State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Utah
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Utah, $80,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.3% — not 60.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.8%
Delaware vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+59.3%
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%
Utah
Chemists
- Median
- $80,770
- p25
- $63,610
- p75
- $101,570
- p10
- $54,350
- p90
- $129,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.