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Chemist is a Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing job with over 18,848 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Chemists are hired by companies in the Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 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
Momentive Performance Materials Usa Llc 14 Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing $84,610
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 14 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing $93,518
Kashiv Biosciences Llc 14 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $66,973
Exela Pharma Sciences, Llc 14 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $60,914
Entegris, Inc. 14 Plastics Product Manufacturing $74,318
Curia Global, Inc. (formerly Albany Molecular Research, Inc.) 14 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) $79,187
Aurex Laboratories Llc 14 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $63,456
Asinex Corporation 14 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $51,962
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 14 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $48,211
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. 14 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) $71,445

Top Chemists Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 4 $107,837
All Other Food Manufacturing 4 $76,997
Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing 4 $60,918
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills 3 $62,421
Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing 3 $74,200
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing 3 $56,999
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 3 $60,604
Professional Employer Organizations 3 $63,919
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction 3 $45,358
Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing 3 $77,494

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 NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.