State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Indiana
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Indiana, $78,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.1% — not 64.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.9%
Delaware vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+54.1%
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%
Indiana
Chemists
- Median
- $78,770
- p25
- $63,790
- p75
- $99,870
- p10
- $56,960
- p90
- $133,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.