Chemists Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Chemists positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$84,150
National average
Salary Range
$53,210 – $154,430
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Chemists Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $153,320 | $106,720 | $191,880 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $145,430 | $82,760 | $191,880 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $137,740 | $52,020 | $200,990 |
| New Mexico | $134,370 | $52,020 | $200,990 |
| Maryland | $131,910 | $68,790 | $191,880 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $130,830 | $75,130 | $178,200 |
| Lake Charles, LA | $130,770 | $75,360 | $161,850 |
| Midland, MI | $129,700 | $74,340 | $178,790 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $127,860 | $65,570 | $169,720 |
| Huntsville, AL | $127,070 | $81,080 | $191,880 |
| Massachusetts | $126,970 | $70,430 | $177,010 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $126,190 | $71,180 | $175,250 |
| Lexington Park, MD | $125,820 | $76,120 | $158,180 |
| Delaware | $125,430 | $78,060 | $174,160 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $124,440 | $61,800 | $159,390 |
| Peoria, IL | $122,950 | $70,350 | $172,470 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $115,030 | $61,650 | $177,260 |
| Midland, TX | $111,830 | $59,280 | $155,690 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $110,300 | $64,280 | $160,970 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $109,960 | $67,760 | $189,880 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | $109,260 | $59,980 | $154,960 |
| Louisiana | $109,150 | $62,730 | $169,540 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $108,460 | $63,360 | $148,720 |
| West Virginia | $108,010 | $57,000 | $168,170 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $107,100 | $71,360 | $146,660 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $104,870 | $62,130 | $173,550 |
| Springfield, MA | $104,000 | $61,740 | $160,590 |
| Decatur, AL | $103,360 | $52,760 | $134,540 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $103,340 | $63,910 | $166,170 |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $102,970 | $59,790 | $170,180 |
| Savannah, GA | $102,650 | $56,320 | $134,430 |
| Boulder, CO | $102,600 | $63,350 | $166,330 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $102,140 | $48,170 | $162,640 |
| State College, PA | $102,050 | $65,010 | $134,360 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $101,660 | $58,890 | $146,020 |
| Texas | $101,260 | $58,390 | $160,970 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | $100,810 | $68,050 | $134,060 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $100,720 | $62,100 | $159,140 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $100,700 | $58,080 | $133,340 |
| Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $99,960 | $76,200 | $158,850 |
| Virginia | $99,810 | $57,780 | $159,330 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | $99,740 | $33,610 | $142,560 |
| Worcester, MA | $99,280 | $50,040 | $155,230 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $99,270 | $59,460 | $148,080 |
| Gainesville, GA | $99,270 | $60,490 | $134,910 |
| Spartanburg, SC | $98,990 | $54,220 | $162,980 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $98,940 | $64,720 | $154,690 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $98,600 | $59,700 | $156,840 |
| Colorado | $97,380 | $58,780 | $168,730 |
| Vallejo, CA | $97,300 | $55,460 | $133,550 |
| Rhode Island | $97,300 | $60,770 | $151,860 |
| Tulsa, OK | $97,250 | $47,710 | $111,310 |
| Illinois | $97,170 | $59,820 | $154,280 |
| California | $97,010 | $58,750 | $164,640 |
| Columbus, OH | $96,700 | $58,880 | $138,000 |
| Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $96,310 | $60,500 | $134,430 |
| Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $96,040 | $59,160 | $161,740 |
| Alabama | $96,000 | $58,900 | $156,100 |
| South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $95,640 | $59,950 | $159,930 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $95,460 | $60,630 | $152,430 |
| Alaska | $95,300 | $55,370 | $130,430 |
| New Haven, CT | $95,100 | $61,580 | $174,160 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $95,060 | $53,840 | $163,790 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $95,010 | $71,860 | $148,810 |
| Ames, IA | $94,990 | $62,580 | $136,290 |
| Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $94,940 | $67,700 | $120,040 |
| Georgia | $94,890 | $52,000 | $142,060 |
| Jackson, MI | $93,790 | $58,190 | $159,430 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $93,500 | $60,660 | $176,610 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $93,490 | $49,790 | $156,170 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $92,860 | $70,310 | $175,780 |
| Washington | $92,860 | $57,970 | $151,860 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $92,230 | $51,260 | $149,340 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $92,180 | $59,690 | $160,640 |
