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Chemical Engineers
Design chemical plant equipment and devise processes for manufacturing chemicals and products, such as gasoline, synthetic rubber, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp, by applying principles and technology of chemistry, physics, and engineering.
What a chemical engineer does
Become a chemical engineer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good chemical engineer
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.
Chemical Engineer job outlook
- There are 580 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 62 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.