State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Colorado, $101,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-26.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Chemists
- Median
- $101,980
- p25
- $77,910
- p75
- $132,560
- p10
- $61,260
- p90
- $162,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.