State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Tennessee
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Tennessee, $87,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 47.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.7%
Delaware vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+36%
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%
Tennessee
Chemists
- Median
- $87,930
- p25
- $58,420
- p75
- $104,030
- p10
- $48,530
- p90
- $132,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.