JOBS IN CHEMISTRY
  • Nearly 800,000 people in the U.S. are directly employed in the chemistry industry.
  • For every job created in the business of chemistry, 5.5 jobs are created in other sectors.
  • Chemistry industry jobs are high paying—the average annual salary of a chemistry industry employee in the U.S. is more than $80,000, which is 46 percent higher than the average U.S. manufacturing wage.
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Supporting Families and Communities Across the Country and Powering Economic Growth that is Keeping America Competitive

Nearly 800,000 Americans rely on jobs in the chemistry industry—earning approximately 46 percent more than the average manufacturing wage. Developing and producing the products of chemistry creates a ripple effect that is responsible for almost five million American jobs and 26 percent of America’s GDP that touches nearly every sector of our economy including agriculture, construction, technology, manufacturing and retail trade.

Learn more about policies that can help American chemistry continue innovating, creating jobs and enhancing safety:

Energy

ACC launches energy advocacy and awareness campaign. Learn More »

Shale Gas

Access to vast new supplies of American natural gas from shale deposits is one of the most exciting domestic energy developments in decades. Learn More »

2012 Global Chemical Regulations Conference

As an industry, we need to work together through events like GlobalChem to ensure that regulatory systems here in the United States and overseas complement rather than contradict each other so that the global business of chemistry can continue to create jobs and meet the world’s most pressing challenges. Learn More »
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