State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Mississippi
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Mississippi, $80,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.4% — not 62.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.2%
Delaware vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+41.4%
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%
Mississippi
Chemists
- Median
- $80,060
- p25
- $62,380
- p75
- $102,380
- p10
- $52,060
- p90
- $130,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.