The Business of Chemistry in Missouri.....

The business of chemistry in Missouri directly employs 19,200 people, representing 6.3  percent of the state's manufacturing workforce.

Workers in Missouri's business of chemistry are among the best paid by the state's manufactures. Average wages of $54,900 are 37% higher than the state's manufacturing average and 65% higher than the state's overall wages for all industries.

For every job in the business of chemistry, 6.3 jobs are created in the state. The business in chemistry in other states also creates additional output and jobs in Missouri and vice versa.

As a result, the business of chemistry generated an additional 102,300 jobs in Missouri among the Industry's suppliers, the suppliers' suppliers and industries supported by household expenditures from employee's wages. Thus, 121,500 jobs in Missouri are generated by the business of chemistry.

Industries in Missouri among the most dependent on the business of chemistry include: trade, manufacturing, business services, transportation, and agriculture.

Missouri's transportation equipment industry, which employs 71,700, is dependent on high performance plastics and synthetic fibers and rubber. And Missouri's plastic and rubber products industry is dependent on resins and synthetic rubber to support its 21,400 jobs.

The products of chemistry, including life saving medicines and plastics and synthetic rubber used in medical equipment and supplies support Missouri's health care industry which employs 288,00 workers and cares for the state's 5.6 million residents.

In all, the business of chemistry in Missouri generated $10.5 billion worth of chemistry products. And US chemistry exports from Missouri totaled $1.2 billion.