The annual salary statistics of chemists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage information of chemists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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 | $45,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,770 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $68,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $96,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $117,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $117,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,160.
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 | $68,990 | -10.77% | 5.73% |
| 2021 | $76,420 | -6.48% | - |
| 2020 | $81,370 | 20.27% | - |
| 2019 | $64,880 | -6.92% | - |
| 2018 | $69,370 | 0.84% | - |
| 2017 | $68,790 | -6.47% | - |
| 2016 | $73,240 | 0.97% | - |
| 2015 | $72,530 | -1.46% | - |
| 2014 | $73,590 | 9.23% | - |
| 2013 | $66,800 | 2.63% | - |
| 2012 | $65,040 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,990 in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is in the middle of salary range for chemists in state of Virginia. In comparison, the annual salary of chemists in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News is 29.8 percent (29.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area and 9.1 percent (9.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford | |
| Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Richmond | |
| Harrisonburg | |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | |
| Lynchburg | |
| Charlottesville | |
| Roanoke | |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol |