State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Vermont
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Vermont, $86,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.1% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.8%
Delaware vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+48.1%
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%
Vermont
Chemists
- Median
- $86,120
- p25
- $74,420
- p75
- $108,300
- p10
- $68,640
- p90
- $128,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.