How much does a Chemical Engineer III make in the United States? The average Chemical Engineer III salary in the United States is $116,015 as of February 26, 2024, but the range typically falls between $104,424 and $128,519. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. 

Chemical Engineer III Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Chemical Engineer III Salary $93,870 US February 26, 2024
25th Percentile Chemical Engineer III Salary $104,424 US February 26, 2024
50th Percentile Chemical Engineer III Salary $116,015 US February 26, 2024
75th Percentile Chemical Engineer III Salary $128,519 US February 26, 2024
90th Percentile Chemical Engineer III Salary $139,904 US February 26, 2024
25% $104,424 10% $93,870 90% $139,904 75% $128,519 $116,015 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What skills does a Chemical Engineer III need?

Each competency has five to ten behavioral assertions that can be observed, each with a corresponding performance level (from one to five) that is required for a particular job.

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Consulting: Providing technical or business expertise and advice to internal or external clients.

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Environmental Compliance: Environmental Compliance means conforming to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements such as site permits to operate. In recent years, environmental concerns have led to a significant increase in the number and scope of compliance imperatives across all global regulatory environments. Being closely related, environmental concerns and compliance activities are increasingly being aligned with corporate performance goals and being integrated to some extent to avoid conflicts, wasteful overlaps, and gaps. Compliance with the above requirements and obligations, requires meeting certain conditions. Typically, these include: Managing monitoring programmes or schedules, ensuring that the monitoring required in the permit has been done, at the correct locations, for the correct parameters, and at the correct frequency Pre-processing, performing calculations and validating the data for compliance with any alert or reporting levels Generating routine compliance reports for authorities.

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Design Engineering: Creating a system, component, or process to develop new products and systems.

Consulting 0.06%
Environmental Compliance 0.02%
Design Engineering 0.03%
Others 99.89%

Job Description for Chemical Engineer III

Chemical Engineer III conducts research and development projects involving the study of chemical reactions and material properties to innovate and develop new products or optimize existing products. Designs experiments and builds prototypes and models used to investigate and support the development of improved chemicals, materials, products, and manufacturing processes. Being a Chemical Engineer III compiles and analyzes testing data. Presents research results used to estimate costs, establish performance standards, identify solutions, and facilitate processes. Additionally, Chemical Engineer III maintains lab and plant safety procedures for chemical storage, handling, transport, and disposal. Complies with all safety and environmental regulations. Requires a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. Typically reports to a manager. The Chemical Engineer III work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. To be a Chemical Engineer III typically requires 4 -7 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)... View full job description

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For Chemical Engineer III, the upper level is Chemical Engineer IV and then progresses to Chemical Engineer V.

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Chemical Engineer III salary varies from city to city. Compared with national average salary of Chemical Engineer III, the highest Chemical Engineer III salary is in San Francisco, CA, where the Chemical Engineer III salary is 25.0% above. The lowest Chemical Engineer III salary is in Miami, FL, where the Chemical Engineer III salary is 2.9% lower than national average salary.

City, State Compared to national average
City, State San Francisco, CA Compared to national average
+ 25.0%
City, State Washington, DC Compared to national average
+ 11.3%
City, State Miami, FL Compared to national average
-2.9%
City, State Chicago, IL Compared to national average
+ 5.5%
City, State Boston, MA Compared to national average
+ 12.7%
City, State New York, NY Compared to national average
+ 17.5%
City, State Dallas, TX Compared to national average
-0.7%

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