State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Iowa, $86,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-26.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Chemists
- Median
- $86,100
- p25
- $68,740
- p75
- $106,810
- p10
- $65,270
- p90
- $137,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.