State comparison · 2025
Chemical Engineers salary: Alabama vs Connecticut
Chemical Engineers in Alabama earn a median of $135,030. In Connecticut, $102,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
+32%
Alabama vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+54%
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
Connecticut
Chemical Engineers
- Median
- $102,270
- p25
- $95,230
- p75
- $129,530
- p10
- $86,190
- p90
- $165,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.