State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Delaware vs Wyoming
Chemists in Delaware earn a median of $129,860. In Wyoming, $102,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
Delaware vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
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%
Wyoming
Chemists
- Median
- $102,000
- p25
- $76,680
- p75
- $127,120
- p10
- $52,150
- p90
- $127,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.