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SOC 19-4031 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Chemical Technicians

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$60,390
U.S. median hourly wage$29.03
U.S. employment57,540

Nationally, chemical technicians earned a median of $60,390 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 57,540 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Chemical Technicians: pay and employment by state
State
Louisiana$85,850$41.289600.5
Alaska$79,380$38.171000.3
Delaware$78,620$37.805401.1
South Carolina$75,020$36.072,0800.9
Missouri$68,550$32.967200.2
Massachusetts$67,570$32.481,7800.5
Arizona$65,860$31.663900.1
Vermont$65,560$31.521500.5
Hawaii$63,910$30.73400.1
Colorado$63,770$30.661,1800.4
Nebraska$62,640$30.122800.3
Texas$62,580$30.096,0900.4
Minnesota$62,400$30.008700.3
Washington$62,100$29.867300.2
Illinois$61,890$29.761,3200.2
Rhode Island$61,680$29.661900.4
Kansas$61,560$29.593700.3
Nevada$61,520$29.581,0500.7
New York$60,900$29.282,2000.2
Kentucky$60,830$29.257000.4
Oklahoma$60,020$28.866100.4
Ohio$59,750$28.733,1200.6
California$59,510$28.616,8000.4
Wisconsin$59,440$28.581,0900.4
Pennsylvania$59,420$28.572,7100.4
Indiana$59,290$28.501,9900.6
North Carolina$59,030$28.382,6600.5
West Virginia$58,750$28.242300.3
New Jersey$58,580$28.162,7300.6
Michigan$58,180$27.972,2200.5
Alabama$58,150$27.961,1900.6
Georgia$58,120$27.948500.2
Iowa$58,090$27.934400.3
Oregon$57,960$27.873400.2
North Dakota$57,760$27.771500.3
Connecticut$57,310$27.565100.3
District of Columbia$56,530$27.18300.0
Wyoming$56,320$27.082300.8
New Mexico$55,120$26.502500.3
Tennessee$54,840$26.361,4700.4
Mississippi$54,580$26.244800.4
Idaho$54,560$26.231700.2
Florida$54,050$25.991,8400.2
Montana$52,890$25.432400.5
Virginia$51,850$24.931,3700.3
Maine$49,280$23.691000.2
Maryland$49,280$23.695900.2
South Dakota$49,030$23.57900.2
Utah$49,030$23.575800.3
New Hampshire$48,940$23.532200.3
Arkansas$45,230$21.745000.4
Puerto Rico$37,510$18.049901.1

