The process of establishing a new scientific theory is necessarily a grueling one; new theories must survive an adverse gauntlet of skeptics who are experts in their particular area of science; the original theory may then need to be revised to satisfy those objections.
Average Chemical Engineer Hourly Wage in the United States. Chemical Engineers earn a median hourly wage of $46.81. Hourly wages typically start from $28.59 and go up to $75.56. Average Chemical Engineer Yearly Salary in the United States. Chemical Engineers earn a median salary of $97,360 per year. Salaries typically start from $59,470 and go up to $157,160. Learn more about the Chemical Engineer job market for salaries of real jobs in your area.
With regard to chemical engineers, the highest and lowest paying sectors for new graduates are reversed. The government is well behind industry and academia in the median salaries it pays for new chemical engineering graduates. New female chemistry graduates earned a starting median salary - 7.3% less than their male counterparts. Among chemical engineers, new female graduates earned a starting median salary +3.0% higher than their male counterparts. (Table 7)