According to the American Chemistry Council, chemistry directly generated 868,700 American jobs in 2006. Employment sectors with the greatest number of chemistry employees were:

1. Industry (including chemical and pharmaceutical companies)
2. Academic institutions
3. Government laboratories.

Agriculture, manufacturing, real estate, educational services, retail trade and healthcare contributed another five million jobs to the U.S. economy through their dependence on chemistry products.

A 2005 survey by Chemical Processing magazine says that high salaries are not the only reason chemists are satisfied being chemists. The top reason (44 percent) employees cited when queried on job satisfaction was "a challenging workload."

Chemists discovered the tuberculosis vaccine, developed the iPod and the iPhone and helped the hybrid automobile become a reality.

For more about jobs for chemists, visit: http://www.chemjobs.net/chemjobs.html or contact the LaGrange College Career Center at (706) 880-8177.