State comparison · 2025
Chemists salary: Maryland vs Vermont
Chemists in Maryland earn a median of $140,670. In Vermont, $86,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.5% — not 63.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.3%
Maryland vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+52.5%
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%
Vermont
Chemists
- Median
- $86,120
- p25
- $74,420
- p75
- $108,300
- p10
- $68,640
- p90
- $128,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.