Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA · SOC 19-2031

Chemists in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro

Compiled by WageDex

Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)

Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.

Median Salary

$108,010

per year in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard metro

+18% above

National Median

$91,240

per year nationally

Hourly Rate

$51.93/hr

median hourly

Employment

jobs in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard metro

The Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard pay distribution spans from $68,680 at the 10th percentile to $150,030 at the 90th, a 2.2× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $82,500 and the 75th at $129,480, so half of Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard-based chemists earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide WA estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.

Salary Range in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Metro

Annual Salary Distribution

10th$68,680

25th$82,500

Median$108,010

75th$129,480

90th$150,030

Top Paying Jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard

1. Chief Executives Small sample $268,090 2. Physicians, All Other $247,290 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers $177,960 4. Dentists, General $171,320 5. Computer Network Architects Small sample $168,720 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $168,540 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers $167,960 8. Human Resources Managers Small sample $165,790 9. Sales Managers $163,420 10. Financial Managers $161,800

Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.