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Conservation Scientists · SOC 19-1031

Conservation Scientists Salary in the Richmond Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Richmond, VA metro area

Figures describe the Richmond, VA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Richmond city limits.

Median annual wage$66,180
Median hourly wage$31.82

Conservation Scientists in the Richmond, VA metro area earned a median of $66,180 per year ($31.82 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,710 at the 10th percentile to $107,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Conservation Scientists in the Richmond metro area earn more than $66,180 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,090 and $95,660.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,710$58,090$66,180$95,660$107,990
Hourly$21.02$27.93$31.82$45.99$51.92

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.

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How this area compares

  • Richmond metro areathis metro area
    $66,180
  • Virginiastate (VA)
    $77,380
  • United Statesnational
    $73,010

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −14% vs Virginia overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$36,780$61,253$85,727$110,200Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,780Port St. Lucie, FL — $43,680Columbia, SC — $45,910Tallahassee, FL — $46,260Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,100Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $48,300Jacksonville, FL — $49,880Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,300Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,130Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $54,170Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $54,250Lancaster, PA — $54,350Tucson, AZ — $55,990Jefferson City, MO — $56,310Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,110Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,590Pittsburgh, PA — $58,960Jackson, MS — $59,070Reading, PA — $60,000Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $60,520Baton Rouge, LA — $61,110Eugene-Springfield, OR — $61,370Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,630Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,690St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,390Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,460Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,710Kansas City, MO-KS — $63,050Oklahoma City, OK — $63,130Cleveland, OH — $63,160North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,370Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $63,790New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $64,020Champaign-Urbana, IL — $64,470Amarillo, TX — $64,680Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,910Ann Arbor, MI — $65,110Asheville, NC — $65,170Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,280Gainesville, FL — $65,480Syracuse, NY — $65,480Urban Honolulu, HI — $65,740Columbus, OH — $66,110San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $66,120Richmond, VA — $66,180Springfield, MO — $66,230Akron, OH — $66,420Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $66,680Rochester, NY — $66,990Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,080Boise City, ID — $67,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $67,200Tulsa, OK — $67,200Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $67,580Reno, NV — $68,090Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $68,560Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $68,620Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $68,620Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $68,620Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $68,620Waco, TX — $68,620Helena, MT — $69,240Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $69,380Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $69,590Tyler, TX — $69,880Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $70,300Rapid City, SD — $70,450Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $71,460Santa Fe, NM — $72,280Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $72,860Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $73,920Omaha, NE-IA — $74,210Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $74,320Corvallis, OR — $74,410Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $75,090Bozeman, MT — $75,430Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $75,900Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $76,210Anchorage, AK — $76,430Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $76,540Fresno, CA — $76,770Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $76,940Medford, OR — $76,960Salinas, CA — $77,020Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $77,190San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $77,280Bellingham, WA — $77,600Worcester, MA — $77,620Fairbanks-College, AK — $77,640Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $77,860Lubbock, TX — $77,980San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $78,200Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,340Portland-South Portland, ME — $78,440Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $78,460Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $78,460Yakima, WA — $78,460Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,580Bismarck, ND — $78,850Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $78,980Raleigh-Cary, NC — $79,230Flagstaff, AZ — $79,310Albuquerque, NM — $79,420La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $79,440Duluth, MN-WI — $79,680Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $80,150Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $80,290Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $80,880Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $80,900Lincoln, NE — $81,170Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $81,190Green Bay, WI — $81,560Charleston, WV — $81,760Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $81,780Barnstable Town, MA — $82,090Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $82,380Carson City, NV — $82,420Bend, OR — $82,630Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $83,580Missoula, MT — $84,250Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $84,820Madison, WI — $85,110Eau Claire, WI — $86,070Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $86,770Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $93,470Salem, OR — $95,470San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $97,810Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $99,360Boulder, CO — $101,380Springfield, IL — $107,990San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $110,200

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Richmond metro area has the 87th-highest published median for this occupation among the 132 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for conservation scientists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Richmond metro areathis page
    $66,180
  • Blacksburg metro area
    $68,560
  • Virginia Beach metro area
    $63,790

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$80,350Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$83,420Biological Technicians$65,210Chemical Technicians$50,790Chemists$87,580Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$72,880

Highest-paying metro areas for conservation scientistss · Highest-paying occupations in Richmond Metro

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.