State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Louisiana
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Louisiana, $103,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
+25%
Delaware vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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%
Louisiana
Chemists
- Median
- $103,890
- p25
- $77,160
- p75
- $131,950
- p10
- $58,310
- p90
- $168,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- 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.