Exactly 2,540 of the 22,090 chemistry professionals employed in California, work in Berkeley. There has been a 19% growth in the number of chemistry professionals in Berkeley between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of chemistry professionals in Berkeley has increased, overall employment in Berkeley has also increased.

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As the number of chemistry professionals in Berkeley has grown, salaries for chemistry professionals have also increased. In 2010 Berkeley chemistry professionals earned an average yearly salary of $57,228. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for chemistry professionals in Berkeley was $51,033 per year. The growth in the salary of chemistry professionals in Berkeley is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Berkeley chemistry professionals earn a median yearly salary of $54,482. The 10% of chemistry professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $36,712 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 124% higher salaries.

Berkeley chemistry professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Berkeley's chemistry professionals are graduates of the only accredited chemistry school in the city.

Berkeley's chemistry schools offer 3 chemistry degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 198 students graduated from chemistry courses.