State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Kansas, $82,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.1%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-31.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Chemists
- Median
- $82,820
- p25
- $60,050
- p75
- $107,510
- p10
- $53,360
- p90
- $132,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.