State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Massachusetts, $125,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.5%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Chemists
- Median
- $125,000
- p25
- $85,830
- p75
- $164,760
- p10
- $71,120
- p90
- $212,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.