| Springfield, IL | $91,350 | $56,360 | $102,430 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $90,660 | $49,240 | $156,310 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $90,570 | $60,530 | $144,840 |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $90,530 | $50,140 | $120,370 |
| Mobile, AL | $90,280 | $60,620 | $128,640 |
| Knoxville, TN | $89,330 | $51,980 | $113,730 |
| High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $89,120 | $61,670 | $123,960 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $88,800 | $60,890 | $129,680 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $88,590 | $53,510 | $125,940 |
| Connecticut | $88,340 | $51,860 | $162,640 |
| Connecticut nonmetropolitan area | $87,930 | $60,760 | $120,280 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $87,620 | $48,760 | $194,010 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $86,800 | $58,240 | $154,710 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $86,750 | $57,850 | $129,040 |
| Bowling Green, KY | $86,250 | $60,890 | $145,030 |
| Bend, OR | $86,130 | $67,450 | $105,990 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $86,090 | $60,430 | $164,940 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $85,520 | $44,990 | $117,540 |
| New Jersey | $85,010 | $60,900 | $153,910 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $84,510 | $61,660 | $153,880 |
| Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $84,380 | $49,500 | $120,990 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $84,240 | $60,670 | $144,000 |
| Syracuse, NY | $84,220 | $48,930 | $137,550 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $84,150 | $55,420 | $150,810 |
| Oregon | $84,150 | $60,750 | $127,500 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $84,130 | $57,400 | $160,580 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $84,070 | $52,630 | $134,430 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $83,790 | $49,800 | $141,330 |
| New York | $83,690 | $59,710 | $155,260 |
| Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $83,620 | $37,240 | $108,970 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $83,570 | $62,430 | $130,120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $83,540 | $52,040 | $131,350 |
| Sandusky, OH | $83,390 | $57,840 | $122,650 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $83,380 | $60,900 | $124,400 |
| Hawaii | $83,200 | $60,900 | $120,890 |
| Napa, CA | $83,190 | $59,650 | $158,500 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $83,130 | $52,330 | $130,980 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $82,750 | $58,130 | $161,080 |
| Richmond, VA | $82,670 | $54,990 | $128,340 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $82,660 | $52,010 | $146,450 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $82,370 | $57,880 | $153,970 |
| Columbia, MO | $82,300 | $45,180 | $102,060 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $82,110 | $51,160 | $132,540 |
| Minnesota | $82,040 | $49,060 | $141,330 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $81,940 | $49,980 | $131,810 |
| Iowa | $81,830 | $61,550 | $134,520 |
| Greeley, CO | $81,790 | $62,370 | $163,320 |
| New Hampshire | $81,780 | $60,100 | $123,320 |
| Missouri | $81,720 | $50,280 | $151,640 |
| York-Hanover, PA | $81,490 | $47,010 | $136,200 |
| Vermont | $81,460 | $64,930 | $130,350 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $81,460 | $64,930 | $110,700 |
| Michigan | $81,410 | $50,760 | $143,160 |
| Modesto, CA | $81,180 | $49,340 | $120,240 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $81,070 | $55,020 | $118,790 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $81,010 | $51,990 | $126,350 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $81,010 | $59,970 | $124,760 |
| Wichita, KS | $81,000 | $59,520 | $115,930 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $80,980 | $58,050 | $134,600 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | $80,960 | $49,180 | $129,110 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $80,940 | $60,680 | $125,020 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $80,820 | $56,270 | $131,690 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $80,610 | $57,130 | $133,870 |
| Ohio | $80,360 | $56,950 | $131,400 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $80,220 | $62,460 | $123,320 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $80,170 | $55,060 | $140,460 |
| Oklahoma | $79,990 | $47,590 | $130,750 |
| Birmingham, AL | $79,990 | $57,790 | $156,100 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $79,950 | $49,990 | $197,910 |
| Bay City, MI | $79,940 | $41,980 | $132,900 |
| Dover, DE | $79,910 | $65,390 | $116,410 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $79,850 | $51,990 | $125,590 |
| South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $79,850 | $48,550 | $130,980 |
| Kentucky | $79,800 | $50,140 | $124,080 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | $79,720 | $57,410 | $138,490 |
| Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $79,680 | $41,440 | $122,980 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $79,650 | $52,910 | $131,470 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $79,620 | $54,720 | $129,850 |
