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What wildlife biologists make
Median
$76,780
Bottom tenth
$49,100
Top tenth
$126,440
The national median is $76,780 a year. The bottom tenth earn $49,100 or less and the top tenth $126,440 or more (2025 federal wage survey). The survey title is zoologists and wildlife biologists, so zoo and research staff are counted in the same group.