State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Kentucky, $84,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Chemists
- Median
- $84,090
- p25
- $64,800
- p75
- $98,190
- p10
- $54,950
- p90
- $126,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.