State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Alabama, $97,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.5%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
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
Maryland
Chemists
- Median
- $140,670
- p25
- $103,840
- p75
- $171,310
- p10
- $75,430
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.