Exactly 140 of the 10,160 chemistry professionals employed in Pennsylvania, work in Scranton. Between 2006 and 2010, in Scranton, there has been a 18% decline in the number of chemistry professionals. As the employment for chemistry professionals in Scranton has decreased, overall employment in Scranton has increased.

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In Scranton, salaries for chemistry professionals have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $37,480 per year was earned by chemistry professionals in Scranton. Chemistry professionals in Scranton made a yearly average salary of $41,145, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of chemistry professionals in Scranton is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Chemistry professionals in Scranton make a median yearly salary of $34,735. The 10% of chemistry professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $28,375 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 80% higher salaries.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 12 students graduated from chemistry courses.