750 | $122,280 |
| Maine | $77,210 | $66,910 | $97,020 |
| Kansas | $76,980 | $52,150 | $148,760 |
| Tennessee | $76,610 | $51,850 | $115,750 |
| South Carolina | $76,600 | $41,340 | $130,240 |
| Columbia, SC | $76,600 | $29,750 | $124,440 |
| Asheville, NC | $76,080 | $64,840 | $135,200 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $76,010 | $50,750 | $119,290 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $75,910 | $39,560 | $96,390 |
| Wichita, KS | $74,910 | $49,440 | $163,600 |
| Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $74,390 | $54,510 | $117,190 |
| Syracuse, NY | $74,270 | $53,190 | $124,090 |
| Knoxville, TN | $74,100 | $56,370 | $110,820 |
| Cheyenne, WY | $73,760 | $37,420 | $104,330 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $73,390 | $49,080 | $103,800 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $73,350 | $57,870 | $128,940 |
| Ohio | $73,120 | $48,630 | $113,570 |
| Cleveland, OH | $73,120 | $47,920 | $125,870 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $73,100 | $29,990 | $189,390 |
| Iowa | $73,070 | $58,100 | $99,280 |
| Wyoming | $72,590 | $44,980 | $110,140 |
| Minnesota | $72,490 | $50,450 | $123,030 |
| Louisiana | $72,340 | $51,530 | $145,970 |
| South Dakota | $72,280 | $56,510 | $79,740 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $72,240 | $48,880 | $119,810 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $71,980 | $52,200 | $119,140 |
| Akron, OH | $71,370 | $50,130 | $99,590 |
| Montgomery, AL | $69,320 | $50,150 | $86,780 |
| Kentucky | $68,990 | $41,560 | $113,730 |
| Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $68,990 | $40,910 | $95,200 |
| Puerto Rico | $68,830 | $39,560 | $75,920 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $68,190 | $52,900 | $113,730 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $66,820 | $44,820 | $112,040 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $66,620 | $50,620 | $125,170 |
| Topeka, KS | $66,560 | $49,630 | $78,820 |
| Tallahassee, FL | $66,100 | $44,510 | $90,650 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $65,660 | $50,480 | $126,880 |
| Arkansas | $65,250 | $47,400 | $110,350 |
| Lafayette, LA | $65,090 | $54,540 | $118,030 |
| Georgia | $62,850 | $53,700 | $122,910 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $62,000 | $54,800 | $122,910 |
| Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $60,770 | $53,260 | $95,640 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $58,310 | $49,820 | $103,070 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $57,580 | $55,140 | $134,870 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers make?▾
The median annual salary for a Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers is $99,240, with a typical range of $58,790 – $178,880 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers?▾
Entry-level Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers positions typically start around $58,790 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographerss earn the most?▾
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.