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 $97,200, Billings, Montana is the highest paying city for chemical technicians. It is followed by West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota (average annual salary $84,440). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [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	Billings, Montana	$97,200	$30,720	50
2	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$84,440	$68,400	40
3	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$82,260	$34,880	60
4	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$80,200	$38,470	100
5	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$80,070	$43,680	40
6	Dothan, Alabama	$78,970	$30,190	30
7	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$78,890	$37,830	560
8	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$77,140	$48,850	60
9	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$75,410	$46,640	290
10	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$71,970	$46,520	70
11	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$70,540	$51,520	120
12	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$69,430	$35,810	90
13	Decatur, Alabama	$69,420	$40,340	170
14	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,630	$36,550	30
15	Amarillo, Texas	$67,340	$30,190	50
16	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$66,530	$35,590	n/a
17	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$66,400	$36,950	40
18	Jefferson City, Missouri	$66,300	$42,490	n/a
19	Wilmington, New Jersey	$65,610	$41,190	630
20	Midland, Michigan	$65,490	$37,910	120
21	Charleston, West Virginia	$64,940	$36,820	40
22	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$64,820	$48,390	120
23	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$64,810	$44,140	990
24	Springfield, Massachusetts	$64,550	$36,010	170
25	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$64,530	$43,930	40
26	Johnson City, Tennessee	$64,250	$37,360	60
27	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$64,140	$44,070	40
28	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$63,990	$38,890	220
29	Spokane, Washington	$63,270	$50,120	190
30	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$63,270	$30,800	120
31	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$62,830	$41,870	30
32	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$62,490	$37,400	40
33	Mobile, Alabama	$62,400	$35,330	180
34	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$62,400	$33,280	70
35	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$62,360	$49,980	60
36	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$62,070	$28,130	70
37	Duluth, Wisconsin	$62,060	$43,190	60
38	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$61,210	$35,190	40
39	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$61,050	$47,640	40
40	Ithaca, New York	$61,040	$26,000	30
41	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$61,010	$37,690	480
42	Columbus, Georgia	$60,970	$38,380	80
43	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$60,940	$29,020	80
44	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,810	$37,190	n/a
45	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$60,630	$46,040	70
46	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$60,570	$44,620	30
47	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$60,550	$38,540	2,560
48	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$60,460	$26,100	180
49	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$60,460	$38,270	360
50	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$60,420	$38,590	320
51	Midland, Texas	$60,170	$41,600	70
52	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$60,080	$26,320	n/a
53	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,990	$37,300	2,040
54	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$59,850	$32,180	130
55	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$59,840	$44,230	80
56	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$59,600	$23,900	60
57	Richmond, Virginia	$59,580	$36,870	190
58	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$59,430	$35,910	40
59	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$59,390	$37,200	700
60	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$59,220	$45,550	310
61	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$59,180	$37,500	100
62	Columbia, South Carolina	$58,970	$38,520	360
63	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$58,650	$42,530	120
64	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$58,630	$23,110	60
65	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,520	$42,760	1,720
66	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$58,400	$41,900	410
67	Camden, New Jersey	$57,860	$29,060	260
68	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,780	$37,330	4,010
69	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$57,720	$36,680	40
70	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$57,570	$38,570	840
71	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$57,480	$36,380	30
72	Corpus Christi, Texas	$57,440	$40,260	150
73	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$57,220	$39,140	70
74	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$57,200	$37,840	70
75	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$57,170	$34,290	290
76	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$57,120	$31,510	160
77	Lafayette, Louisiana	$57,070	$24,630	110
78	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$56,980	$35,360	270
79	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$56,850	$39,750	390
80	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,800	$39,030	1,080
81	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$56,510	$32,340	30
82	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$56,500	$36,780	70
83	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$56,340	$34,930	30
84	Greeley, Colorado	$56,220	$37,560	50
85	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$55,190	$32,420	470
86	Boulder, Colorado	$55,030	$35,280	200
87	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$54,950	$37,660	90
88	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$54,810	$37,150	230
89	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$54,730	$39,770	1,060
90	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$54,460	$42,110	70
91	Longview, Texas	$54,430	$33,240	90
92	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$54,370	$30,350	40
93	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$54,270	$39,830	300
94	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$54,240	$28,430	140
95	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$54,200	$43,840	540
96	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$54,170	$38,750	30
97	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$54,120	$29,290	30
98	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$54,080	$39,320	70
99	Waterbury, Connecticut	$54,060	$36,620	80
100	Worcester, Massachusetts	$54,040	$37,330	170

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for chemical technicians.