Chemical Technicians Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Chemical Technicians positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$57,790

National average

Salary Range

$39,030 – $90,990

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Chemical Technicians Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Dothan, AL$128,190$41,950$128,190
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$88,990$49,990$88,990
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$88,800$59,870$108,470
Baton Rouge, LA$86,360$58,760$124,700
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$83,530$40,020$103,680
Louisiana$83,480$49,360$108,470
Lake Charles, LA$81,710$50,600$107,790
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$81,630$43,910$108,520
Springfield, MA$81,070$44,760$106,630
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$78,980$40,820$95,740
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$78,390$44,100$100,770
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$78,110$48,720$96,420
Midland, MI$77,810$40,960$84,590
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$76,260$42,230$91,580
Corpus Christi, TX$75,890$40,950$99,200
Duluth, MN-WI$75,870$48,150$75,980
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$74,620$37,730$102,370
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$70,400$39,340$129,660
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$69,840$47,030$95,750
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$69,380$46,950$98,340
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$68,790$39,480$95,740
Joplin, MO-KS$68,720$44,560$74,620
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$68,460$44,280$90,040
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$68,000$47,070$107,270
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$67,600$44,550$103,110
Lafayette, LA$66,790$44,820$94,240
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$66,690$44,740$96,930
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$65,990$47,700$109,520
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$65,250$36,630$77,530
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$65,030$49,490$73,340
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$65,000$49,140$85,760
Delaware$64,930$42,610$83,210
Massachusetts$64,920$47,880$85,760
Boulder, CO$64,860$47,070$95,830
Colorado$64,540$44,740$96,440
Sheboygan, WI$64,530$56,960$75,740
Texas$64,520$38,570$102,310
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$64,490$48,720$87,390
Oklahoma$63,880$39,400$91,710
West Virginia$63,820$42,060$77,850
Tulsa, OK$63,520$40,790$96,320
Terre Haute, IN$63,460$47,080$102,850
Bay City, MI$63,370$40,430$74,860
Columbia, MO$63,310$36,000$102,870
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$63,200$42,620$99,380
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$63,160$37,990$69,140
Arizona$63,030$41,700$85,600
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,880$49,400$101,240
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$62,750$37,400$62,750
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$62,670$38,320$86,270
New Mexico$62,610$44,090$100,770
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$62,570$45,400$91,260
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$62,520$47,340$100,600
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$62,490$38,960$72,930
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$62,480$49,230$74,420
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$62,230$41,580$89,990
Mobile, AL$62,220$38,480$79,590
Bellingham, WA$62,030$44,120$95,190
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$62,020$40,020$85,220
Tallahassee, FL$61,980$46,530$82,350
Illinois$61,830$47,260$100,480
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$61,830$43,220$100,310
Colorado Springs, CO$61,720$44,300$78,670
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$61,670$46,780$100,200
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$61,600$43,480$93,600
Decatur, AL$61,420$43,370$92,110
Eugene-Springfield, OR$61,420$42,950$75,490
Alaska$61,380$46,810$91,320
Columbia, SC$61,320$45,170$81,770
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$61,230$47,220$123,210
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$61,190$42,770$105,150
Oklahoma City, OK$61,100$37,850$80,320
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$60,940$44,820$84,780
Vermont$60,930$42,850$85,220
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$60,790$42,240$96,600
Pittsburgh, PA$60,690$38,480$90,850
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,630$44,620$76,750
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$60,360$47,860$64,750
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$60,340$38,160$86,380
Boise City, ID$60,340$35,820$72,760
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$60,290$35,620$80,100
Madison, WI$60,280$39,530$80,140
St. Louis, MO-IL$60,250$41,600$98,610
Worcester, MA$60,040$40,720$80,930
Lynchburg, VA$60,020$36,410$84,340
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,010$41,900$79,590
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$59,930$38,300$80,450
Jackson, MS$59,790$38,150$65,000
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$59,700$35,520$78,070
Toledo, OH$59,630$39,850$103,650
Longview, TX$59,570$34,660$91,860
South Carolina$59,530$42,240$82,330
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$59,450$45,880$79,020
Omaha, NE-IA$59,190$50,320$71,960
Nebraska$59,180$45,810$75,060
Columbus, OH$59,150$42,710$97,980
Reading, PA$59,140$38,390$72,640
Pennsylvania$59,130$38,160$90,770
Kennewick-Richland, WA$58,820$45,680$111,580
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$58,750$36,900$100,000
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$58,690$42,710$80,870
