Chemists & materials scientists are most often employed by the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Chemists & materials scientists was $77,138 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Chemists & materials scientists by wage are Chiropractors, Emergency management directors, and Locomotive engineers & operators.
Chemists & materials scientists are part of the Life, physical, & social science occupations, along with Agricultural & food scientists, Biological scientists, Conservation scientists & foresters, Medical scientists, & life scientists, all other, Astronomers & physicists, Atmospheric & space scientists, Chemists & materials scientists, Environmental scientists & geoscientists, Other Physical Scientists, Economists, Psychologists, Urban & regional planners, Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers & sociologists, Agricultural & food science technicians, Biological technicians, Chemical technicians, Geological & petroleum technicians, & nuclear technicians, and Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants
The top 3 locations that employ the most Chemists & materials scientists are South Plainfield & Middlesex Boroughs PUMA, NJ. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Chemists & materials scientists are South Plainfield & Middlesex Boroughs PUMA, NJ.
