Exactly 1,390 of Florida's 7,000 chemistry professionals work in Tampa. Between 2006 and 2010, in Tampa, there has been a 64% growth in the number of chemistry professionals. As the employment for chemistry professionals in Tampa has increased, overall employment in Tampa has also increased.

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As the number of chemistry professionals in Tampa has grown, salaries for chemistry professionals have also increased. In 2010 Tampa chemistry professionals earned an average yearly salary of $46,153. Four years earlier in 2006, chemistry professionals in Tampa made an average salary of $42,543 per year. The growth in the salary of chemistry professionals in Tampa is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Chemistry professionals make a median salary of $43,923 per year in Tampa. The 10% of chemistry professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $31,283 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 116% higher salaries.

Chemistry professional salaries in Tampa are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Tampa's chemistry professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited chemistry schools in the city.

Tampa's chemistry schools offer 4 chemistry degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 69 students completed chemistry courses.