In addition to academic positions many Pitt chemistry alumni are in research labs in non-profits and industry world-wide in jobs at small start-ups and major corporations including:
| 3 Dimensional Pharmaceutical | Abbott Laboratories | Aerospace Corp. | Akzo Nobel |
| Albany Molecular | Alcoa | AMERA Corp. | Advanced Tech. Materials |
| ArKema | Arris Pharmaceutical | Astra Zeneca | Batelle Laboratories |
| BASF | Bayer Corp. | Boehringer Ingelheim, Inc. | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Cadus Pharmaceutical | Calgon Corp. | Caliper, Inc. | Combiophos |
| Consol Energy | Eisai Research | Fluorous Technology, Inc. | Gilead Sciences |
| Glaxo-Smith-Kline | Graftech | Icx-Agentase | Intel |
| Johnson & Johnson | Lipomed. | Los Alamos Laboratories | Locust Pharmaceutical |
| Merck, Inc. | Monsanto Co. | Multigas Instr. Lines | Nanomix, Inc. |
| National Energy Technology Labs | NCSA Supercomputing Center | NIH-National Cancer Institute | NIST - MD |
| NY St. Center | Novartis | On Line Tech. | Pacific Northwest Labs |
| Parke Davis | Pfizer Corp. | Pittsburgh Supercomputer Ctr. | Pittsburgh Technology Center |
| PPG | Presstek | Proctor & Gamble | Renishaw, Inc. |
| Research Triangle | Rhone-Poulene | Ricerca, Inc. | Roche Bioscience |
| Rohm & Haas | S’LIL Pharmaceutical | Salford Ultrafine Chemicals | Samsung |
| Sauereisen, Inc. | Schering Corporation | Scripps Research Inst. | Seagate MS-NRE240 |
| SGS-Thomson Microelectronics | Shin-ETSu Chem Co. | Sloan Kettering | Spectra Physics |
| Supply Tech | Syracuse Res. Corp. | Texas A&M-Commerce | Texas Instruments |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | Trega Biosci. Inc. | US Department of Energy | USGS |
| Westinghouse Bettis | Wydzial Chemicals | Wyeth Corp. | Yugong Corp. |
| Zeneca Pharmaceutical |