Chemical Engineers

What do Chemical Engineers do?

Design chemical plant equipment and devise processes for manufacturing chemicals and products, such as gasoline, synthetic rubber, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp, by applying principles and technology of chemistry, physics, and engineering.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 17-2041)

What our data shows for Chemical Engineers

RoleHue publishes 11 salary records for Chemical Engineers, across a single city. Weighted by how many records each city contributes, the band runs from $124,413 at the 25th percentile to $173,594 at the 75th, a spread of $49,181 around $135,000. Each of those three figures averages the city-level percentiles rather than ranking the pooled records, and weights each city by how many records it holds, so the cities we hold most data for pull them hardest. Measured against that $135,000 figure rather than in dollars (36% of it), that spread is wider than 66% of the roles we cover.

Every one of those records comes from Houston, TX, so nothing on this page should be read as a national figure. It is one metro's picture, and it will change shape as other cities reach the ten-record threshold we require before publishing a number.

Salary Overview

Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 11 data points.

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