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What meteorologists make
Median
$99,070
Bottom tenth
$53,060
Top tenth
$161,890
The national median is $99,070 a year, the bottom tenth earn $53,060 or less and the top tenth $161,890 or more, in the 2025 survey. The federal wage survey lumps this job in with the wider group it calls Atmospheric and Space Scientists, so research scientists and forecasters are counted together.