State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Minnesota
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Minnesota, $99,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.8%
Delaware vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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%
Minnesota
Chemists
- Median
- $99,280
- p25
- $76,890
- p75
- $127,480
- p10
- $60,010
- p90
- $158,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +36%
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.