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Chemist is a All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing job with over 18,848 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Chemists are hired by companies in the Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers 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
Chempacific Corporation 12 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing $55,495
Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska 12 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $45,647
Biogene Organics, Inc. 12 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing $51,348
Avery Dennison Corporation 12 Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing $65,257
Auburn University 12 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $44,238
Alvogen, Inc. 12 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $91,541
Adh Health Products, Inc. 12 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $68,448
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania 11 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $46,456
The University Of Arizona 11 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $44,698
Teknor Apex Company 11 Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins $71,790

Top Chemists Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers 2 $72,644
Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers 2 $52,905
Support Activities for Mining 2 $88,296
Site Preparation Contractors 2 $56,618
Sign Manufacturing 2 $87,256
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing 2 $91,513
Rubber Product Manufacturing 2 $59,665
Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors 2 $66,976
Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities 2 $47,154
Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 2 $56,347

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.