State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Maryland vs Tennessee
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Tennessee, $87,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 60%.
Nominal pay gap
+60%
Maryland vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+40%
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%
Tennessee
Chemists
- Median
- $87,930
- p25
- $58,420
- p75
- $104,030
- p10
- $48,530
- p90
- $132,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.