State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Maryland vs South Carolina
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In South Carolina, $79,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.6% — not 76.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.6%
Maryland vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+57.6%
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%
South Carolina
Chemists
- Median
- $79,670
- p25
- $64,860
- p75
- $105,820
- p10
- $54,420
- p90
- $139,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.