Maine / Chemist
Role across Maine
Chemist
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
62 people hold the Chemist role across 4 departments in Maine, with a median total compensation of $51,866. Among 16 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Maine ranks #14 by median pay.
- Employees
- 62
- Median pay
- $51,866
- Departments
- 4
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #14 of 16
Compared with the local labor market
Chemist pay vs. Maine
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Chemists — about 140 people — is $64,440. Maine pays a median base salary of $56,807 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 28th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Maine sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chemists across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Maine’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. Maine’s median base salary is 38% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 41 of 62 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 Maine is $51,866, 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
Chemist pay in other jurisdictions
Where Chemists are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Chemist roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Maine
Departments with this role
Largest Maine departments for this role
Departments in Maine employing the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.