State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In North Carolina, $82,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.5% — not 57.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.2%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+48.5%
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%
North Carolina
Chemists
- Median
- $82,620
- p25
- $66,760
- p75
- $106,240
- p10
- $58,170
- p90
- $132,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.