Missouri$58,690$41,600$96,790
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$58,640$40,570$70,810
Syracuse, NY$58,590$36,750$126,860
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$58,440$43,890$76,890
Vallejo, CA$58,320$45,680$105,100
Midland, TX$58,290$44,280$103,860
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,970$42,100$95,740
Lubbock, TX$57,940$50,500$91,840
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$57,780$43,800$80,760
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$57,780$37,750$102,690
New York$57,720$40,230$83,680
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$57,710$35,620$84,910
Michigan$57,680$39,530$80,730
New Jersey$57,640$45,850$78,200
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$57,630$35,570$78,170
Cleveland, OH$57,300$39,400$79,240
Kansas City, MO-KS$57,210$45,260$96,240
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$57,160$38,480$76,600
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$57,060$40,480$77,990
Wisconsin$56,960$37,030$80,140
California$56,620$40,350$88,990
Greeley, CO$56,510$44,210$86,750
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$56,460$37,760$74,120
Sandusky, OH$56,450$37,410$106,140
Fort Wayne, IN$56,430$42,550$60,000
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$56,220$37,010$77,830
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$56,160$41,580$73,890
Billings, MT$56,150$38,700$81,070
Peoria, IL$55,950$47,330$71,570
Washington$55,940$39,560$80,320
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$55,920$38,850$120,400
New Haven, CT$55,650$45,680$70,860
Kansas$55,480$37,440$82,230
Modesto, CA$55,310$37,980$66,130
Cedar Rapids, IA$55,220$48,760$62,840
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$55,120$45,700$88,900
Idaho$55,060$34,180$79,770
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$55,040$43,050$79,590
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$55,030$42,870$84,560
Kentucky$55,010$38,300$89,370
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$54,960$44,520$61,490
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$54,830$41,340$78,270
Ohio$54,710$39,020$80,680
Youngstown-Warren, OH$54,710$37,110$73,850
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$54,620$33,040$67,970
Tuscaloosa, AL$54,570$41,050$75,940
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$54,400$38,210$70,200
Minnesota$54,340$38,480$80,760
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$54,320$38,350$85,430
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$54,230$40,430$88,970
Mississippi$54,100$33,580$75,700
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$53,990$39,910$75,410
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,920$37,430$69,990
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$53,800$29,120$92,510
Napa, CA$53,710$45,190$80,350
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$53,420$43,200$66,690
North Dakota$53,270$39,800$68,780
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,270$44,560$68,780
Missoula, MT$53,260$42,810$65,910
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$53,240$43,220$60,630
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$53,090$41,600$81,610
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$52,970$34,220$71,960
York-Hanover, PA$52,970$38,470$76,340
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$52,940$45,680$63,190
Utah$52,890$37,520$81,750
Alabama$52,680$35,630$82,010
Medford, OR$52,650$37,890$64,260
Richmond, VA$52,520$34,560$76,330
Wyoming$52,520$36,510$100,680
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$52,290$43,930$75,720
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,210$38,080$60,620
Iowa$52,200$39,400$62,840
Indiana$51,980$38,540$75,820
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$51,980$43,610$72,770
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$51,850$41,290$64,390
Georgia$51,840$36,910$101,030
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$51,750$48,420$74,470
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$51,740$34,440$98,960
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$51,740$35,880$76,810
Lincoln, NE$51,650$33,540$66,570
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$51,630$38,350$63,470
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$51,560$46,450$73,010
Spartanburg, SC$51,470$49,820$77,510
Texarkana, TX-AR$51,320$33,140$63,600
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$51,230$37,340$83,760
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$51,180$41,710$70,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$51,140$39,050$80,020
Tennessee$51,030$39,520$81,740
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$50,950$38,630$74,840
Ogden, UT$50,920$38,700$90,760
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$50,910$38,280$61,580
Connecticut$50,910$38,870$71,280
Rochester, NY$50,890$38,150$98,240
Huntsville, AL$50,880$36,120$60,190
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$50,800$41,300$78,790
Waco, TX$50,760$34,600$69,100
Canton-Massillon, OH$50,740$38,930$75,340
Virginia$50,660$36,870$80,930
Ames, IA$50,600$37,960$62,200
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$50,590$43,810$78,240
Wilmington, NC$50,520$39,980$92,590
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,510$43,030$104,440
Killeen-Temple, TX$50,430$30,420$94,430
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$50,360$38,070$70,810
Akron, OH$50,330$40,740$76,070
Nevada$50,250$40,050$81,070
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$50,230$37,230$70,790
Montana$50,160$40,070$72,040
Jackson, TN$50,070$40,190$81,220
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,040$37,670$63,070
Oregon$49,920$37,670$69,750
Cleveland, TN$49,900$45,810$59,330
Knoxville, TN$49,860$41,630$82,040
