State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Illinois
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Illinois, $85,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.7% — not 52.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.4%
Delaware vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+52.7%
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%
Illinois
Chemists
- Median
- $85,230
- p25
- $71,160
- p75
- $123,290
- p10
- $60,740
- p90
- $141,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.