Which are the highest paying jobs for a chemistry student?

Chemistry has a high practical application skills in various dimensions of fields offered in today's world it makes you well-equipped to be able to fetch a decent job in various scientific and chemical based pharmaceuticals industries pharmaceutical companies are one of the most ever growing sectors

Some lucrative prospects in the field of chemistry (some of them might need an additional post graduation degree) would be -

(1) Nuclear Engineering - Initially the pay might not be that great, but nuclear scientists are few and in demand

(2) Environmental Consultant - jobs with big utility companies