The college major that I am interested in most likely pursuing is chemical engineering. Three career options that are common for people with this major are a petrochemical engineer, a forensic scientist, or a biochemist.
Petrochemical Engineer:
Average Pay- $127,970
Salary differences- The lowest salary is in Alabama, the highest is in Alaska.
Education- This profession requires a degree in either chemical engineering or petroleum engineering.
Personality- These people are realistic and are often involved in work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
Forensic Scientist:
Average Pay- $55,040
Salary differences- The lowest salary is in West Virginia, the highest is in Virginia, but the pay is generally higher in the western US.
Education- This profession requires a degree in either or both chemical engineering or forensic science.
Personality- The people in this career are investigative, work with ideas, and do extensive amounts of thinking.
Biochemist/ Biochemical Engineer:
Average Pay- $91,770
Salary differences- The lowest salary is in Arkansas, the highest is in the District of Colombia.
Education- This profession requires a degree in either chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, or biochemical engineering.
Personality-This career has people who are conventional, follow directions well, and works with detailed data.
Super awesome formatting for your week 3 post. I had a lot of trouble doing the personality for my jobs. Even though I want to major in anthropology, biochemistry sounds super interesting and has a much higher salary than any of my anthropology jobs.
ReplyDeleteChemical engineering sounds like a very interesting field to go into. It's interesting that petrochemical engineers have such a higher salary compared to the other two jobs. All of these careers sound overall very interesting and I can see why you would be curious about them.
ReplyDeleteThe petrochemical engineer sounds like a really good option in terms of pay, but the biochemist would be more down my lane, if I were choosing. Good option all around, though!
ReplyDeleteI put down biochemist as one of my options also. It was a job that I didn't know too much about. From what I've seen, it seems really interesting and the pay is good compared to how much education is required. I've heard majoring in chemistry related fields are very hard though, in terms of classes.
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