Chemist jobs
Chemist: a person in this job makes and analyses chemical compounds and materials, in a lab or on a computer. Anyone Ai, Elevate, Praxis Precision Medicines, Lila Sciences and Flagship Pioneering, Inc. have the most open roles with “Chemist” or a close variant in the title right now.
148 open roles · 6 posted in the last 7 days · 25% remote · 63 companies hiring · $171K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages
| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| under $75K | 2 |
| $75K to $100K | 6 |
| $100K to $125K | 9 |
| $125K to $150K | 9 |
| $150K to $175K | 18 |
| $175K to $200K | 13 |
| $200K to $250K | 16 |
| $250K to $300K | 5 |
| $300K and more | 1 |
Skills asked for in chemist roles
Bars show the share of these 148 roles; one role can count in several rows.
Newest chemist jobs
- Scientist / Senior Scientist, Medicinal ChemistryIntegrated Biosciences, Inc. · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$120K - $170KSenior
- Analyst II, Analytical DevelopmentReplimune · Milton Park · +2 more locations—
- Analytical Lab ChemistMarianaminerals · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ · +1 more location$110K - $130K
- Analytical ChemistAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸McHenry, Mississippi, United States$76K - $101KComputer VisionSecurity clearanceSensor fusion
- Computational ChemistEdison Scientific · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $250KPython
- Scientist II, Analytical DevelopmentVaxcyte · 🇺🇸San Carlos, California, United States · +1 more location$151K - $176KHazmatGMPRoot cause analysis
- Chemistry TeacherElevate · 🇨🇳Shanghai, Shanghai, China · +10 more locations—Bilingual
- Scientist I, Chemistry (Contract)Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA—Microsoft WordIntellectual propertyMicrosoft Office
- Associate Scientist I, BiochemistryPliant Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$125K - $138KJuniorPythonRStorage systems
- Associate Director, Analytical Development - BiologicsMirum Pharmaceuticals · Foster City$190K - $210KLead and abovePRDsInventory managementGMP
- Head of ChemistryPhysicsX · 🇺🇸New York · +1 more location$200K - $300KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Research Associate – Expression (Biochemistry)Merge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Senior Scientist, LNP FormulationsFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$126K - $182KSenior
- Associate Director/Director Process ChemistryBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$177K - $205KRemoteLead and above
- Senior Director, Analytical DevelopmentLoyal · 🇺🇸Remote - US$230K - $280KRemoteLead and above
- Production Chemist, CGMP ManufacturingHims & Hers · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, California$35 - $40 an hourGMP
- Research Associate I, Analytical ChemistryProlific Machines · 🇺🇸Emeryville, California$75K - $102K
- Scientist I, Biochemistry & Lead DiscoveryFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$100K - $126KLead and above
- Sr. Analytical ChemistSolcoa · 🇺🇸Alameda, California$120K - $175KSeniorPython
- Organic Chemistry & Chemical Threat Subject Matter Expert (SME)10a Labs · Remote—RemoteLLMLLM evaluationPenetration testing
- Senior / Principal Scientist, Medicinal ChemistryAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA;San Diego, CA$175K - $224KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Chemistry ExpertAnyone Ai · Fully Remote$80 - $150 an hourRemote
- Instructor, Chemistry - Tenure Track - Fall 2027NSHE · CSN - Charleston Campus; CSN - North Las Vegas Campus; CS…$58K - $74KWorkdayInstructional designLMS
- Research Leader (Formulation Sciences), LondonIsomorphic Labs · 🇬🇧London—Machine LearningGenerative AIRegulatory compliance
- Computational Chemist - Machine Learned Force Fields, Material DiscoverySandboxaq · 🇺🇸United States$134K - $252KRemotePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Data Science Fellow — Organoid BiochemistryAxle · 🇺🇸Bethesda, MD$90K - $100KPythonMATLAB
- Senior Director, LNP Formulation & Process DevelopmentFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$213K - $280KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Director/Senior Director, Computational ChemistryFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$176K - $294KLead and above
- R&D Formulation Scientist Intern - 6 Month InternshipProse · 🇫🇷Paris—HybridInternAgile
- Analytical Systems Specialist / Applications ChemistMarianaminerals · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$85K - $100K
- Director, Analytical Development and Quality ControlKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸US-Remote$192K - $235KRemoteLead and aboveRegulatory complianceGMPRisk management
- Senior Scientist, BiochemistryQuantum-Si · 🇺🇸Branford, CT$135K - $165KSenior
- Intern, FFBA Analytical DevelopmentLegend Biotech US · 🇺🇸Somerset, New Jersey, United States · +1 more location—InternPower BI
- Staff Scientist, Protein Chemistry & Library PrepNautilus Biotechnology · San Carlos$164K - $221KLead and aboveGo
- Senior Research Associate/Associate Scientist, Analytical Development (Contractor)Asimov · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$40 - $55 an hourSenior
