Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$72,860

National average

Salary Range

$48,240 – $113,350

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$121,890$61,690$181,210
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$113,030$52,140$158,850
Salem, OR$98,110$64,030$113,350
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$97,810$63,000$162,200
Rhode Island$97,050$71,430$115,770
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$94,370$62,490$145,450
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$93,640$61,420$170,740
Bellingham, WA$90,950$61,880$126,920
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$90,900$60,000$130,900
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$90,620$42,680$152,260
Bismarck, ND$88,820$59,950$103,910
Massachusetts$88,550$64,060$151,470
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$88,360$64,840$111,560
Worcester, MA$87,910$72,430$105,010
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$87,660$58,840$127,690
Mississippi$87,050$52,140$146,620
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$87,050$61,960$113,030
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$86,960$64,380$156,750
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$86,940$61,960$98,550
Kennewick-Richland, WA$86,200$62,330$139,760
Louisiana$85,840$61,950$117,190
Oregon$85,150$54,020$113,030
Corvallis, OR$85,150$39,830$102,420
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$85,150$59,950$113,030
Alaska$84,640$55,660$119,590
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$84,640$59,950$102,420
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$84,270$58,330$140,710
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$84,180$52,730$121,600
Fairbanks-College, AK$83,510$54,600$107,910
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$83,100$50,140$131,440
Redding, CA$83,010$55,560$110,140
California$82,620$51,010$136,970
Maryland$82,600$57,660$162,160
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$82,220$50,560$134,410
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$82,220$58,200$102,420
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$82,200$57,840$123,950
North Dakota$82,150$56,820$102,340
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$82,050$62,160$127,300
Washington$82,050$59,950$127,300
Bozeman, MT$81,880$58,300$134,410
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$81,740$56,670$107,700
Medford, OR$81,140$51,250$102,420
Iowa$80,590$62,550$96,350
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$80,240$60,920$138,120
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$80,240$63,100$114,430
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$80,100$59,600$100,190
Yakima, WA$80,100$56,820$110,300
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$80,100$56,670$97,220
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$80,040$59,950$94,310
Bend, OR$79,790$59,950$104,740
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$79,790$59,950$107,240
Columbus, OH$79,730$46,880$97,520
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$79,690$58,140$130,290
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$79,670$56,020$134,840
Michigan$79,020$52,430$106,310
Illinois$78,620$48,680$108,120
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$78,590$48,970$96,130
Anchorage, AK$77,850$51,270$111,320
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$77,780$48,450$108,120
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$77,630$57,940$115,600
Cleveland, OH$77,500$48,790$102,810
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$77,420$39,920$113,030
Missouri$77,380$55,070$110,140
New Jersey$77,380$57,410$122,570
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$77,380$48,410$117,190
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$77,380$55,150$94,950
Colorado$77,320$56,020$114,790
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$77,320$59,210$98,550
Urban Honolulu, HI$77,090$63,370$117,850
Helena, MT$76,680$52,070$77,380
Eugene-Springfield, OR$76,480$53,430$107,240
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$76,190$55,590$127,110
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$76,180$56,670$105,090
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$75,810$63,960$95,750
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$75,760$34,870$84,640
Flagstaff, AZ$75,640$55,770$107,110
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$75,590$55,410$91,790
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$75,590$48,610$91,790
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$75,590$53,640$91,790
Vermont$75,370$58,760$94,310
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$75,090$46,920$94,310
Ohio$75,030$45,800$97,520
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$74,960$51,990$90,920
Albuquerque, NM$74,270$48,210$118,410
Hawaii$74,110$63,000$114,520
Wyoming$74,060$48,900$88,800
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$74,060$48,900$86,680
West Virginia$73,780$54,200$109,120
Montgomery, AL$72,830$49,260$105,700
Boise City, ID$72,770$47,200$110,300
Idaho$72,760$55,540$94,950
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$72,600$48,790$96,890
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$72,300$52,010$114,210
Connecticut$72,030$48,210$107,550
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$72,030$48,210$97,760
