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Chemical Technicians · SOC 19-4031

Chemical Technicians Salary in the Winston-Salem Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Winston-Salem, NC metro area

Figures describe the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Winston-Salem city limits.

Median annual wage$68,630
Median hourly wage$32.99

Chemical Technicians in the Winston-Salem, NC metro area earned a median of $68,630 per year ($32.99 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,620 at the 10th percentile to $80,870 at the 90th. BLS estimates 90 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Chemical Technicians in the Winston-Salem metro area earn more than $68,630 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,840 and $78,940.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$41,620$47,840$68,630$78,940$80,870
Hourly$20.01$23.00$32.99$37.95$38.88

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Winston-Salem metro areathis metro area
    $68,630
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $59,030
  • United Statesnational
    $60,390

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +16% vs North Carolina overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$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.

The Winston-Salem metro area has the 16th-highest published median for this occupation among the 193 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for chemical technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Winston-Salem metro areathis page
    $68,630
  • Durham metro area
    $64,500
  • Raleigh metro area
    $63,640
  • Charlotte metro area
    $61,730
  • Wilmington metro area
    $61,200
  • Greensboro metro area
    $55,800
  • Asheville metro area
    $55,720

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$80,280Chemists$98,090Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$67,030Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$79,600Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$55,810Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$65,730

Highest-paying metro areas for chemical technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Winston-Salem Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.