City of Las Vegas / Public Works - Environmental / Chemist
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
11 employees hold this title in Public Works - Environmental. Median total compensation for the role is $119,753, below the department median of $128,989.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Chemists — about 160 people — is $81,170. Public Works - Environmental pays a median base salary of $71,088 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists across every employer in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works - Environmental’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. Public Works - Environmental’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 27th 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 9 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works - Environmental is $119,753, 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. In City of Las Vegas, the median of $119,753 ranks #3 of 16. See Chemist across all of City of Las Vegas →
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.
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Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Wendy Ellis is a Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. 2023 total compensation came to $177,733.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Guang Yang is a Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $154,323.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Saisuda Saedan works as a Chemist for Public Works - Environmental within Cea. Saisuda earned $152,619 in 2025.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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At Public Works - Environmental, Bruce Dacko serves as a Chemist within Cea. Their 2019 pay totaled $124,301.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Kyle Anders holds the role of Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. In 2023, their total compensation was $122,882.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Mary Ignacio holds the role of Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. In 2025, their total compensation was $119,753.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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At Public Works - Environmental, Tam Quy serves as a Chemist within Cea. Their 2025 pay totaled $108,397.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Omar Elshaal works as a Chemist for Public Works - Environmental within Cea. Omar earned $99,183 in 2025.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Nalleli Herrera holds the role of Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. In 2018, their total compensation was $95,639.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Jasmine Trinh is a Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. 2024 total compensation came to $11,325.
Chemist/Public Works - Environmental
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Stephanie Johnson is a Chemist at Public Works - Environmental within Cea. 2025 total compensation came to $514.