State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Missouri
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Missouri, $82,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.7% — not 56.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.8%
Delaware vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+42.7%
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%
Missouri
Chemists
- Median
- $82,800
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $109,070
- p10
- $48,240
- p90
- $134,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.