State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Alaska vs Delaware
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Alaska, $106,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.4% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Alaska vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
-20.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Chemists
- Median
- $106,010
- p25
- $76,430
- p75
- $119,820
- p10
- $61,840
- p90
- $140,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.