Pay by metro area

All 196 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$34,140$53,467$72,793$92,120College Station-Bryan, TX — $34,140Ponce, PR — $36,030Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,460San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,510Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,080Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $43,330Hattiesburg, MS — $43,730Amarillo, TX — $44,610Mayaguez, PR — $45,000Columbus, IN — $45,360Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,730Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $45,750Fort Wayne, IN — $46,060Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,330Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,410San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,950Gainesville, FL — $47,170South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,300Ann Arbor, MI — $47,880Casper, WY — $48,500Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $48,770Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $49,040Billings, MT — $49,100Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,230Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,390Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $49,460Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $49,570Manchester-Nashua, NH — $49,700San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,810Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,820Jacksonville, FL — $49,930Knoxville, TN — $50,230Savannah, GA — $50,300Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,510Fresno, CA — $50,610Richmond, VA — $50,790Wichita, KS — $50,830Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,840Pittsburgh, PA — $51,030Akron, OH — $51,050Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $51,170Johnson City, TN — $51,340Visalia, CA — $51,360Binghamton, NY — $51,530Chattanooga, TN-GA — $51,630Albuquerque, NM — $51,770Montgomery, AL — $51,910York-Hanover, PA — $52,170Stockton-Lodi, CA — $52,290Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $52,470Clarksville, TN-KY — $52,570Charlottesville, VA — $52,600Cleveland, TN — $52,750Portland-South Portland, ME — $52,780Salisbury, MD — $52,950Green Bay, WI — $53,430Dothan, AL — $53,610Waco, TX — $53,660Salinas, CA — $54,220Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $54,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,750Huntsville, AL — $54,790Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $54,960Spartanburg, SC — $55,140Lexington-Fayette, KY — $55,170Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $55,340Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $55,620Altoona, PA — $55,650Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $55,670Birmingham, AL — $55,680Asheville, NC — $55,720Napa, CA — $55,750Greensboro-High Point, NC — $55,800Modesto, CA — $56,250Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,390Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $56,630Oklahoma City, OK — $56,880Jackson, MS — $56,970Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $57,000Rochester, NY — $57,020Canton-Massillon, OH — $57,080San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $57,270Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $57,380Jackson, TN — $57,390Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $57,390Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $57,400Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $57,420Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $57,610Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $57,670Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,670Reno, NV — $57,880Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $57,880Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $58,020Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $58,040Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $58,070Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,090Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $58,140New Haven, CT — $58,420Terre Haute, IN — $58,430Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $58,540Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $58,580Ogden, UT — $58,990Tuscaloosa, AL — $59,060Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,800Toledo, OH — $60,000Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,030Lawrence, KS — $60,230New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,320Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,380Corpus Christi, TX — $60,530Youngstown-Warren, OH — $60,530Odessa, TX — $60,580Madison, WI — $60,720Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,830North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,860Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,870Wilmington, NC — $61,200Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,230Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $61,380Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,560Owensboro, KY — $61,580Bloomington, IN — $61,640Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $61,680Midland, TX — $61,690Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,730Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,740Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $61,760Reading, PA — $61,790Boise City, ID — $61,870Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $62,020Mobile, AL — $62,040Cleveland, OH — $62,080Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,100Colorado Springs, CO — $62,200Columbus, OH — $62,340Vallejo, CA — $62,470Lincoln, NE — $62,640Omaha, NE-IA — $62,700Lynchburg, VA — $62,710Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,820Peoria, IL — $62,830Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $62,990Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,050Kennewick-Richland, WA — $63,300Worcester, MA — $63,480Raleigh-Cary, NC — $63,640Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,790Urban Honolulu, HI — $63,910Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,060Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $64,070Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $64,190Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,410Springfield, MA — $64,480Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $64,500Bowling Green, KY — $64,620Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,740Columbia, SC — $64,740Tulsa, OK — $64,780Decatur, AL — $64,840Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $65,050Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $65,050Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $65,060Syracuse, NY — $65,060Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $65,250Eugene-Springfield, OR — $65,320Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $65,420Tallahassee, FL — $65,430Longview, TX — $65,760Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $65,960Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $66,200Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $66,330Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $66,940Boulder, CO — $66,960San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $67,140Sheboygan, WI — $67,430Columbia, MO — $67,760Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $67,850Winston-Salem, NC — $68,630San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $71,470Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $73,090St. Louis, MO-IL — $73,290Bellingham, WA — $73,380Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $77,220Niles, MI — $77,840Bay City, MI — $78,120Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $79,290Duluth, MN-WI — $80,190New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $80,390Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $80,410Midland, MI — $82,780Evansville, IN — $85,230Lake Charles, LA — $88,780Baton Rouge, LA — $92,120

