Highest-paying Cities for Chemists

The top 100 highest paying cities for chemists (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 chemists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $134,640, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for chemists. It is followed by Peoria, Illinois (average annual salary $130,100). 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 chemists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Chemists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$134,640	$80,550	2,760
2	Peoria, Illinois	$130,100	$60,300	50
3	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$124,950	$57,690	40
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$116,980	$73,590	1,100
5	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$116,880	$75,610	1,790
6	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$113,670	$63,000	50
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$109,080	$69,490	2,290
8	Danbury, Connecticut	$107,980	$53,850	70
9	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$107,000	$69,700	600
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$106,600	$67,090	360
11	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$106,400	$57,840	40
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$105,870	$62,550	5,340
13	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$105,160	$58,530	1,710
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$104,790	$59,700	780
15	Cleveland, Tennessee	$104,120	$48,760	n/a
16	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$102,180	$72,480	70
17	Boulder, Colorado	$101,600	$58,160	400
18	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$101,460	$56,090	90
19	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$101,210	$60,550	40
20	Decatur, Alabama	$100,830	$48,300	40
21	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$100,190	$45,610	30
22	Bay City, Michigan	$100,190	$65,260	210
23	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$100,000	$66,000	40
24	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$99,840	$61,620	100
25	Midland, Michigan	$99,550	$77,740	580
26	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$99,230	$57,600	50
27	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$99,220	$56,860	40
28	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$99,010	$46,320	180
29	Monroe, Michigan	$98,970	$46,590	40
30	Johnson City, Tennessee	$98,740	$34,490	70
31	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$98,230	$39,220	40
32	Midland, Texas	$97,940	$48,010	50
33	Salinas, California	$97,560	$52,450	60
34	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$97,130	$36,000	270
35	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$96,960	$53,000	40
36	Worcester, Massachusetts	$96,090	$58,570	310
37	Waterbury, Connecticut	$95,890	$60,380	100
38	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$94,820	$60,860	930
39	Corpus Christi, Texas	$94,640	$65,570	50
40	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$94,570	$62,320	40
41	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$94,500	$51,750	690
42	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$93,750	$47,580	30
43	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$93,750	$37,490	30
44	Wheeling, West Virginia	$93,530	$58,060	n/a
45	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$93,500	$67,770	30
46	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$93,120	$62,180	70
47	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$92,680	$44,380	40
48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$92,590	$48,120	1,710
49	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$92,340	$60,890	50
50	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$92,060	$60,200	30
51	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$91,960	$55,190	110
52	Framingham, Massachusetts	$91,680	$64,460	240
53	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$91,250	$45,560	150
54	Wilmington, New Jersey	$90,710	$62,870	3,370
55	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$90,660	$50,180	1,560
56	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$90,630	$49,990	790
57	Fairbanks, Alaska	$90,220	$52,010	40
58	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$90,080	$45,950	30
59	Anchorage, Alaska	$89,970	$55,450	50
60	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$89,830	$67,210	n/a
61	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$89,720	$45,190	n/a
62	Jackson, Michigan	$88,880	$56,700	60
63	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$88,680	$51,110	1,510
64	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$87,900	$51,550	50
65	Manchester, New Hampshire	$87,860	$58,790	30
66	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$87,350	$68,900	40
67	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$87,150	$65,130	30
68	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$87,010	$51,110	1,390
69	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$86,710	$58,060	2,590
70	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$86,170	$50,350	130
71	New Haven, Connecticut	$85,830	$49,410	300
72	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$85,400	$60,110	30
73	Yuma, Arizona	$85,000	$52,200	40
74	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$84,850	$62,360	130
75	Savannah, Georgia	$84,640	$45,380	60
76	Longview, Texas	$84,610	$43,300	30
77	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$84,440	$62,230	80
78	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$84,300	$52,370	610
79	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$84,190	$37,980	240
80	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$84,100	$55,040	40
81	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$83,430	$47,310	1,030
82	Knoxville, Tennessee	$83,330	$45,360	220
83	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$83,160	$44,800	n/a
84	Waco, Texas	$82,850	$60,240	60
85	Rochester, New York	$82,710	$49,540	210
86	Redding, California	$82,650	$49,520	n/a
87	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$82,440	$44,180	50
88	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$82,430	$59,890	7,480
89	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$82,370	$41,600	40
90	Olympia, Washington	$82,330	$58,240	40
91	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$82,300	$48,700	40
92	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$82,220	$53,010	1,090
93	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$82,100	$52,780	4,930
94	Springfield, Illinois	$82,090	$64,760	40
95	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$82,070	$55,000	60
96	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$82,040	$56,340	40
97	Huntsville, Alabama	$82,030	$56,640	170
98	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$81,950	$52,690	1,110
99	Kansas City, Missouri	$81,890	$47,110	770
100	Albany, Oregon	$81,870	$58,400	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for chemists.