Compared with the local labor market
Associate Chemist pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Chemists — about 6,750 people — is $85,150. Department of Citywide Administrative Services pays a median base salary of $99,548 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 65th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Citywide Administrative Services sits in the local pay range
$60,980
$76,940
$85,150
$108,700
$144,260
Department of Citywide Administrative Services median · $99,548
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Citywide Administrative Services’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. Department of Citywide Administrative Services’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 56th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$58,460
$69,460
$91,240
$125,550
$160,830
Department of Citywide Administrative Services median · $99,548
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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Citywide Administrative Services is $108,938, 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 departments
This role across New York City
Associate Chemist is held in 3 New York City departments. In Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the median of $108,938 ranks #1 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Associate Chemist role in other New York Citydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.