Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Chemical Technicians
Chemical Technicians conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Chemical Technicians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $31,720 to $38,380 per year or $15 to $18 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Chemical Technicians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $39 | $81,260 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $31 | $64,700 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $24 | $49,820 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $18 | $38,380 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $15 | $31,720 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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DC | $36 | $75,810 |
AK | $34 | $70,650 |
LA | $32 | $66,780 |
DE | $30 | $63,240 |
HI | $30 | $62,490 |
TX | $30 | $62,070 |
MT | $29 | $60,850 |
WV | $29 | $60,290 |
NV | $29 | $60,060 |
NJ | $29 | $60,020 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Chemical Technician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Chemical Technicians are in the states of DC, AK, LA, DE and HI.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Federal Executive Branch | $79060 | $38.01 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $77460 | $37.24 |
Water, Sewage and Other Systems | $71950 | $34.59 |
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $68100 | $32.74 |
Oil and Gas Extraction | $67400 | $32.41 |
Metal Ore Mining | $65610 | $31.54 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $62540 | $30.07 |
Chemical Manufacturing | $60100 | $28.89 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $59850 | $28.78 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $59730 | $28.72 |
Support Activities for Mining | $59670 | $28.69 |
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries | $58940 | $28.33 |
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing | $58330 | $28.04 |
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | $58290 | $28.03 |
Grain and Oilseed Milling | $58120 | $27.94 |
Machinery Manufacturing | $57490 | $27.64 |
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills | $57230 | $27.51 |
Facilities Support Services | $57110 | $27.46 |
Local Government | $56680 | $27.25 |
Other Food Manufacturing | $54590 | $26.25 |
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance | $54580 | $26.24 |
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $54570 | $26.24 |
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers | $54290 | $26.10 |
Ship and Boat Building | $53990 | $25.96 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | $53830 | $25.88 |
Remediation and Other Waste Management Services | $53710 | $25.82 |
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | $53480 | $25.71 |
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | $53220 | $25.59 |
Junior Colleges | $52950 | $25.46 |
Support Activities for Water Transportation | $52750 | $25.36 |