Exactly 340 of the 8,650 chemistry professionals employed in Illinois, work in Peoria. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of chemistry professionals in Peoria has grown by 3%. Overall employment in Peoria has also increased.

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In Peoria, salaries for chemistry professionals have increased. Peoria chemistry professionals made $62,530 per year, on average, in 2010. Chemistry professionals in Peoria made a yearly average salary of $59,810, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of chemistry professionals in Peoria is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Chemistry professionals make a median salary of $60,223 per year in Peoria. The difference in pay between the chemistry professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 101%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $42,873 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $86,030 per year.

On average chemistry professionals in Peoria earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Peoria.

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

Peoria's chemistry schools offer 2 chemistry degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 18 students completed chemistry courses in 2010.