This page contains key outcome data for the Chemical Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $79,000 (Rank: 7 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $53,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.30% (Rank: 58 of 171)
- Percent Female: 37.5%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 33.8%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 6.0%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 10.9%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 47 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.49 (Rank: 2 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Chemical Engineers: 16.17% (Average Income: $93,000)
- Engineers, : 9.18% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 9.18% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.96% (Average Income: $90,000)
- Civil Engineers: 2.98% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.49%
- Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers: 2.37% (Average Income: $115,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 2.23% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 2.17% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Chemists and Materials Scientists: 1.94% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Materials Engineers: 1.90% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Management Analysts: 1.73% (Average Income: $84,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.63% (Average Income: $90,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.45% (Average Income: $92,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.25% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 1.24% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.23% (Average Income: $90,000)
- Environmental Engineers: 1.12% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 0.99% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 0.98% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 0.95% (Average Income: $40,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 0.95% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 0.89% (Average Income: $100,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.86% (Average Income: $74,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 0.79% (Average Income: $101,000)
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