State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Arkansas
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Arkansas, $105,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
Alabama vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $135,030
- p25
- $96,820
- p75
- $141,840
- p10
- $77,750
- p90
- $164,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Arkansas
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $105,270
- p25
- $93,860
- p75
- $130,860
- p10
- $80,480
- p90
- $159,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.