- Scientist I/II, Adsorbent ChemistryAlta Resource Technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸Boulder, Colorado$100K - $125K
- Director, Medicinal Chemistry SynthesisParabilis Medicines · Cambridge$200K - $240KLead and above
- Synthetic ChemistInductive Bio · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$210K - $250KHybrid
- Principal Scientist, Analytical DevelopmentPraxis Precision Medicines · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$170K - $190KRemoteLead and aboveAgileSuccessFactorsRegulatory compliance
- Quantum Scientist — Materials & ChemistryQuEra Computing, Inc. · 🇺🇸Boston, MA, USA$130K - $212K
- Principal Scientist, Process ChemistryPraxis Precision Medicines · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$165K - $185KRemoteLead and aboveAgileSuccessFactorsRegulatory compliance
- Principal Scientist, Formulation DevelopmentPraxis Precision Medicines · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$170K - $190KRemoteLead and aboveAgileSuccessFactorsClinical trials
- Senior Director, Head of Analytical DevelopmentPraxis Precision Medicines · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$250K - $275KRemoteLead and aboveAgileSuccessFactorsRegulatory compliance
- Scientist, Small Molecule Chemist - Plant Biology InstituteEllison Institute of Technology · 🇬🇧Oxford, England, United Kingdom—PE license
- Senior Scientist, Bioanalytical SciencesFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$126K - $182KSeniorRuby
- Full Time Virtual Teacher, Chemistry (NM)Edmentum · 🇺🇸United States$45K - $50K
- Scientist / Senior Scientist, tLNP Formulation and DeliveryBasecamp Research · 🇺🇸Boston$110K - $165KSenior
- Senior / Principal Chemist, AI SafetyLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$268K - $384KLead and aboveAI
- Sr Associate Scientist I or II, Medicinal ChemistryIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$84K - $120KSeniorMachine LearningIAM
- Principal Scientist, Medicinal ChemistryIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$152K - $190KLead and aboveIAM
- Faculty, ChemistryAustin Community College District · 🇺🇸Austin Community College$71K - $97KWorkdayLMSStatistics
- Chemistry Teacher (Part-Time)Davischicago · 🇺🇸Chicago—Board certificationInstructional design
- Formulation Science Internship - Summer 2027Varda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States—InternPythonMATLAB
- Senior Director, Analytical SciencesMineralys Therapeutics · 🇺🇸US Remote$215K - $240KRemoteLead and aboveRegulatory complianceGMP
- Materials Scientist - Photopolymer DevelopmentFormlabs · 🇺🇸Boston, MA · +1 more location$75K - $142KPythonAirflowMATLAB
- Director, Formulation DevelopmentTarsus Pharmaceuticals · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$188K - $264KLead and aboveRegulatory complianceLean manufacturingSix Sigma
- Sr. Associate Scientist I / II – High Throughput ChemistryIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$88K - $128KSeniorIAM
- Senior Scientist, Analytical DevelopmentAsimov · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$145K - $165KSenior
- Science (Chemistry) TeacherElevate · 🇨🇳Nanjing, Jiangsu, China—Instructional design
- Scientist I, Analytical DevelopmentReplimune · Milton Park—
- Director of Chemistry, Manufacturing and ControlsOklo · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas$170K - $250KLead and above
- Senior Scientist, Analytical Development and Quality ControlKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts$143K - $175KSeniorRegulatory complianceGMP
- Scientist / Senior Scientist, Membrane BiochemistryAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$136K - $175KSenior
- Senior Process Development ChemistVoyager Technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸Pueblo, CO; Penrose, CO$105K - $165KSenior
- Senior / Principal Scientist, Formulation and Drug Product DevelopmentImmunome, Inc. · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$156K - $190KLead and aboveRegulatory compliance
- Analytical Scientist IProlific Machines · 🇺🇸Emeryville, California$120K - $140K
- Future Opportunities - Real Chemistry MediaReal Chemistry · 🇺🇸United States—Performance marketingPaid socialPPC
- Alevel CAIE Chemistry Teacher 化学老师Elevate · 🇨🇳Suzhou, Jiangsu, China—EnglishBilingual
- Manager/Sr. Manager, Analytical DevelopmentBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸San Francisco - 1800 Owens$153K - $185KSenior
- Oracle Cloud EPM Senior Federal Budget Formulation & Forecasting Consultanti360technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸Oklahoma City, OK—Senior
- Sr. Oracle Cloud EPM Planning | Federal Budget Formulation Consultant.i360technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸oklahoma city, ok—Senior
- Principal Scientist, Analytical Development and QC, Small MoleculeImmunome, Inc. · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$170K - $196KLead and aboveRegulatory complianceGMPRoot cause analysis
- Computational Chemist - GPU AccelerationPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$106K - $178KPythonC++CUDA
- Computational Synthetic ChemistGinkgo Bioworks · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts$115K - $165KGoPythonPandas
- Staff Mission Formulation Lead- EO/IRMuon Space · Northern VA$187K - $223KLead and abovePythonMATLABSecurity clearance
