State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs West Virginia
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In West Virginia, $85,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.1% — not 51.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.8%
Delaware vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+36.1%
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%
West Virginia
Chemists
- Median
- $85,560
- p25
- $73,730
- p75
- $111,360
- p10
- $59,600
- p90
- $132,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.