State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Georgia vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Georgia, $92,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.1%
Georgia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-28.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Chemists
- Median
- $92,750
- p25
- $66,310
- p75
- $121,830
- p10
- $56,760
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +16%
Maryland
Chemists
- Median
- $140,670
- p25
- $103,840
- p75
- $171,310
- p10
- $75,430
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.