How much do Chemical Technicians make in Mayaguez, PR?

Percentile spread

For Chemical Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $26,150 and the 90th percentile is $64,640. The difference is $38,490, which is 85.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $32,720 to the 75th at $49,700, covers $16,980.

The mean annual wage is $44,890, which sits below the median of $45,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 25.5% lower than the national median of $60,390 for Chemical Technicians.

It is 20% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $37,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Chemical Technicians. Mayaguez, PR ranks 1st of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $36,030 and employment of 80. That median is 19.9% lower than the median here.
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 77 miles away, with a median of $37,510 and employment of 760. That median is 16.6% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Chemical Technicians accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (60 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (57,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.11 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.