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Chemical Technicians pay in Auburn-Opelika, AL and Baton Rouge, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Chemical Technicians is $37,460 per year in Auburn-Opelika, AL. It is $92,120 per year in Baton Rouge, LA. Auburn-Opelika, AL is 59.3% below Baton Rouge, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Auburn-Opelika, AL and 410 in Baton Rouge, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings