Baton Rouge is the place to be for chemical engineers, as the city ranks top 10 in ValuePenguin’s report on the “Best Cities for Chemical Engineers” to work.
The report ranked U.S. cities based on salary, cost of living and concentration of chemical engineers in the city as a proportion of all occupations relative to the national average.
Baton Rouge ranks third, with a median salary of $108,240, 1,340 chemical engineer jobs, with a score of 93 for cost of living, which was based on data sourced from Sperling’s Best Places cost of living calculator.
New Orleans ranked 20th, with a median salary of $94,480 and 250 jobs for chemical engineers.
Baton Rouge had the highest location quotient, which can be inferred to mean a relatively high demand for chemical engineering services, according to ValuePenguin, a group that analyzes and produces research, reviews and data on a variety of topics.
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