Text Box: Revised On:  7/14/2008

Text Box: What Can I  Do With a Major in…? Chemistry Text Box: What Can I Do With a Major in…? Chemistry Text Box:              Approximately 100,000 chemists currently work in the U.S.  The majority of these chemists are employed in manufacturing firms-  mostly in the chemical manufacturing industry, which includes firms that produce plastics and synthetic materials, drugs, soaps and cleaners, paints, industrial organic chemicals, and other miscellaneous chemical products.  Chemists also work for State and local governments, primarily in health and agriculture, and for Federal agencies, chiefly in the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture.  Others work for research and testing services, and educational institutions.              The following list is a representative sample of job titles of former graduates with a chemistry major.  Use this as an idea list, and remember that it represents some, but certainly not all, of the careers you might consider. Some of these jobs also require education beyond a bachelors' degree.               

Text Box: OVERVIEW Text Box: Agricultural Scientist Anesthesiologist Assayer Biochemist Brewer Lab Assistant Cepalometric Analyst Chemist Chemical Engineer Chemical Oceanographer Chemistry Professor Chemistry Technologist Clarifying Plant Operator Computer Software Engineer Cooperative Extension Agent Crime Lab Analyst College Professor Color Development Chemist Controls Manager Cytotechnologist Dentist Entomologist Environmental Engineer Environmental Health Specialist EPA Inspector FDA Inspector Fire Protection Engineer Food Scientist Technician Forensic Chemist Genetic Counselor Geochemist High School Teacher Hospital Administrator Hydrologist Industrial/Institutional Buyer Industrial Hygienist Laboratory Head Lawyer Medical Technologist Metallurgist Molecular Biologist Microbiologist Museum Curator Nurse/Nurse Anesthetist Oceanographer Occupational Health Specialist Occupational Safety Specialist Optometrist Patent Agent Perfumer Pharmacist Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Physician Planner Plastics Engineer Product Development Manager Product Tester Psychiatrist Quality Assurance Manager Radiologist Reporter/Writer Risk Manager Science Lab Technician Scientific Photographer Soil Scientist Specification Writer Systems Analyst Tissue Technologist Toxicologist Underwater Technician Vector Control Assistant Veterinarian Wastewater Treatment Chemist Water Purification Chemist Water Scientist Yeast Culture Developer  

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