Chemists Salary — Houston, Texas

The average Chemists in Houston, Texas earns $118,290 a year.

$118,290 / year, mean
↑ 16.2% above national average 92th percentile in Texas

Houston sits at the very top of the range for this role in Texas — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for chemists. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,430
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.3%
Cost of living 99 #69 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $308,306 #99 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,458 #49 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Houston ranks #69 for cost of living and #99 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Bay City $139,910 Lexington Park $132,480 San Francisco $130,870 Midland $129,190 Crestview $123,880 Albany $122,210 Baltimore $121,890 San Jose $121,350 Midland $120,450 Houston $118,290 Palm Bay $118,150 Peoria $116,760 Atlantic City $111,320 Evansville $111,000 Longview $107,820 Eugene $107,360 Bremerton $106,460 Beaumont $106,180 Olympia $105,790 Bakersfield $105,620 Salinas $104,930 Scranton $104,540 Pensacola $104,450 Kalamazoo $103,630 Philadelphia $103,090 Portland $103,080 Seattle $102,470 Blacksburg $102,100 State College $101,480 San Diego $101,250 Corpus Christi $100,890 Detroit $100,840 Bend $100,790 Napa $100,740 Chicago $100,450 Santa Rosa $100,440 Charlottesville $100,090 Muskegon $99,940 San Antonio $99,720 Trenton $99,340 Los Angeles $99,150 Gainesville $98,440 Corvallis $98,260 Rochester $97,950 New York $97,940 Santa Cruz $97,460 York $96,910 Syracuse $96,580 Richmond $96,510 Sarasota $95,660 Santa Maria $95,140 Deltona $95,130 Allentown $94,850 Jacksonville $94,770 Sacramento $94,510 Dallas $94,390 Buffalo $94,240 Reading $94,050 Ithaca $93,780 Kiryas Joel $93,700 Lakeland $93,460 Riverside $92,540 Vallejo $92,020 Oxnard $91,840 San Luis Obispo $91,820 Miami $91,370 Stockton $91,350 Bowling Green $90,450 Hagerstown $90,020 Morgantown $89,880 Louisville $89,860 Roanoke $89,840 Grand Rapids $89,540 Visalia $89,540 Charleston $88,900 Virginia Beach $88,810 Austin $88,660 Indianapolis $88,560 Elkhart $88,160 Modesto $87,650 Springfield $86,300 Pittsburgh $86,060 Spokane $85,730 Mount Vernon $85,560 Dover $85,320 Terre Haute $85,010 Bellingham $83,870 Fort Wayne $82,980 Ann Arbor $82,970 El Paso $82,940 Bloomington $82,810 Tampa $80,810 Orlando $80,540 South Bend $80,280 Huntington $80,200 Champaign $80,050 Fresno $79,770 Yakima $79,530 Lubbock $78,820 College Station $77,880 Harrisburg $77,740 Lexington $74,890 Lynchburg $74,510 Lafayette $73,960 Waco $69,780 Lansing $69,470 Tallahassee $61,430 Johnstown $61,200
CityMean salaryvs. Houston
Albany, New York$122,210+3.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$94,850-19.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$82,970-29.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$111,320-5.9%
Austin, Texas$88,660-25.0%
Bakersfield, California$105,620-10.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$121,890+3.0%
Bay City, Michigan$139,910+18.3%
Beaumont, Texas$106,180-10.2%
Bellingham, Washington$83,870-29.1%
Bend, Oregon$100,790-14.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$102,100-13.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$82,810-30.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$90,450-23.5%
Bremerton, Washington$106,460-10.0%
Buffalo, New York$94,240-20.3%
Champaign, Illinois$80,050-32.3%
Charleston, West Virginia$88,900-24.8%
Charlottesville, Virginia$100,090-15.4%
Chicago, Illinois$100,450-15.1%
College Station, Texas$77,880-34.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$100,890-14.7%
Corvallis, Oregon$98,260-16.9%
Crestview, Florida$123,880+4.7%
Dallas, Texas$94,390-20.2%
Deltona, Florida$95,130-19.6%
Detroit, Michigan$100,840-14.8%
Dover, Delaware$85,320-27.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$88,160-25.5%
El Paso, Texas$82,940-29.9%
Eugene, Oregon$107,360-9.2%
Evansville, Indiana$111,000-6.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$82,980-29.9%
Fresno, California$79,770-32.6%
Gainesville, Florida$98,440-16.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$89,540-24.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$90,020-23.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$77,740-34.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$80,200-32.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$88,560-25.1%
Ithaca, New York$93,780-20.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$94,770-19.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$61,200-48.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$103,630-12.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$93,700-20.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$73,960-37.5%
Lakeland, Florida$93,460-21.0%
Lansing, Michigan$69,470-41.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$74,890-36.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$132,480+12.0%
Longview, Texas$107,820-8.9%
Los Angeles, California$99,150-16.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$89,860-24.0%
Lubbock, Texas$78,820-33.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$74,510-37.0%
Miami, Florida$91,370-22.8%
Midland, Michigan$120,450+1.8%
Midland, Texas$129,190+9.2%
Modesto, California$87,650-25.9%
Morgantown, West Virginia$89,880-24.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$85,560-27.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$99,940-15.5%
Napa, California$100,740-14.8%
New York, New York$97,940-17.2%
Sarasota, Florida$95,660-19.1%
Olympia, Washington$105,790-10.6%
Orlando, Florida$80,540-31.9%
Oxnard, California$91,840-22.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$118,150-0.1%
Pensacola, Florida$104,450-11.7%
Peoria, Illinois$116,760-1.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$103,090-12.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$86,060-27.2%
Portland, Oregon$103,080-12.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$94,050-20.5%
Richmond, Virginia$96,510-18.4%
Riverside, California$92,540-21.8%
Roanoke, Virginia$89,840-24.1%
Rochester, New York$97,950-17.2%
Sacramento, California$94,510-20.1%
Salinas, California$104,930-11.3%
San Antonio, Texas$99,720-15.7%
San Diego, California$101,250-14.4%
San Francisco, California$130,870+10.6%
San Jose, California$121,350+2.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$91,820-22.4%
Santa Cruz, California$97,460-17.6%
Santa Maria, California$95,140-19.6%
Santa Rosa, California$100,440-15.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$104,540-11.6%
Seattle, Washington$102,470-13.4%
South Bend, Indiana$80,280-32.1%
Spokane, Washington$85,730-27.5%
Springfield, Illinois$86,300-27.0%
State College, Pennsylvania$101,480-14.2%
Stockton, California$91,350-22.8%
Syracuse, New York$96,580-18.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$61,430-48.1%
Tampa, Florida$80,810-31.7%
Terre Haute, Indiana$85,010-28.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$99,340-16.0%
Vallejo, California$92,020-22.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$88,810-24.9%
Visalia, California$89,540-24.3%
Waco, Texas$69,780-41.0%
Yakima, Washington$79,530-32.8%
York, Pennsylvania$96,910-18.1%
Gross salary
118,290/yr
Estimated take-home
92,047/yr
Est. total withheld
22.2%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 19-2031 SOC code
Official area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
PasadenaThe Woodlands
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Texas

Population (metro area)
7,274,714