State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Pennsylvania
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Pennsylvania, $77,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.7% — not 68.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.5%
Delaware vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+64.7%
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%
Pennsylvania
Chemists
- Median
- $77,090
- p25
- $62,430
- p75
- $101,550
- p10
- $49,800
- p90
- $144,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.