State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Georgia
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Georgia, $92,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
+40%
Delaware vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Georgia
Chemists
- Median
- $92,750
- p25
- $66,310
- p75
- $121,830
- p10
- $56,760
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +16%
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.