Chemical Technicians · SOC 19-4031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Chemical Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for chemical technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 193 metro areas

Chemical Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Baton Rouge, LA	$92,120	410	1.0
2	Lake Charles, LA	$88,780	150	1.4
3	Evansville, IN	$85,230	220	1.7
4	Midland, MI	$82,780	50	1.4
5	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$80,410	50	0.3
6	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$80,390	250	0.6
7	Duluth, MN-WI	$80,190	60	0.5
8	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$79,290	350	2.1
9	Bay City, MI	$78,120	80	2.4
10	Niles, MI	$77,840	40	0.7
11	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$77,220	90	0.4
12	Bellingham, WA	$73,380	60	0.7
13	St. Louis, MO-IL	$73,290	370	0.3
14	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$73,090	60	0.5
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$71,470	1,040	0.4
16	Winston-Salem, NC	$68,630	90	0.3
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$67,850	1,240	0.5
18	Columbia, MO	$67,760	50	0.5
19	Sheboygan, WI	$67,430	120	2.0
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$67,140	470	0.4
21	Boulder, CO	$66,960	150	0.8
22	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$66,940	1,370	0.5
23	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$66,330	120	0.6
24	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$66,200	100	0.6
25	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$65,960	110	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Chemical Technicians overview.

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.