Richmond, VA$71,700$49,820$98,430
Arkansas$71,690$61,430$94,310
St. Louis, MO-IL$71,640$54,390$136,950
Grand Junction, CO$70,940$57,730$102,180
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$70,840$55,220$105,090
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$70,700$48,950$111,680
Pennsylvania$70,550$48,580$100,420
Minnesota$70,510$49,810$91,890
Arizona$70,370$49,500$101,440
Utah$69,990$48,780$94,310
Bangor, ME$69,580$50,590$113,030
New Hampshire$69,430$45,930$89,950
Tucson, AZ$69,180$51,560$101,250
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$69,120$61,430$78,090
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$68,620$49,810$96,840
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$68,540$60,900$93,120
Ogden, UT$68,100$50,650$103,110
Rochester, MN$68,040$48,610$85,340
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$68,040$47,030$107,100
Casper, WY$67,640$38,920$82,120
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$67,390$51,140$98,240
Boulder, CO$67,040$51,080$153,890
Madison, WI$67,020$42,090$84,300
Maine$66,910$47,390$106,820
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$66,910$59,950$89,860
Virginia$66,550$47,810$102,860
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$66,510$50,350$108,140
New Mexico$66,480$49,000$95,310
Santa Fe, NM$66,230$49,030$74,550
Wisconsin$65,960$42,100$93,070
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$65,960$49,630$94,310
Columbia, SC$65,420$50,180$85,610
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$65,360$47,360$77,380
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$65,290$49,420$114,870
Alabama$64,860$44,810$91,260
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$64,820$48,570$99,330
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$64,690$48,900$93,880
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$64,290$40,830$69,450
Montana$64,060$50,230$94,310
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$63,640$50,230$104,440
Georgia$63,530$50,060$102,490
Kansas$63,270$52,250$73,630
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$63,170$50,060$123,840
Rapid City, SD$63,150$51,450$77,940
Huntsville, AL$62,880$48,150$91,260
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$62,750$40,520$111,760
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,740$49,870$122,320
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,740$51,610$84,640
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$62,590$51,580$89,920
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$62,490$51,570$72,710
Missoula, MT$62,220$46,520$89,860
South Dakota$62,200$51,810$81,080
North Carolina$61,930$49,120$108,140
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$61,900$36,790$95,680
South Carolina$61,490$46,990$87,050
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$61,310$44,300$96,360
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$61,300$49,440$86,030
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,010$36,400$144,920
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,830$49,290$87,050
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$60,670$49,000$91,890
Nevada$60,650$47,610$91,890
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$60,360$40,130$77,240
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,080$52,430$96,390
Tennessee$59,950$39,120$99,330
Raleigh-Cary, NC$59,660$39,990$118,680
Knoxville, TN$58,650$40,420$83,590
Oklahoma$57,400$47,190$82,220
Kentucky$56,700$43,450$77,380
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$56,650$44,180$72,590
Pittsburgh, PA$56,570$33,620$77,350
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$55,480$43,150$79,340
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$55,390$42,640$144,250
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$55,320$45,620$80,340
Nebraska$55,080$47,660$82,570
Lincoln, NE$55,080$49,020$80,430
Gainesville, FL$55,060$40,000$87,050
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$54,800$52,690$57,960
Mobile, AL$54,500$45,390$112,490
Oklahoma City, OK$54,180$48,190$68,560
Indiana$53,190$44,180$72,590
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$53,120$39,520$95,140
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$52,160$40,000$127,520
Florida$51,420$40,000$92,180
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$51,000$43,330$70,580
Texas$50,610$37,700$91,500
Tallahassee, FL$50,560$44,990$68,330
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$49,130$36,600$115,190
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$48,760$40,000$64,420
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,360$40,000$60,840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$46,510$37,700$90,550
Jacksonville, FL$45,760$36,400$72,030
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$42,650$38,410$91,890
Puerto Rico$42,640$38,420$91,890

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists make?▾

The median annual salary for a Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists is $72,860, with a typical range of $48,240 – $113,350 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists?▾

Entry-level Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists positions typically start around $48,240 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Zoologists and Wildlife Biologistss earn the most?▾

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.