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

Chemical Technicians: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Baton Rouge, LA$92,120$44.294101.0
Lake Charles, LA$88,780$42.681501.4
Evansville, IN$85,230$40.982201.7
Midland, MI$82,780$39.80501.4
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$80,410$38.66500.3
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$80,390$38.652500.6
Duluth, MN-WI$80,190$38.55600.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$79,290$38.123502.1
Bay City, MI$78,120$37.56802.4
Niles, MI$77,840$37.42400.7
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$77,220$37.13900.4
Bellingham, WA$73,380$35.28600.7
St. Louis, MO-IL$73,290$35.243700.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$73,090$35.14600.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$71,470$34.361,0400.4
Winston-Salem, NC$68,630$32.99900.3
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$67,850$32.621,2400.5
Columbia, MO$67,760$32.58500.5
Sheboygan, WI$67,430$32.421202.0
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$67,140$32.284700.4
Boulder, CO$66,960$32.191500.8
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$66,940$32.181,3700.5
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$66,330$31.891200.6
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$66,200$31.831000.6
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$65,960$31.711100.4
Longview, TX$65,760$31.62400.3
Tallahassee, FL$65,430$31.46400.2
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$65,420$31.45500.4
Eugene-Springfield, OR$65,320$31.41300.2
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$65,250$31.373002.5
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$65,060$31.281000.8
Syracuse, NY$65,060$31.281200.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$65,050$31.282,6200.8
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$65,050$31.273000.3
Decatur, AL$64,840$31.171402.3
Tulsa, OK$64,780$31.141500.3
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$64,740$31.132600.7
Columbia, SC$64,740$31.122500.6
Bowling Green, KY$64,620$31.07400.5
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$64,500$31.013701.1
Springfield, MA$64,480$31.00500.2
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$64,410$30.97400.2
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$64,190$30.86800.8
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$64,070$30.81300.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$64,060$30.803200.7
Urban Honolulu, HI$63,910$30.73400.1
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$63,790$30.672100.1
Raleigh-Cary, NC$63,640$30.602800.4
Worcester, MA$63,480$30.523200.9
Kennewick-Richland, WA$63,300$30.43800.6
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$63,050$30.313300.8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$62,990$30.299500.2
Peoria, IL$62,830$30.21400.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$62,820$30.206300.3
Lynchburg, VA$62,710$30.15500.5
Omaha, NE-IA$62,700$30.151300.3
Lincoln, NE$62,640$30.12400.2
Vallejo, CA$62,470$30.04700.5
Columbus, OH$62,340$29.973900.4
Colorado Springs, CO$62,200$29.91500.1
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$62,100$29.861,1400.3
Cleveland, OH$62,080$29.856700.6
Mobile, AL$62,040$29.831701.0
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,020$29.827300.7
Boise City, ID$61,870$29.75700.2
Reading, PA$61,790$29.711100.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$61,760$29.695500.5
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$61,740$29.68600.2
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$61,730$29.684800.4
Midland, TX$61,690$29.661601.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$61,680$29.662400.3
Bloomington, IN$61,640$29.64901.2
Owensboro, KY$61,580$29.61601.2
Kansas City, MO-KS$61,560$29.592500.2
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$61,380$29.512900.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,230$29.442500.3
Wilmington, NC$61,200$29.421000.5
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$60,870$29.262600.2
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$60,860$29.26300.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,830$29.254200.1
Madison, WI$60,720$29.192700.7
Odessa, TX$60,580$29.131001.2
Corpus Christi, TX$60,530$29.102001.0
Youngstown-Warren, OH$60,530$29.10400.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,380$29.032400.1
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$60,320$29.003,1200.3
Lawrence, KS$60,230$28.96Not publishedNot published
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,030$28.862800.5
Toledo, OH$60,000$28.851100.4
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$59,800$28.755900.4
Tuscaloosa, AL$59,060$28.40400.4
Ogden, UT$58,990$28.36800.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$58,580$28.161300.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$58,540$28.141700.2
Terre Haute, IN$58,430$28.09500.7
New Haven, CT$58,420$28.09600.2
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$58,140$27.95400.1
