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Highest Paying Cities for Chemical Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for chemical technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of chemical technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,350, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington is the highest paying city for chemical technicians. It is followed by Baton Rouge, Louisiana (average annual salary $70,260). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [1]. For more salary information of chemical technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Chemical Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$71,350	$27,650	140
2	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$70,260	$31,430	790
3	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$70,240	$48,450	80
4	Decatur, Alabama	$69,110	$40,520	70
5	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$69,020	$23,940	90
6	Danbury, Connecticut	$68,440	$42,740	80
7	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$66,530	$35,590	n/a
8	Dothan, Alabama	$66,080	$29,290	30
9	Corpus Christi, Texas	$65,620	$33,080	160
10	Wilmington, New Jersey	$65,360	$34,390	670
11	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$64,980	$48,730	70
12	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$64,850	$34,860	500
13	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$64,110	$30,150	70
14	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$62,490	$37,400	40
15	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$62,070	$28,130	70
16	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$60,540	$41,810	290
17	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$60,440	$28,680	70
18	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$59,830	$36,220	70
19	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$59,410	$35,020	300
20	Spokane, Washington	$59,300	$34,740	50
21	Framingham, Massachusetts	$59,280	$36,990	150
22	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$59,190	$38,010	250
23	Charleston, West Virginia	$58,690	$27,250	170
24	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$58,440	$27,470	2,720
25	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$58,360	$27,560	130
26	Mobile, Alabama	$57,710	$33,240	170
27	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$57,170	$26,990	60
28	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$56,060	$23,990	150
29	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$55,930	$38,290	330
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,540	$36,530	1,060
31	Montgomery, Alabama	$55,300	$22,590	50
32	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$54,170	$38,750	30
33	Rockford, Illinois	$54,090	$34,250	60
34	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$53,960	$32,170	570
35	Springfield, Massachusetts	$53,940	$33,290	140
36	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$53,820	$31,240	50
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$53,700	$35,500	1,610
38	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$53,620	$32,670	50
39	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$53,620	$36,120	80
40	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$53,370	$32,860	110
41	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$53,240	$26,420	310
42	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$52,770	$34,870	300
43	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$52,490	$29,170	4,580
44	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$52,350	$34,650	40
45	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$52,350	$40,600	80
46	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$52,340	$28,440	110
47	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$51,850	$33,150	40
48	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$51,770	$26,920	50
49	Peoria, Illinois	$51,740	$28,970	80
50	Huntsville, Alabama	$51,650	$33,230	140
51	Wheeling, West Virginia	$51,390	$23,780	50
52	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$51,260	$34,030	130
53	Owensboro, Kentucky	$51,110	$37,900	30
54	Savannah, Georgia	$51,080	$28,990	60
55	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,810	$34,040	160
56	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$50,780	$27,870	700
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$50,780	$34,390	430
58	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,520	$28,940	1,280
59	Longview, Texas	$50,410	$39,850	50
60	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$50,360	$29,070	400
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$50,310	$32,350	650
62	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$50,250	$28,820	100
63	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$50,220	$19,120	140
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$50,130	$28,660	850
65	Worcester, Massachusetts	$49,960	$34,350	190
66	Port St Lucie, Florida	$49,930	$27,840	30
67	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$49,800	$32,570	350
68	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,740	$33,880	1,290
69	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$49,730	$28,760	1,240
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$49,670	$31,350	760
71	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$49,340	$29,570	120
72	Syracuse, New York	$49,230	$29,850	100
73	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$49,170	$33,780	80
74	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$49,140	$34,420	60
75	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$49,050	$27,400	160
76	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$48,920	$28,800	50
77	Evansville, Kentucky	$48,510	$31,940	280
78	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$48,510	$33,260	140
79	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$48,500	$29,880	30
80	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$48,500	$32,180	210
81	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,500	$27,400	740
82	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$48,400	$28,670	110
83	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$48,290	$32,270	160
84	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$48,270	$27,260	130
85	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,270	$29,520	2,730
86	Jacksonville, Florida	$48,210	$29,850	220
87	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$48,190	$32,920	30
88	Cleveland, Tennessee	$47,990	$38,090	80
89	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,910	$34,670	100
90	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$47,840	$36,840	240
91	Lynchburg, Virginia	$47,780	$34,990	80
92	Rochester, New York	$47,470	$30,820	150
93	Dayton, Ohio	$47,350	$30,570	130
94	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$46,950	$40,240	30
95	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$46,920	$33,830	180
96	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$46,810	$29,290	130
97	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$46,800	$34,730	70
98	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$46,650	$28,630	430
99	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$46,630	$33,570	70
100	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$46,550	$30,370	1,770