Chemists & materials scientists

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2020 Workforce
96.8k
Average Age
41.5
Average Salary
$87,133
Average Male Salary
$93,816
Average Female Salary
$77,004

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Employment and salary information for the Chemists & materials scientists workforce. Chemists & materials scientists workforce in 2020 was 96,835 people, of which 39.7% were women and 60.3% were men. Chemists & materials scientists are paid most in San Mateo (South) & Half Moon Bay Cities PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning & Development District 2 (South) PUMA, LA.

Employment Over Time

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58,344
Male Workforce
± 5.93k
38,491
Female Workforce
± 4.82k

The Chemists & materials scientists workforce in 2020 was 96,835 people (39.7% women and 60.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 17% between 2014 (82,757) and 2020 (96,835).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Chemists & materials scientists.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Massachusetts ($108,980), Louisiana ($108,758), and Maryland ($106,643).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$87,133
AVERAGE WAGE
#78 in the ranking (2020)
$55,954
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Chemists & materials scientists earned an average of $87,133, $31,179 more than the average national salary of $55,954

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Wage Distribution

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0.32
WAGE GINI

In 2020, Chemists & materials scientists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.32, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Chemists & materials scientists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Chemists & materials scientists and on wages for those in the field. Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Chemists & materials scientists, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Chemists & materials scientists, by average wage, is Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing ($146,817).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
96.8k
2020 Workforce
± 7,637
5.11%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 10.7%

This graphic shows the share of Chemists & materials scientists employed by various industries. Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing employs the largest share of Chemists & materials scientists at 42.5%, followed by Scientific research & development services with 30.7% and Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals with 26.8%.

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Demographic information on Chemists & materials scientists in the US. The workforce of Chemists & materials scientists in 2020 was 96,835 people, with 39.7% woman, and 60.3% men. The average age of male Chemists & materials scientists in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Chemists & materials scientists is 39.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Chemists & materials scientists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Chemists & materials scientists in 2020 was 96,835 people, with 39.7% woman, and 60.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (16,438 people), 30 to 34 years (15,669  people), and 35 to 39 years (11,544 people). Among them they concentrated 45.2% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2020, 7.08% of Chemists & materials scientists workers were Hispanic and 92.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (62%), Puerto Rican (24.9)%, and Colombian (13.1)%

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Races

In 2020, 70.4% of the Chemists & materials scientists workforce were White, of which 37.4% were women and 62.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (17.9%) and Black (6.6%).

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Data on higher education choices for Chemists & materials scientists from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Chemists & materials scientists is Physical Sciences but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Physical Sciences.

Among the necessary skills for Chemists & materials scientists, Science stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Chemists & materials scientists need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

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The most common majors achieved by Chemists & materials scientists in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Physical Sciences (43,062 people), Biology (18,189 people), and Engineering (7,216 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Chemists & materials scientists workers were Bachelors Degree (52,732 people), Graduate Degree (38,103 people), and Some college (2,320 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Chemists & materials scientists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chemists & materials scientists need many skills, but most especially Science, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking.

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