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Chemist is a Basic Chemical Manufacturing job with over 18,848 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Chemists are hired by companies in the Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing industry. The average H1B Chemists job lasts 1,011 days.


Jobs Hired
18,848
Hiring Companies
3,615
Hiring Industries
410
Average Salary
$62,831
Approved
86%


What do Chemists do?

Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.

Source: O-NET OnLine



Top Chemists Companies

Company # of Positions Industry Salary
Eastman Chemical Company 25 Basic Chemical Manufacturing $86,754
Cispharma, Inc 25 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $47,342
University Of Washington 24 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $42,389
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 24 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $44,122
University Of California, Los Angeles 24 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $58,906
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 24 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $47,050
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 24 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing $79,632
Washington University In St. Louis 23 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $42,839
University Of Oklahoma 23 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $38,568
Takeda Development Center Americas Inc. 23 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $104,815

Top Chemists Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 2 $61,319
Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 2 $72,384
Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers 2 $75,203
Beverage Manufacturing 2 $67,871
Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing 2 $67,840
Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing 2 $96,179
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 2 $38,823
All Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing 2 $84,251
Aircraft Manufacturing 2 $95,223
Administration of Education Programs 2 $40,198

Chemists Jobs Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

Chemists has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where they hired 1,123 employees. This job peaked in 2022 with 1,900 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,706 in 2023.
Chemists has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $51,503. This job peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $78,163, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.


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All visa, employer, attorney, and salary data was obtained from the OFLC website.
All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.