Conservation Scientists · SOC 19-1031
Conservation Scientists Salary in the Pennsylvania
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Pennsylvania
Figures describe the state of Pennsylvania as a whole.
Conservation Scientists in the Pennsylvania earned a median of $61,480 per year ($29.56 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,560 at the 10th percentile to $93,100 at the 90th. BLS estimates 900 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Conservation Scientists in the Pennsylvania earn more than $61,480 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,310 and $76,500.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,560 | $48,310 | $61,480 | $76,500 | $93,100 |
| Hourly | $18.54 | $23.22 | $29.56 | $36.78 | $44.76 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Pennsylvania$61,480 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $48,310 to $76,500
- United Statesnational$73,010 median for United States; middle half earns $57,700 to $91,560
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Pennsylvania
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for conservation scientists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Pennsylvaniathis page$61,480 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $48,310 to $76,500
- $64,910 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $50,080 to $74,400
- $60,000 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $38,840 to $73,180
- $58,960 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $43,120 to $66,760
- $58,590 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $45,160 to $73,060
- $54,350 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $43,480 to $65,730
- $54,250 median for Scranton metro area; middle half earns $54,250 to $63,130
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.