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$49,850$39,630$64,950
Johnson City, TN$49,750$37,990$76,310
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,750$42,730$116,500
Raleigh-Cary, NC$49,740$39,400$74,680
Rhode Island$49,720$40,430$89,760
Charlottesville, VA$49,660$31,830$80,930
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,540$35,370$99,990
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$49,530$24,490$74,610
Bloomington, IN$49,370$39,370$76,970
Odessa, TX$49,240$41,090$99,350
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$49,220$38,880$75,800
Green Bay, WI$49,220$37,690$93,530
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$49,190$44,870$86,850
Winston-Salem, NC$49,120$39,280$76,340
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$49,110$40,570$57,700
Anchorage, AK$49,090$39,480$85,590
Gainesville, FL$49,030$36,010$74,210
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$48,980$37,600$78,730
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$48,900$37,670$70,450
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,890$40,400$65,400
North Carolina$48,870$40,070$73,860
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,830$37,740$98,320
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$48,790$39,300$80,730
District of Columbia$48,740$41,070$69,930
Reno, NV$48,730$40,050$66,000
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$48,680$38,170$84,010
Wichita, KS$48,650$38,000$71,750
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$48,630$38,480$125,530
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$48,580$37,460$84,000
Ann Arbor, MI$48,490$36,360$74,700
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$48,480$37,450$63,510
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,420$40,710$96,360
Dalton, GA$48,390$47,720$59,930
Jacksonville, FL$48,360$38,650$64,970
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,220$37,640$57,040
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$48,090$33,870$82,970
Stockton-Lodi, CA$48,020$40,170$67,890
South Dakota$47,970$37,640$57,140
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,940$38,620$65,470
Visalia, CA$47,870$35,480$66,200
Birmingham, AL$47,860$35,630$69,350
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$47,820$36,260$96,290
Maryland$47,760$31,730$72,700
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$47,730$38,750$73,840
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$47,700$37,520$72,000
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$47,630$35,520$58,230
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$47,590$36,640$77,980
Clarksville, TN-KY$47,580$38,670$57,960
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$47,580$38,630$68,160
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,530$43,470$77,170
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$47,430$37,270$100,680
Maine$47,340$39,120$63,820
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,290$39,050$74,510
Binghamton, NY$47,250$32,830$60,130
New Hampshire$47,240$38,860$66,650
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$47,200$38,870$77,740
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$47,160$31,730$64,820
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$47,140$38,220$76,830
Manchester-Nashua, NH$47,010$43,420$61,190
Florida$46,870$37,150$74,220
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,840$38,980$62,540
Montgomery, AL$46,810$31,620$73,590
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$46,740$38,940$107,000
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$46,730$35,210$55,460
Arkansas$46,720$36,990$76,990
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$46,720$39,830$63,910
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$46,480$35,360$65,450
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$46,200$39,520$69,560
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,190$37,940$67,170
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,040$38,150$53,260
Fresno, CA$45,990$38,390$61,010
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,740$38,930$62,550
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$45,610$36,380$87,550
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$45,590$37,080$65,210
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,200$31,200$75,980
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$45,160$36,210$63,220
Evansville, IN$45,150$37,070$101,880
Greenville, NC$45,130$28,800$50,810
Columbus, IN$45,040$31,000$58,740
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$45,030$37,570$63,060
Port St. Lucie, FL$44,010$36,040$107,750
Casper, WY$43,380$28,980$57,980
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$43,370$30,090$78,690
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$43,350$31,200$50,370
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$39,930$31,860$54,870
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,160$31,160$63,340
Savannah, GA$36,980$31,200$74,910
Auburn-Opelika, AL$36,110$31,200$47,540
College Station-Bryan, TX$35,960$28,990$62,430
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$35,690$22,450$60,430
Puerto Rico$34,470$22,450$60,140
Aguadilla, PR$32,920$20,940$46,860
Salisbury, MD$31,200$31,200$55,850
Mayaguez, PR$29,800$21,060$53,040
Ponce, PR$27,920$21,470$42,210

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Chemical Technicians make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Chemical Technicians is $57,790, with a typical range of $39,030 – $90,990 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Chemical Technicians?β–Ύ

Entry-level Chemical Technicians positions typically start around $39,030 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Chemical Technicianss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.