- 生化组长 Head of Chemistry & BiologyElevate · 🇨🇳Ningbo, Zhejiang, China—Lead and aboveEnglishMandarinBilingual
- Staff Mission Formulation Lead - RF/CommsMuon Space · Remote$159K - $223KRemoteLead and abovePythonMATLABSecurity clearance
- Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry DesignParabilis Medicines · Cambridge$240K - $295KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Materials Scientist, Polymers1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$200K - $248KStatistics
- Bilingual Chemistry Teacher 双语化学老师Elevate · 🇨🇳Chongqing, Chongqing, China · +3 more locations—EnglishMandarinBilingual
- Chemistry Teacher 双语化学老师Elevate · 🇨🇳Qingdao, Shandong, China—EnglishBilingual
- Biologics Formulation Research Internship - Spring 2027Varda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States—InternPythonMATLAB
- Chemistry Expert (UK)Anyone Ai · 🇬🇧United Kingdom$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Turkey)Anyone Ai · 🇵🇱Poland$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Sweden)Anyone Ai · 🇸🇪Sweden$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Spain)Anyone Ai · 🇫🇷France$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Romania)Anyone Ai · 🇵🇱Poland$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Portugal)Anyone Ai · 🇵🇹Portugal$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Poland)Anyone Ai · 🇵🇱Poland$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Netherlands)Anyone Ai · 🇳🇱Netherlands$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Italy)Anyone Ai · 🇮🇹Italy$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Germany)Anyone Ai · 🇩🇪Germany$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (France)Anyone Ai · 🇫🇷France$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Finland)Anyone Ai · 🇫🇮Finland$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Remote - Europe/LATAM)Anyone Ai · Fully Remote$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Egypt)Anyone Ai · 🇵🇱Poland$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Denmark)Anyone Ai · 🇩🇰Denmark$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Czech Republic)Anyone Ai · 🇵🇱Poland$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Peru)Anyone Ai · Peru - Fully Remote$40 an hourRemotePython
- Chemistry Expert (Mexico)Anyone Ai · 🇲🇽Mexico - Fully Remote$40 an hourRemotePython
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Who is hiring for chemist roles
Where chemist roles are
- 🇺🇸United States85
- 🇺🇸California32
- 🇪🇺Europe22
- 🌏Asia-Pacific22
- 🇨🇳China22
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA20
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area14
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA7
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom6
- 🇵🇱Poland5
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What chemist roles pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $120K | 25 |
| Senior | $150K | 17 |
| Lead and above | $202K | 36 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Kinds of work close to this one
Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.
Companies hiring chemists
Chemist salaryQuestions about chemist jobs
- What is a chemist job?
- In a chemist job, a person makes and analyses chemical compounds and materials, in a lab or on a computer. 148 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
- How many chemist jobs are open right now?
- There are 148 open chemist jobs at 63 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 6 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most chemist jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at Anyone Ai (23), Elevate (21), Praxis Precision Medicines (6), Lila Sciences (6) and Flagship Pioneering, Inc. (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote chemist jobs?
- 37 of the 148 open chemist jobs (25%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do chemist jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $171K, based on 79 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $135K and $205K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get a chemist job?
- 7 of the 148 open chemist jobs (5%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 62 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 63 companies are hiring and 6 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing chemist jobs?
- 19 of the 148 open chemist jobs (13%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, LLM, Computer Vision. Employers still list 148 such roles today at 63 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do chemist jobs ask for?
- Most often Python (26%), GMP (11%), Regulatory compliance (11%), Bilingual (11%), Machine Learning (9%) of the 148 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in chemist jobs?
- Chemistry Expert (21), Chemistry Teacher (12), Senior Scientist (7), Principal Scientist (6), Senior Director (5): the most common titles among the 148 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are chemist jobs in demand in 2026?
- 148 chemist jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 63 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 6 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $171K. 37 (25%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for chemist jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.








