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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 $84,440, West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota is the highest paying city for chemical technicians. It is followed by Baton Rouge, Louisiana (average annual salary $72,620). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [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	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$84,440	$68,400	40
2	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$72,620	$29,500	840
3	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$71,970	$46,520	70
4	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$71,050	$29,800	130
5	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$70,190	$39,270	40
6	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$70,110	$39,670	690
7	Corpus Christi, Texas	$69,650	$35,040	210
8	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$69,410	$31,690	40
9	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$69,270	$43,060	90
10	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,630	$36,550	30
11	Decatur, Alabama	$67,470	$34,820	100
12	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$67,430	$47,210	130
13	Amarillo, Texas	$67,340	$30,190	50
14	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$66,530	$35,590	n/a
15	Jefferson City, Missouri	$66,300	$42,490	n/a
16	Dothan, Alabama	$66,080	$29,290	30
17	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$65,680	$43,200	30
18	Wilmington, New Jersey	$65,610	$41,190	630
19	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$65,290	$44,430	240
20	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$64,330	$30,160	2,990
21	Charleston, West Virginia	$64,130	$27,990	230
22	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$62,740	$41,940	40
23	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$62,490	$37,400	40
24	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$62,070	$33,700	30
25	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$62,070	$28,130	70
26	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$61,540	$32,380	100
27	Danbury, Connecticut	$61,390	$36,590	80
28	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$60,570	$44,620	30
29	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$60,460	$38,270	360
30	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$60,320	$28,270	100
31	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$60,240	$41,620	60
32	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$59,600	$23,900	60
33	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$59,530	$36,910	40
34	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$58,650	$42,530	120
35	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$58,560	$36,500	300
36	Camden, New Jersey	$57,860	$29,060	260
37	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$56,940	$31,580	570
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,800	$39,030	1,080
39	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$55,810	$38,050	660
40	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$55,710	$35,970	130
41	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$55,630	$28,490	80
42	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$55,500	$32,680	370
43	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$55,380	$30,320	430
44	Springfield, Massachusetts	$55,100	$29,720	130
45	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$54,990	$32,020	70
46	Peoria, Illinois	$54,940	$33,910	100
47	Cleveland, Tennessee	$54,560	$34,140	40
48	Springfield, Missouri	$54,440	$32,320	n/a
49	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$54,420	$35,530	80
50	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$54,380	$25,950	130
51	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,300	$36,710	1,570
52	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$54,250	$32,170	60
53	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$54,170	$38,750	30
54	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$54,120	$29,290	30
55	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$54,110	$36,370	80
56	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$53,830	$42,620	30
57	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$53,730	$26,300	50
58	Syracuse, New York	$53,650	$31,610	100
59	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$53,630	$35,010	40
60	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,560	$39,940	130
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$53,420	$34,760	280
62	Spokane, Washington	$53,410	$34,920	170
63	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$53,370	$32,860	110
64	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$53,360	$33,320	250
65	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$53,030	$40,220	70
66	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$53,020	$33,420	310
67	Longview, Texas	$53,020	$40,090	60
68	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$53,020	$32,090	100
69	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$52,590	$33,940	30
70	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$52,570	$38,090	60
71	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$52,560	$29,240	740
72	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$52,370	$35,440	50
73	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$52,360	$35,440	30
74	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$52,350	$40,600	80
75	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$52,200	$33,880	40
76	Savannah, Georgia	$52,120	$31,570	70
77	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$52,050	$28,740	50
78	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$51,960	$31,530	50
79	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$51,850	$33,150	40
80	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$51,800	$32,680	660
81	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$51,550	$30,650	100
82	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$51,350	$38,020	80
83	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$51,270	$29,640	130
84	Owensboro, Kentucky	$51,110	$37,900	30
85	Binghamton, New York	$51,080	$28,640	30
86	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$51,070	$31,280	4,640
87	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$51,040	$33,340	230
88	Lima, Ohio	$51,010	$38,840	40
89	Mobile, Alabama	$50,990	$30,240	90
90	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$50,940	$31,350	190
91	St Louis, Missouri	$50,930	$30,570	670
92	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$50,920	$38,120	60
93	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$50,720	$33,450	160
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$50,710	$31,710	2,670
95	Framingham, Massachusetts	$50,690	$36,570	150
96	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$50,670	$32,480	50
97	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,450	$30,760	1,130
98	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$50,220	$19,120	140
99	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$50,210	$41,530	40
100	Rockford, Illinois	$50,040	$35,310	50