Chemists & materials scientists are most often employed by the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Chemists & materials scientists was $88,115 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Chemists & materials scientists by wage are Public relations and fundraising managers, Medical & health services managers, and Budget analysts.
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, and 17 more.
The top 3 locations that employ the most Chemists & materials scientists are Minneapolis City (Southwest) PUMA, MN, Houston (Southeast), Pasadena (Southeast), La Porte (South) & Seabrook (East) Cities PUMA, TX, and Hockessin PUMA, DE. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Chemists & materials scientists are Houston (Southeast), Pasadena (Southeast), La Porte (South) & Seabrook (East) Cities PUMA, TX, Minneapolis City (Southwest) PUMA, MN, and Hunterdon County PUMA, NJ.