State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs New York
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In New York, $90,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55% — not 43.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.3%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+55%
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%
New York
Chemists
- Median
- $90,600
- p25
- $75,830
- p75
- $122,000
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $155,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.