Occupational Employment Statistics
19-2031 Chemists
Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge. Excludes “Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers" (19-2042) and "Biochemists and Biophysicists" (19-1021).
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Southwest Minnesota
| 40 | 9 | $34.11/hr | $18.06/hr | $22.88/hr | $28.60/hr | $43.40/hr | $49.84/hr |
| Manufacturing | 410 | $38.01/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 110 | $43.22/hr |
| Professional and Business Services | 700 | $42.46/hr |
| Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
| Other Services | N/A | N/A |
| Public Administration | 50 | $38.87/hr |
- Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
- Prepare test solutions, compounds, or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.
- Direct, coordinate, or advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components or physical properties of materials.
- Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.
- Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.
- Study effects of various methods of processing, preserving, or packaging on composition or properties of foods.
- Conduct quality control tests.
- Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.
- Conduct quality control tests.