The annual salary statistics of chemists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of chemists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $46,730 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,410 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,410 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $130,010 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $130,010. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,730.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chemists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $77,410 | 3.28% | 11.77% |
| 2021 | $74,870 | 7.19% | - |
| 2020 | $69,490 | -2.12% | - |
| 2019 | $70,960 | 3.93% | - |
| 2018 | $68,170 | -1.55% | - |
| 2017 | $69,230 | 1.34% | - |
| 2016 | $68,300 | 0.61% | - |
| 2015 | $67,880 | -0.62% | - |
| 2012 | $68,300 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,410 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for chemists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of chemists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 29.0 percent (29.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 44.6 percent (44.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.