State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Alabama vs Delaware
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Alabama, $97,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
Alabama vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Chemists
- Median
- $97,830
- p25
- $73,500
- p75
- $126,200
- p10
- $61,050
- p90
- $150,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Delaware
Chemists
- Median
- $129,860
- p25
- $100,800
- p75
- $139,820
- p10
- $80,500
- p90
- $170,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.