State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In North Carolina, $82,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.9% — not 70.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.3%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+52.9%
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%
North Carolina
Chemists
- Median
- $82,620
- p25
- $66,760
- p75
- $106,240
- p10
- $58,170
- p90
- $132,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.