State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Kansas
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Kansas, $82,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.6% — not 56.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.8%
Delaware vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+41.6%
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%
Kansas
Chemists
- Median
- $82,820
- p25
- $60,050
- p75
- $107,510
- p10
- $53,360
- p90
- $132,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- 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.