| North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $79,540 | $45,920 | $115,030 |
| Rochester, NY | $79,480 | $61,510 | $133,410 |
| North Dakota | $79,350 | $47,310 | $134,410 |
| Arizona | $79,330 | $53,160 | $127,440 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $79,220 | $58,260 | $134,810 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $79,140 | $53,350 | $125,860 |
| Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $78,990 | $49,870 | $115,770 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $78,970 | $56,810 | $141,360 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $78,890 | $59,190 | $110,740 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $78,880 | $47,700 | $128,050 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $78,790 | $48,140 | $130,750 |
| Sheboygan, WI | $78,730 | $63,980 | $120,440 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $78,690 | $61,380 | $119,390 |
| Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | $78,560 | $56,880 | $106,300 |
| Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $78,550 | $47,030 | $134,650 |
| North Carolina | $78,400 | $52,270 | $125,920 |
| Mississippi | $78,260 | $46,380 | $139,060 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $78,260 | $49,880 | $134,710 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $78,240 | $61,160 | $129,710 |
| Cleveland, OH | $78,230 | $61,450 | $124,850 |
| Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $78,180 | $54,810 | $139,060 |
| Ogden, UT | $77,940 | $51,010 | $125,900 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $77,920 | $46,570 | $132,560 |
| South Carolina | $77,900 | $51,740 | $133,430 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $77,840 | $56,650 | $98,500 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $77,830 | $55,950 | $125,820 |
| Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $77,760 | $60,120 | $107,010 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $77,680 | $47,400 | $119,530 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $77,670 | $52,350 | $134,190 |
| Morgantown, WV | $77,630 | $59,650 | $133,180 |
| South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $77,600 | $59,170 | $131,840 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $77,590 | $43,380 | $138,610 |
| Utah | $77,270 | $49,890 | $124,500 |
| Gainesville, FL | $77,270 | $41,880 | $146,130 |
| Iowa City, IA | $77,240 | $63,280 | $107,710 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $77,080 | $56,430 | $128,040 |
| Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $77,070 | $50,650 | $103,400 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $76,960 | $59,080 | $126,280 |
| Montgomery, AL | $76,960 | $51,720 | $121,600 |
| Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $76,930 | $52,940 | $134,100 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $76,820 | $53,100 | $104,620 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $76,740 | $54,770 | $147,230 |
| Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $76,630 | $58,250 | $116,660 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $76,620 | $55,230 | $142,410 |
| Wyoming | $76,570 | $46,080 | $120,160 |
| Bloomington, IN | $76,560 | $50,020 | $125,430 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $76,500 | $49,890 | $124,090 |
| Akron, OH | $76,500 | $48,030 | $123,550 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $76,490 | $50,450 | $116,900 |
| Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $76,310 | $62,900 | $158,210 |
| Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $76,290 | $52,150 | $123,410 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $76,180 | $47,390 | $102,820 |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $76,130 | $53,610 | $102,530 |
| Terre Haute, IN | $75,990 | $59,760 | $118,580 |
| Indiana | $75,880 | $50,020 | $131,120 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $75,790 | $31,960 | $113,780 |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $75,580 | $50,020 | $124,970 |
| Lebanon, PA | $75,390 | $45,390 | $99,990 |
| Reading, PA | $75,230 | $56,960 | $125,600 |
| Wisconsin | $75,020 | $49,270 | $106,520 |
| Evansville, IN | $75,000 | $58,860 | $122,230 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $74,910 | $52,910 | $106,650 |
| Florida | $74,860 | $44,990 | $121,140 |
| Wilmington, NC | $74,780 | $48,180 | $121,270 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $74,770 | $32,020 | $132,860 |
| Green Bay, WI | $74,530 | $47,050 | $119,450 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | $74,350 | $53,490 | $106,600 |
| Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | $74,290 | $50,290 | $107,650 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $74,260 | $49,740 | $131,120 |
| El Paso, TX | $74,140 | $49,920 | $121,920 |
| Fayetteville, NC | $74,090 | $59,640 | $99,630 |
| Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $73,960 | $50,670 | $128,970 |
| Madison, WI | $73,920 | $49,270 | $104,640 |
| Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $73,780 | $52,130 | $109,220 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $73,650 | $50,540 | $126,750 |
