Water purification chemist vs senior research chemist

The differences between water purification chemists and senior research chemists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior research chemist has an average salary of $95,520, which is higher than the $59,798 average annual salary of a water purification chemist.

The top three skills for a water purification chemist include GMP, ms and . The most important skills for a senior research chemist are R, chemistry, and product development.

Water purification chemist vs senior research chemist overview

	Water Purification Chemist	Senior Research Chemist
Yearly salary	$59,798	$95,520
Hourly rate	$28.75	$45.92
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	6,811	55,511
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 79%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	-	-

Water purification chemist vs senior research chemist salary

Water purification chemists and senior research chemists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Water Purification Chemist	Senior Research Chemist
Average salary	$59,798	$95,520
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $87,000	Between $69,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Crunchbase
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between water purification chemist and senior research chemist education

There are a few differences between a water purification chemist and a senior research chemist in terms of educational background:

	Water Purification Chemist	Senior Research Chemist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 79%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Chemistry	Chemistry
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Water purification chemist vs senior research chemist demographics

Here are the differences between water purification chemists' and senior research chemists' demographics:

	Water Purification Chemist	Senior Research Chemist
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 73.2% Female, 26.8%	Male, 79.1% Female, 20.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% Asian, 19.5% White, 63.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 27.5% White, 52.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between water purification chemist and senior research chemist duties and responsibilities

Water purification chemist example responsibilities.

Manage an analytical laboratory, which include SEM-EDS, GC-MS, GPC, FT-IR, ICP-MS, TGA and DSC equipment.
Perform both preparative and analytical high-performance liquid chromatography to purify pharmaceutical peptides in a cGMP environment.
Operate and prepare automated peptide purification system, GC/MS for small molecules and HPLC for peptides.
Learned the process of purifying pharmaceutical products, while also learning to stay within FDA guidelines.
Work in a GMP environment to perform the peptide purification processes through chromatography as well as other various purification techniques.
Take initiative to be cross-train in chemistry methods used by the company to perform additional tests that ensure uninterrupt laboratory operation.

Senior research chemist example responsibilities.

Manage an analytical laboratory, which include SEM-EDS, GC-MS, GPC, FT-IR, ICP-MS, TGA and DSC equipment.
Conduct HPLC analysis of two main products to support equivalency programs.
Establish the fast HPLC column screening system and serve as super user.
Calculate amounts of unknown components of a distillation bottoms mixture using NMR.
Train over twenty plant operators and scientists to use the FTIR system.
Act as leading analyst to provide analytical services to several GMP API productions.

Water purification chemist vs senior research chemist skills

Common water purification chemist skills

GMP, 81%
Ms, 19%

Common senior research chemist skills

R, 16%
Chemistry, 14%
Product Development, 8%
Analytical Laboratory, 6%
Organic Synthesis, 4%
Polymer, 4%

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