Chemists Salary in Charlottesville, VA

Chemists pay range in Charlottesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $53,310 a year or less, while the top 10% make $167,560 or more. The middle half of chemists in Charlottesville earn between $67,670 and $131,470.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Chemists salary after taxes in Charlottesville

On the average salary of $100,090, a single filer in Charlottesville takes home about $74,302 a year, or $6,192 a month and $2,858 every two weeks. Taxes take 26% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Charlottesville a good place for chemists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Charlottesville area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 99.1), so the average $100,090 buys what about $100,952 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Charlottesville ($55,180). A typical home costs $473,058, or 4.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chemists salary in other Virginia cities

Charlottesville ranks 2nd of 6 Virginia metro areas for this job; Blacksburg pays the most ($102,100).

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Highest-paying cities for chemists

Washington, DC pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($144,550).

Chemists salary by city

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