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Table of Contents

1.	Significant Points

2.	Nature of the Work

3.	Working Conditions

4.	Employment

5.	Training & Qualifications

6.	Job Outlook

7.	Earnings

8.	Additional Sources of Information

Chemists and Materials Scientists

Earnings

The median annual wage for chemists was $71,260 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $41,110, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $125,450.

The median annual wage for materials scientists was $91,000 in May 2015. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $47,740, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $149,310.

In May 2015, the median annual wages for chemists in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Federal government, excluding postal service	$104,660
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences	83,140
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	69,920
Basic chemical manufacturing	68,700
Testing laboratories	56,080

In May 2015, the median annual wages for materials scientists in the top industries in which they worked scientists were as follows:

Computer and electronic product manufacturing	$107,960
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences	94,660
Basic chemical manufacturing	93,040
Architectural, engineering, and related services	80,730
Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private	51,020

Chemists and materials scientists typically work full time and keep regular hours.

Chemists and Materials Scientists

Median annual wages, May 2015

Materials scientists: $91,000
Physical scientists: $76,140
Chemists and materials scientists: $72,610
Chemists: $71,260
Total, all occupations: $36,200

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