Salaries faltered badly in the mid-1990s. And growth has been relatively steady year to year throughout the decade. For chemical engineers at the bachelor's degree level, grade point average also is a factor. The medians for those with government or other jobs fall between but are substantially closer to the industry scale. The correlation between salary and size of employer is both strong and large.
Gender is generally no longer a salary-determining factor.
What all this seems to be saying is that, within the uncertainty of the polling and survey process, the median salaries of men and women chemistry and chemical engineering graduates are essentially equal. On the other hand, today's apparent near equality in initial salaries says nothing about the possible career and salary history of individual graduates in future years. These data indicate that the bachelor's chemical engineering degree is accepted more widely than is the bachelor's chemistry degree as a terminal, professional qualification. Apparently not a lot when it comes to bachelor's degree chemists. The employment status profiles for chemists with bachelor's of science and bachelor's of arts degrees do not vary greatly.