City of Greensboro / Water Resources / Chemist
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Water Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $72,664, above the department median of $55,120.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, the median wage for Chemists — about 300 people — is $97,690. Water Resources pays a median base salary of $72,664 for this role, 26% below that figure — about the 21st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists across every employer in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Water Resources’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chemists — about 82,770 people — is $91,240. Water Resources’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 29th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Greensboro-High Point, NC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Water Resources is $72,664, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. See Chemist across all of City of Greensboro →
Median total compensation for comparable Chemist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Chemist/Water Resources
Source-specific fields
At Water Resources, Telora Thatch serves as a Chemist. Their 2026 pay totaled $77,295.
Chemist/Water Resources
Source-specific fields
Brittany Bridges is a Chemist at Water Resources. 2026 total compensation came to $68,032.