State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Maine
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Maine, $64,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 96.1% — not 101.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+101.5%
Delaware vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+96.1%
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%
Maine
Chemists
- Median
- $64,440
- p25
- $55,740
- p75
- $77,750
- p10
- $50,640
- p90
- $100,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.