Chemists & materials scientists are most often employed by the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Chemists & materials scientists was $87,133 in 2020.
The locations that employ the most Chemists & materials scientists are Rockville, Gaithersburg Cities & North Potomac PUMA, MD, Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning & Development District 2 (South) PUMA, LA, and Dane County (West) PUMA, WI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Chemists & materials scientists are Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning & Development District 2 (South) PUMA, LA, Rockville, Gaithersburg Cities & North Potomac PUMA, MD, and South Plainfield & Middlesex Boroughs PUMA, NJ.