State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Colorado
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Colorado, $125,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 7.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.3%
Alabama vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+24.6%
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
Colorado
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $125,800
- p25
- $97,490
- p75
- $150,280
- p10
- $80,130
- p90
- $188,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.