Exactly 440 of Massachusetts' 6,660 chemistry professionals work in Lowell. There has been a 83% growth in the number of chemistry professionals in Lowell between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of chemistry professionals in Lowell has increased, overall employment in Lowell has decreased.

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As the number of chemistry professionals in Lowell has grown, salaries for chemistry professionals have decreased. Lowell chemistry professionals made $70,605 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for chemistry professionals in Lowell was $79,280 per year. The decline in the salary of chemistry professionals in Lowell is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Chemistry professionals in Lowell make a median yearly salary of $70,825. The 10% of chemistry professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $40,240 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $99,545 per year.

On average chemistry professionals in Lowell earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Lowell.

There is only one accredited chemistry school in the city. Many of Lowell's chemistry professionals are graduates of this school.

Lowell's chemistry schools offer 5 chemistry degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 28 students completed chemistry courses.