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Chemical Technicians

SOC 19-4031

Run the tests and equipment that support chemists and engineers.

The job
Median pay
$60k
$49k to $76k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+4.9% projected
Openings a year
8k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
10/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
48th pct
More exposed than 48% of occupations · modeled estimate · 48th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California6,8000.41.0×$60k
Texas6,0900.41.2×$63k
Ohio3,1200.61.5×$60k
New Jersey2,7300.61.7×$59k
Pennsylvania2,7100.41.2×$59k
North Carolina2,6600.51.4×$59k
Michigan2,2200.51.4×$58k
New York2,2000.20.6×$61k
South Carolina2,0800.92.4×$75k
Indiana1,9900.61.7×$59k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Florida1,8400.20.5×$54k
Massachusetts1,7800.51.3×$68k
Tennessee1,4700.41.2×$55k
Virginia1,3700.30.9×$52k
Illinois1,3200.20.6×$62k
Alabama1,1900.61.5×$58k
Colorado1,1800.41.1×$64k
Wisconsin1,0900.41.0×$59k
Nevada1,0500.71.8×$62k
Louisiana9600.51.3×$86k
Minnesota8700.30.8×$62k
Georgia8500.20.5×$58k
Washington7300.20.6×$62k
Missouri7200.20.7×$69k
Kentucky7000.30.9×$61k
Oklahoma6100.41.0×$60k
Maryland5900.20.6×$49k
Utah5800.30.9×$49k
Delaware5401.13.0×$79k
Connecticut5100.30.8×$57k
Arkansas5000.41.0×$45k
Mississippi4800.41.1×$55k
Iowa4400.30.8×$58k
Arizona3900.10.3×$66k
Kansas3700.30.7×$62k
Oregon3400.20.5×$58k
Nebraska2800.30.7×$63k
New Mexico2500.30.8×$55k
Montana2400.51.3×$53k
West Virginia2300.30.9×$59k
Wyoming2300.82.2×$56k
New Hampshire2200.30.9×$49k
Rhode Island1900.41.0×$62k
Idaho1700.20.5×$55k
North Dakota1500.30.9×$58k
Vermont1500.51.3×$66k
Alaska1000.30.8×$79k
Maine1000.20.4×$49k
South Dakota900.20.5×$49k
Hawaii400.10.2×$64k
Washington DC300.00.1×$57k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,120 jobs · $60k median
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,620 jobs · $65k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,330 jobs · $58k median
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,370 jobs · $67k median
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,240 jobs · $68k median
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,140 jobs · $62k median
  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,040 jobs · $71k median
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX950 jobs · $63k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.