Chemists & materials scientists are most often employed by the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Chemists & materials scientists was $88,171 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Chemists & materials scientists by wage are Construction managers, Producers & directors, and Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers.
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 Kalamazoo County (Outer) PUMA, MI, Rockville, Gaithersburg Cities & North Potomac PUMA, MD, and Middlesex County (Southwest) PUMA, NJ. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Chemists & materials scientists are Kalamazoo County (Outer) PUMA, MI, Middlesex County (Southwest) PUMA, NJ, and Coatesville City PUMA, PA.