10. Materials Scientist
Median Pay: $99,430
We are continuing our list of low stress jobs with high pay with material scientists that are earning pretty high income because they are doing a research and studying structures and chemical properties of different synthetic, natural or composite materials. Among the materials, they are working with and doing research are alloys, metals, glass, ceramics, rubber, polymers and semiconductors. Material scientists are searching for ways how to combine materials to strengthen them or develop new ones. Under material scientists are also ceramic scientists, polymer scientists, glass scientists and metallurgical scientists.