State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Chemists in District of Columbia earn a median of $149,860. In Pennsylvania, $77,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 72.6% — not 94.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.4%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+72.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Chemists
- Median
- $149,860
- p25
- $128,610
- p75
- $172,560
- p10
- $101,400
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Pennsylvania
Chemists
- Median
- $77,090
- p25
- $62,430
- p75
- $101,550
- p10
- $49,800
- p90
- $144,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.