State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Illinois, $85,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.4%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-36.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Chemists
- Median
- $85,230
- p25
- $71,160
- p75
- $123,290
- p10
- $60,740
- p90
- $141,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.