| Toledo, OH | $73,640 | $56,090 | $128,350 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $73,630 | $50,990 | $106,460 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $73,570 | $47,010 | $132,920 |
| Nevada | $72,810 | $47,060 | $108,880 |
| Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $72,710 | $45,920 | $121,280 |
| Dalton, GA | $72,690 | $52,460 | $102,800 |
| Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $72,020 | $46,040 | $115,910 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $71,990 | $54,820 | $132,750 |
| Puerto Rico | $71,830 | $40,960 | $127,940 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $71,610 | $57,420 | $128,010 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | $71,540 | $40,730 | $91,150 |
| Arkansas | $71,080 | $45,710 | $122,720 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $70,640 | $48,400 | $127,860 |
| Reno, NV | $70,350 | $38,460 | $104,190 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | $70,340 | $48,770 | $128,080 |
| Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $69,990 | $60,100 | $95,100 |
| Yakima, WA | $69,950 | $48,250 | $105,090 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $69,570 | $52,700 | $122,440 |
| Fresno, CA | $69,480 | $45,610 | $104,740 |
| Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $69,330 | $48,850 | $101,460 |
| Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $69,170 | $41,870 | $113,030 |
| Salisbury, MD | $68,790 | $38,220 | $99,560 |
| North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $68,700 | $45,040 | $114,100 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $68,420 | $46,040 | $102,290 |
| Nebraska | $67,880 | $57,400 | $122,010 |
| Lincoln, NE | $67,880 | $63,130 | $89,280 |
| Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $67,690 | $55,650 | $156,210 |
| Bellingham, WA | $66,640 | $53,260 | $128,380 |
| North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $66,420 | $40,330 | $122,720 |
| Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $66,420 | $48,270 | $106,760 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | $66,380 | $49,770 | $132,650 |
| Kansas | $66,310 | $48,350 | $122,280 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $65,660 | $44,150 | $98,320 |
| Columbia, SC | $65,450 | $50,390 | $105,400 |
| Tennessee | $65,340 | $43,540 | $121,990 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $64,930 | $49,470 | $93,820 |
| Greenville, NC | $64,690 | $48,870 | $95,210 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $64,580 | $45,760 | $102,030 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | $64,490 | $49,230 | $110,300 |
| South Dakota | $64,480 | $50,460 | $93,090 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | $64,120 | $48,920 | $133,160 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $63,960 | $43,060 | $120,640 |
| Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $63,580 | $62,860 | $101,020 |
| Pennsylvania | $63,450 | $47,180 | $128,480 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $63,420 | $53,210 | $126,880 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $63,120 | $45,710 | $119,210 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $62,650 | $45,290 | $101,560 |
| East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $61,550 | $48,500 | $91,170 |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | $61,520 | $42,680 | $82,020 |
| Lynchburg, VA | $60,500 | $48,920 | $105,910 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $60,440 | $39,970 | $105,390 |
| Montana | $60,100 | $46,110 | $102,560 |
| Missoula, MT | $59,950 | $45,940 | $100,180 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $59,820 | $48,350 | $104,130 |
| Idaho | $59,460 | $33,900 | $130,770 |
| Waco, TX | $58,870 | $45,960 | $114,240 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $58,750 | $43,090 | $115,500 |
| Maine | $58,750 | $45,500 | $107,700 |
| Lubbock, TX | $57,690 | $40,060 | $124,600 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $57,110 | $45,360 | $89,250 |
| Billings, MT | $54,520 | $46,630 | $102,560 |
| Bozeman, MT | $53,710 | $48,190 | $87,570 |
| Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area | $52,050 | $40,940 | $68,710 |
| Tallahassee, FL | $51,000 | $44,820 | $92,400 |
| Johnstown, PA | $50,010 | $40,330 | $95,410 |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $49,840 | $41,410 | $87,200 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $49,320 | $40,270 | $102,930 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $45,810 | $39,540 | $89,040 |
| Boise City, ID | $42,030 | $35,140 | $130,770 |
| Ponce, PR | $38,420 | $29,120 | $82,690 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Chemists make?▾
The median annual salary for a Chemists is $84,150, with a typical range of $53,210 – $154,430 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Chemists?▾
Entry-level Chemists positions typically start around $53,210 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Chemistss earn the most?▾
Chemistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.