Chemist Salaries
College graduates receiving chemistry and chemical engineering degrees between July 2006 and June 2007 entered a still strong job market, the best since 2000.
College graduates receiving chemistry and chemical engineering degrees between July 2006 and June 2007 entered a still strong job market, the best since 2000. According to a salary survey conducted by the American Chemical Society, the percentage of 2007 chemistry graduates with full-time jobs increased to 39% for those receiving bachelor's degrees - an increase of 6% from the recent low of 33% for 2003 graduates. The percentages of 2007 master's and Ph.D. graduates with full-time jobs were 52% and 43%, respectively. Starting salaries for 2007 chemistry bachelor's graduates increased 4% from 2006 to a median of $37,500; median starting salaries for master's graduates fell slightly from $50,400 in 2006 to $50,000 in 2007, and for 2007 Ph.D. graduates the median starting salary was $70,000.
Maximizing Cannabinoid Separation for Potency Testing with LC
April 7th 2025Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at Western Illinois University (Macomb, Illinois) conducted a study to optimize the separation of 18 cannabinoids for potency testing of hemp-based products, using liquid chromatography with a diode array detector (LC–DAD). As part of our monthlong series of articles pertaining to National Cannabis Awareness Month, LCGC International spoke to Liguo Song, the corresponding author of the paper stemming from this research, to discuss the study and its findings.
How Many Repetitions Do I Need? Caught Between Sound Statistics and Chromatographic Practice
April 7th 2025In chromatographic analysis, the number of repeated measurements is often limited due to time, cost, and sample availability constraints. It is therefore not uncommon for chromatographers to do a single measurement.
