State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Maryland vs Mississippi
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Mississippi, $80,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.6% — not 75.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+75.7%
Maryland vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+45.6%
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%
Mississippi
Chemists
- Median
- $80,060
- p25
- $62,380
- p75
- $102,380
- p10
- $52,060
- p90
- $130,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.