Cedar Rapids, IA$58,090$27.93600.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$58,070$27.922,3300.4
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$58,040$27.91400.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$58,020$27.892400.2
Reno, NV$57,880$27.834401.6
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$57,880$27.834700.1
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$57,670$27.731201.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57,670$27.72800.3
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$57,610$27.70800.4
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$57,420$27.60500.2
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$57,400$27.59400.2
Jackson, TN$57,390$27.59300.4
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$57,390$27.59400.4
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$57,380$27.59900.5
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$57,270$27.549100.6
Canton-Massillon, OH$57,080$27.44500.3
Rochester, NY$57,020$27.411900.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$57,000$27.40500.1
Jackson, MS$56,970$27.39700.3
Oklahoma City, OK$56,880$27.342600.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$56,630$27.231400.4
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$56,390$27.112000.3
Modesto, CA$56,250$27.051200.6
Greensboro-High Point, NC$55,800$26.832000.6
Napa, CA$55,750$26.80600.8
Asheville, NC$55,720$26.79300.2
Birmingham, AL$55,680$26.771700.3
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$55,670$26.771500.6
Altoona, PA$55,650$26.76300.5
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$55,620$26.744100.2
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$55,340$26.61400.3
Lexington-Fayette, KY$55,170$26.521000.4
Spartanburg, SC$55,140$26.511400.8
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$54,960$26.421500.2
Huntsville, AL$54,790$26.341000.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$54,750$26.325100.2
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$54,710$26.303000.2
Salinas, CA$54,220$26.07300.2
Waco, TX$53,660$25.80800.6
Dothan, AL$53,610$25.78300.6
Green Bay, WI$53,430$25.69500.3
Salisbury, MD$52,950$25.46300.6
Portland-South Portland, ME$52,780$25.38600.2
Cleveland, TN$52,750$25.36401.0
Charlottesville, VA$52,600$25.291501.3
Clarksville, TN-KY$52,570$25.27600.6
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$52,470$25.221100.3
Stockton-Lodi, CA$52,290$25.14700.2
York-Hanover, PA$52,170$25.08700.4
Montgomery, AL$51,910$24.96700.4
Albuquerque, NM$51,770$24.89800.2
Chattanooga, TN-GA$51,630$24.821000.4
Binghamton, NY$51,530$24.78600.6
Visalia, CA$51,360$24.69500.3
Johnson City, TN$51,340$24.68400.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$51,170$24.602800.3
Akron, OH$51,050$24.542400.8
Pittsburgh, PA$51,030$24.535400.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$50,840$24.443900.3
Wichita, KS$50,830$24.44600.2
Richmond, VA$50,790$24.423600.5
Fresno, CA$50,610$24.331200.3
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$50,510$24.28800.5
Savannah, GA$50,300$24.18400.2
Knoxville, TN$50,230$24.151700.4
Jacksonville, FL$49,930$24.011400.2
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$49,820$23.952000.3
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$49,810$23.953000.3
Manchester-Nashua, NH$49,700$23.89600.3
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$49,570$23.83700.4
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$49,460$23.787600.4
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$49,390$23.75900.3
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,230$23.672400.4
Billings, MT$49,100$23.61901.0
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$49,040$23.581400.3
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$48,770$23.453200.4
Casper, WY$48,500$23.32501.2
Ann Arbor, MI$47,880$23.021000.4
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,300$22.74600.4
Gainesville, FL$47,170$22.68400.3
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$46,950$22.57400.3
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$46,410$22.31700.2
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$46,330$22.281100.3
Fort Wayne, IN$46,060$22.15800.3
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$45,750$21.991200.8
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$45,730$21.992100.2
Columbus, IN$45,360$21.81400.8
Mayaguez, PR$45,000$21.63601.2
Amarillo, TX$44,610$21.45300.2
Hattiesburg, MS$43,730$21.02300.5
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$43,330$20.83600.2
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$43,080$20.712900.2
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$37,510$18.037601.1
Auburn-Opelika, AL$37,460$18.01500.7
Ponce, PR$36,030$17.32801.3
College Station-Bryan, TX$34,140$16.41800.6
Columbus, GA-ALNot publishedNot published400.3
Tucson, AZNot publishedNot published1200.3
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OHNot publishedNot published601.7

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.